Roles:

• Narrator
• Bernice the butterfly
• Millie the mouse
• Fred the frog
• Rudy the rooster
• Richie the rabbit
• Bartholomew the bear

The following resources are included in each performance license:

• Permission to photocopy the PDF script/score for your production so there is no additional cost for these assets.
• Vocal demo tracks for rehearsal

The following resources may be added to you license for an additional fee:

• Professionally recorded performance tracks for backtracking, underscoring, and sound effects.
• Logo/Media package

Born in Italy, Rosanna Staffa first wrote for the stage with a translation of the work of Dario Fo. Her work has been seen in the Mark Taper Forum's Taper Too and the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles, at Soho Rep and Off-Broadway at St. Clement's Theatre in New York. In Minneapolis, her work has been seen at the Playwright's Center and the Theatre Garage. Her play, The Innocence of Ghosts, won the AT&T OnStage Award in 1996 and has been filmed for the permanent collection of the Lincoln Center Library on Film Collection. She is a McKnight Advancement Grant recipient, a former Jerome Fellow, and a core member of the Playwright's Center. Her play Ada, commissioned by the Guthrie Theater, was recently produced as part of Seattle Rep's Women Playwrights Festival in partnership with Hedgebrook retreat for women writers. Rosanna lives in the Twin Cities with her husband, Peter Brosius, Artistic Director of Children's Theatre Company, and two children, Daria and Gabriel.

Originally commissioned and produced by Children's Theatre Company in 2009