HOW BLUE IS MY CROCODILE
by Arthur M. Jolly

2w
Running time: 10 mins.


CHARACTERS

MADISON - 11 years old - full of ideas and suggestions, she is supressing her fears. Lines: 64


RACHEL - 9 years old - Madison's sister. Creative and amenable, she is unaware of her fears. Lines: 61

SETTING

A kitchen.

SYNOPSIS

Two young girls play fantastical games that explore and reveal their concerns while waiting for their wounded father to return from a tour of duty.

About How Blue is My Crocodile

Serio-comedy, 10 min, 2w

How Blue is My Crocodile

L to R: Jayden Ramsey as Rachel, Nichole Lavere as Madison in the 2017 Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop Production, Fallsburg, NY, for which they received the Meritorious Achievement in Ensemble Acting, awarded by the Theatre Association of New York State (TANYS). Photo credit: Wendy Ackerly

The Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop's production of How Blue is My Crocodile, winner of a TANYS Award for MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN ENSEMBLE ACTING received an encore performance at the TANYS festival in Irene A. Bisgrove Community Theatre, Cayuga Community College, 197 Franklin Street Auburn NY.

The Tanys Festival

HOW BLUE IS MY CROCODILE is a poignant comedy about two young girls playing games that reveal their hidden fears while waiting for their wounded father to return home from a tour of duty.

The play premiered June 12th, 2009 in Los Angeles at the Cruthaigh New Play Festival and Competition with Andrea Gauthier and Renee Gauthier.

How Blue is My Crocodile

L to R: Renée Gauthier and Andrea Gauthier in the world premiere, at the Cruthaigh One Act Festival in Los Angeles, 2009.

The most recent production was in March, 2021 as part of "It's Elementary" at the Springfield Little Theatre, in Springfield, MO, with Kaelyn Hall as Madison and Brylee Stranckmeyer as Rachel.

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