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        • Life Brief & Glorious
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        • The Space
        • Teaching the Teaching Artists: Professional Development Workshops for Arts Educators
      • Groundswell
      • Mystic Fundraiser Party
      • Zodiac Math
      • Midsummer Night's Madness: An Evening of Theatre Games and Creation
    • 2017 Season >
      • Buyer's Remorse
      • The Occasion of Existence
      • The Trojan Women
    • FringeNYC - 2016
    • The Witches - 2015
    • Fundraising Party! - 2015
    • The Witches (Workshop) - 2014
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Bug Play @ Home

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Join Alex and their insect friends on a socially distanced adventure!
With the help of the Scientist, Alex is able to talk to the bugs over Zoom and learn all about their homes.

Butterflies

Writer - Sam Liechter
Director/Editor - ​Justin Ivan Brown
Producer - Giverny Petitmermet
​Associate Producer - Sarah Moore
Featuring:
​Maeve Brady - Alex

Giverny Petitmermet - Scientist/Gretchen the Butterfly
Sam Leichter - Larry

Pollination Exploration

Alex and Bumble were featured on Episode 6 of  Bee Parks and the Hornets  webseries The Hive. 
Director/Editor - ​Justin Ivan Brown
Producers - Giverny Petitmermet
​                     Sam Liechter
Featuring:
​Maeve Brady - Alex
Sarah Moore - Bumble

Lighting Bugs!

Writers - Sam Liechter & Giverny Petitmermet
Director/Editor - ​Justin Ivan Brown
Projection Design- Ingrid Larson
Sound Design - Robert A. K. Gonyo
Lighting Design - Kristen McCarthy Parker 
Featuring:
​Maeve Brady - Alex

Sam Leichter - Lighthouse
Sarah Moore - Constance

Giverny Petitmermet - George
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Bug Activities

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BUTTERFLIES!
Make a flapping butterfly puppet or a fluttering butterfly puppet with the folks at Wonder Spark Puppets.
Learn more about a butterfly's metamorphosis on DK FindOut! or watch this video.
Watch a Monarch Butterfly transform from a caterpillar to a butterfly.
Learn a song to help you remember the stages of a butterfly's life.
See how a caterpillar builds a cocoon.
Learn how to draw a butterfly from an expert.
Plant a butterfly garden.
Create your own butterfly shadow puppets.
Make a butterfly with flapping wings.
Color your own butterfly with these coloring pages.
Make a butterfly out of coffee filters.
A fun activity to learn how a butterfly eats.
Find all sorts of fun activities you can do at home –
from worksheets to how to raise your own butterfly!

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FIREFLIES!
Make your own lighting bug puppet.
Lean more about how a firefly glows.
Learn how to talk like a firefly.
Make a firefly sun catcher.
How to make a jar of fireflies you can keep all year.
All you need is a glow stick to make your own glowing firefly.

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ANTS!
Make your own ant puppet with the folks at Wonder Spark Puppets.
Watch ants build a new home.

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BEES!
Make your own bee puppet with the folks at Wonder Spark Puppets.
Learn about how bees make honey and more in this video.
Find out from a scientist why bees are important to the earth.
Learn all about the honey bee's dance!
Activities for kids from the Pennsylvania State BeeKeeper Association.
Learn how to plant a bee garden.
You can build your own bee hotel.
Get a bee's eye view of your neighborhood!

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OTHER BUGS!
Make a hopping cricket puppet,  a crawling bug puppet or a creeping beetle puppet with the folks at Wonder Spark Puppets.
Learn how to tell insects apart from other animals in this video.
This video tells you how insects are different than spiders.
Find out if lady bugs can be any color other than red in this video.
Learn about all sorts of bugs at DK FindOut!
The American Museum of Natural History has all sorts fun activities about wasps, biodiversity, and all sorts of other areas of science.

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​HELP SAVE THE BEES!
Look through these lists to find ways to help bees thrive:
5 Easy Ways to Save the Bees - Heifer International
10 Ways to Help Bees Thrive - The Honey Bee Conservancy
10 Simple Things You Can Do! - Buzz About Bees

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  • Home
  • Who We Are
  • 2020 Season
    • Bug Play - The People's Improv Theater
    • Bug Play @ Home
    • COVID-19 Resources
  • Past Work
    • 2019 Season >
      • IRT 3B Residency - 2019 >
        • M 4 M
        • Daily Developments: Showings of Works in Progress
      • Groundswell at Barn Arts
      • Bug Play - Scranton Fringe
    • 2018 Season >
      • IRT 3B Residency - 2018 >
        • Life Brief & Glorious
        • Daily Development: A Showing of Works in Progress
        • The Space
        • Teaching the Teaching Artists: Professional Development Workshops for Arts Educators
      • Groundswell
      • Mystic Fundraiser Party
      • Zodiac Math
      • Midsummer Night's Madness: An Evening of Theatre Games and Creation
    • 2017 Season >
      • Buyer's Remorse
      • The Occasion of Existence
      • The Trojan Women
    • FringeNYC - 2016
    • The Witches - 2015
    • Fundraising Party! - 2015
    • The Witches (Workshop) - 2014
  • Developmental Series
  • Education & Outreach
  • Support Us!
  • Contact Us