Check out our Jr. Blogger Kara's thoughts on the Very Hungry Caterpillar Show!
On Friday, I got to see the student matinee show of The Very Hungry Caterpillar put on by the Bay Area Children’s Theatre and inspired by Eric Carle’s books. This play includes the books, The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse, The Very Lonely Firefly, Mister Seahorse, and of course, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The characters are life-size puppets controlled by puppeteers who use bars and their bodies to make them walk and talk. The puppets themselves are colorful, majestic, and bright, especially the seahorse from Mister Seahorse. The polka-dotted donkey puppet from The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse was neat because the colors were fun and the actors did a good job making him dance around. I laughed when they played hide-and-seek. It was like magic.
The set was made up of moving set pieces that looked like trees, seaweed and lots of other things. Also, the background would change color depending on what was going on in the scene. The music and sound effects were captivating. All this helped make the story come alive. They had a narrator to help the characters tell the story; it really helped portray Eric Carle’s books well.
My favorite story was The Lonely Firefly. It was about a Firefly looking for some friends to play with. At first, he finds a lamp, a candle and a flashlight, but he can’t find any other fireflies to play. Finally he finds his firefly friends and they joyfully dance around in the night. I loved this production because it retold the story just like the book would. I enjoyed the show immensely. The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a show that young children would enjoy.
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