Nature's House

POKIE BRONAKOWSKI - A very independent little girl with a highly developed sense of curiosity.
POKIE'S FRIEND - A schoolmate, not as adventurous as Pokie. May be played by the same actor who plays C.C. Otter and the Weatherperson
MR. CHANGE - A bizarre character played by a female actor. It is quite obvious she is only pretending to be a gruff old man, perhaps the caretaker of Nature's House. She wears a peculiar costume festooned with an assortment of masks tied on with ribbons, and wears one or another of these masks at all times until the very end of the play. The masks depict the many moods of "faces" of nature: bright and sunny, dark and stormy, bland or sleepy, beautiful, aloof, sorrowful, furious, etc.
OXMOLLIES ONE, TWO and THREE - The OXMOLLY TRIO; three oxygen molecules, all in black but with iridescent globes over their hands which are used as hand puppets.
C.C. OTTER - A fastidious fellow, champion swimmer, terrific dancer, and master of the waltz. He is a French Canadian sea otter.
MA HOGANY - A wise old tree, any tree, all trees, all forests. May be played by the same actor who plays Aunt Helios.
AUNT HELIOS - A wonderously energetic individual who motivates everyon with her super sunny cheerleader attitude.
WEATHERPERSON - A "talking head" weather announcer.

Can be performed by as few as three actors, two of them playing a number of different roles. It was originally written to be taken on tour and performed by such a minimal cast in school classrooms. Or a youth theatre cast can number nine or more, with any number of "extras" joining in during the musical numbers.