My Little Eye — Broken Box Mime Theater

BKBXKids!, a division of Broken Box Mime Theater, aims to inspire unplugged creativity in children and families by way of joyful, movement-based storytelling. We celebrate the power of shared imaginative experience and challenge audiences to explore new ways to create, connect, and communicate!

POST-SHOW ACTIVITIES!

Inspired by…My Friend On The Hill!

Think up a Nature or Climate question. Then, look up the answer by visiting https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/! Share what you discovered with a loved one, and let us know what you found out by emailing us at brokenboxeducation@gmail.com! You fancy environmentalist, you.

Inspired by…Our Home, The Earth!

With your family or friends, make your body in the shape of a tree. Then, show how it looks in all four seasons: in spring it sprouts flowers, in the summer it moves in the breeze, in autumn it loses its leaves, and in winter it freezes! Now, a game: without words, the “leader tree” acts out a season, and the other players have to be trees during different seasons - no one can be the same season! Now we’re showing trees at any one time around the globe. (Level up: how would a coniferous tree change?)

Inspired by…Poppy!

Pick something you see outside around where you live. It may be biotic (something alive like a plant or a worm) or abiotic (something that isn’t alive like a rock or a car). First, act it out! Can you become that thing with your full body? Then, connect it to other things around it, and act those out, too! A squirrel lives in a tree, which is covered by moss, which gets wet in the rain. Now you’re miming an entire habitat! How many things in your habitat can you mime? (Level up: can you mime a smell, sound, or feeling you sense outside? Explore through movement!)

Inspired by...A Snail and a Galaxy!

Play a matching game, like Poppy showed us! First, act out something from nature. Then, your partner has to match it! Do they match in shape, like a stone and a mountain? Or, do they match in function, like a crab shell and the husk of a seed? See if you can stump each other, and get creative! (Level up: Once you’ve made a match, you can invent a third match from your imagination!)

Looking for more?

Check out https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/kids/ or https://www.audubon.org/get-outside/activities/audubon-for-kids

for more activities on nature, and https://sesameworkshop.org/our-work/shows/through-our-eyes/ for resources on climate change with kids - check out episode 2, “UPROOTED” and the fab resources they list here.

MY LITTLE EYE TEAM

Performers - Géraldine Dulex (Poppy), Becky Baumwoll, Tia Cassmira, David Jenkins, Deniz Erzaim

Director - Becky Baumwoll

Climate Consultant - Jenny Baumwoll, Head of Climate Strategies and Policy at the UNDP

SPECIAL THANKS

Our Collaborating Musicians, Jules at @TheMommyArchives, our friends at the McCarren Park Demonstration Garden, Megh Wingenfeld, Mara Moss, GrowNYC, Spencer Harbo, Mike Rezny, the BKBX family, David Jenkins, Joanie Hofmeyr, Esti Bernstein, Tasha Milkman, the Brooklyn Arts Council and The Puffin Foundation who made our project possible with their generous funding, and FIAF (Alliance Francaise NYC) for commissioning the first draft of our show, entitled Destination: Nature. The beautiful show image was created by their graphics team.

THE BKBX TEAM

Artistic Director - Becky Baumwoll

Associate Artistic Director - Tasha Milkman

Resident Stage Manager - Esti Bernstein

Chief of Staff - Nick Abeel

The Company - Becky Baumwoll, Tia Cassmira, Blake Habermann, David Jenkins, Dinah Berkeley, Julia Cavagna, Duane Cooper, Esti Bernstein, Géraldine Dulex, Ismael Castillo, Jae Woo, Joel Perez, Joshua Wynter, Kristin McCarthy Parker, Leah Wagner, Marissa Molnar, Matt Zambrano, Nick Abeel, Regan Sims, Tasha Milkman, Deniz Erz

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

BKBX acknowledges that we gather today on the ancestral lands traditional land of the Lenape (Lenapehoking) people. We pay respect to those who were violently displaced as a result of European settler colonialism over the course of 400 years. We honor the 181,000 Indigenous people who live in New York City today. We invite you to join us in making a donation to The Lenape Center, which you can visit at www.lenape.center. Where do you live, play, and work? Visit native-land.ca and find out.

Our BKBX family sends our best to those who have been most impacted by the COVID19 pandemic. We thank our beloved community for their ongoing support, and join our theater colleagues in celebrating the value of the arts as a healing and transformative change-maker.

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