TREES ARE STUBBORN
An Animated Musical Adventure
Format: Feature animation
Production Stage: In Development (based on original rock opera)
Audience: 7+ / Family Co-viewing
Genre: Musical adventure
Themes: Climate, Environment, Resiliency, Friendship, Community
Logline: When an orphan tree branch escapes a raging wildfire, it must embark on a daring rescue and save the only surviving forest from a greedy tycoon.
Project History
TREES ARE STUBBORN is based on a rock-opera. Originally titled THE ADVENTURES OF CHARCOAL BOY, it played to sold out audiences in NYC with live music by Nervous Cabaret. The project received support from the Jim Henson Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, Meet the Composer, and the MacDowell Colony.
Critical acclaim for the original musical production of
THE ADVENTURES OF CHARCOAL BOY:
“…full of “wow” moments because of the technical wizardry… a story that matches the puppet and set creations for inspiration, Charcoal Boy is the one that will draw you in... ”
“This is what is meant by a tour de force. ...Charcoal Boy probes its central concern with innocence lost, with the importance of the odd and disposable, with the dangers of home and the road... As the best and final song of the piece begs, ‘Everything Matters’.”
“Superbly directed... Beautiful puppets… Ethereal rock music… Charcoal Boy is sure to please.”
“Passion and puppetry strike like the lightning that created the title character... The puppets pop out at you, the video sprouts like weeds, and the music stomps and flows over the whole thing.”