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The Ants and The Grasshoppers (Musical)

Short Musical, Comedy  /  1w, 1m, 12any gender (adult)

Book by Roz Mihalko and Donna Swift
Music by Linda Berg
Lyrics by Roz Mihalko

With memorable characters, side-splitting silliness and toe-tapping tunes, this Greek musical comedy is the perfect show for any season! When those goof-off grasshoppers arrive in Ancient Greece, the ants discover all the forbidden fun they've been missing, but when Winter arrives, the Queen leaves those good-for-nothing grasshoppers out in the cold and now it's up to Eddie, the Queen's son, to lead a search party and save the colony.

The Ants and The Grasshoppers (Musical)

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 1m, 12any gender (adult)
  • Duration
    Duration
    60 minutes (1 hour)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Theatre for Young Audiences, Fables/Folktales, Period, Parody / Spoof
  • Suggested Use
    • Cutting Approved for Competition
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences, Young Children (Age 2 - 5), Children (Age 6 - 10), Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13)

Details

Summary

The Ants and The Grasshoppers - A Greek Musical Comedy is a hilarious twist on the classic Aesop's fable! When those goof-off grasshoppers arrive in Ancient Greece, the ants discover all the forbidden fun they've been missing, but when Winter arrives, the Queen leaves those good-for-nothing grasshoppers out in the cold, and the ants become bored beyond belief and unable to accomplish their precious work!!! Now it's up to Eddie, the Queen's son, to lead a search party to rescue the grasshoppers and save the colony from dying... from boredom! With memorable characters, side-splitting silliness and toe-tapping tunes, this Greek musical comedy is the perfect show for any season!

Also available as a play!

History
First produced at Oak Bluffs School March of 2009.
BETA, THETA, ZETA, PI & MU - The Greek Ant Chorus
EPSILON - The Ant Choral Master
HOP, SKIP & JUMP - Three fun-loving Grasshoppers
OMICRON - The wondrous blind oracle
ALEXANDRA THE GREAT - Queen of the anthill
ALPHA & OMEGA - The Royal Assistants to the Queen
EDDIE - The Queen’s Son (The One in the Eye-patch)
THE STORM - A terrible Winter’s storm

Any of these characters can be played by/as boys or girls with the exception of ALEXANDRA, who should be a girl. The cast can include as many or as few non speaking Greek Ant Chorus members as you choose.

  • Time Period Greek; Roman & Biblical
  • Setting An anthill in Ancient Greece.
  • Features Fantasy Costumes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 60 minutes (1 hour)
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Music

"Ant Chant" - Epsilon & Ants
"That's How It Goes"
"Fun For You"
"Winter's Coming" - Grasshoppers & Ants
"Didn't We Have Fun?"
"The Counting Chant" - Eddie, Ants, Alexandra
"The Fun Song" - Eddie, Queen, Alpha, Omega
"Searching Song" - Ants
"That's How It Goes (The Fun Finale)"

  • Musical Style Classic Broadway
  • Vocal DemandsEasy
  • Orchestra Size Piano Only
  • Chorus Size Medium

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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This title is orchestrated for Piano Only

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Authors

Roz Mihalko

Roz Mihalko is a queer, trans lyricist, playwright and screenwriter who loves weaving words into worlds. Her plays and musicals have been produced and performed around the world, and her one-act collection Jung Girls in Freudian Slips was produced off-Broadway. As a screenwri ...
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Donna Swift

Donna Swift is the founder and director of IMP for Kids, a company committed to providing quality theater education and performance opportunities to young people ages 6-21. Since receiving her theater arts degree from Emerson College in 1990, Donna has worked professionally a ...

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Linda Berg

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