Animal Fables from Aesop

by Marisha Chamberlain
With music by Roberta Carlson
Based on the book by Barbara McClintock

A play-within-a-play operetta led by the narration of a goat. We are swept into a peaceable kingdom where the players at a country fair weave together many of Aesop’s enchanting fables. We learn the classic morals of “slow and steady wins the race” and “practice makes perfect” along with the more obscure “shun the quack” and “fancy dress cannot change the body inside” and are rewarded with real life lessons in a fun and exciting setting.

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Quick Details

  • Type: Opera
  • Estimated Run Time: 45-60 minutes
  • Availability: Available for productions worldwide
  • Cast Size: 13-15 roles plus potential ensemble | Doubling Possible
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Roles:

  • Goat: our narrator
  • Lamb
  • Wolf
  • Country Mouse
  • City Mouse
  • Fox
  • Cat
  • Tortoise
  • Crow
  • Big Dog
  • Scotty Dog
  • Other Dogs
  • Hare

The following resources are included in each performance license:
  • Permission to photocopy the PDF assets for your production so there is no additional cost.
  • Permission to utilize illustrations from original book by Barbara McClintock for promotion and advertisement.
  • Vocal demo tracks for rehearsal
  • Piano Vocal Score
  • Orchestration for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, harpsicord, accordion, xylophone, and horn

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

Marisha Chamberlain

Marisha Chamberlain is a poet, playwright, and screenwriter whose work has been seen throughout North America. She has written 15 plays and screenplays, notably Scheherazade, which, in its world premiere at Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, won the FDG/CBS Regional and National Awards. Ms. Chamberlain has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Rockefeller Foundation, the Bush Foundation, the McKnight Foundation and the Jerome Foundation. She attended Macalester College and the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities, as well as Middle Tennessee State University and Goddard College.

Roberta Carlson

Roberta Carlson is familiar to local audiences for her work at Children's Theatre Company and the Jungle Theater. She has also composed for the Guthrie Theater, Arizona Theater Company, and many other theaters across the country. Her score for Steven Dietz's Dracula has been used in more than 150 productions nationally, as well as Canada, Europe and Japan. She has twice been the recipient of the Arizona State Arts Council "Zuni" Award as well as various other critics' awards.

Originally produced by Children's Theatre Company as part of the 94-95 season