Taking on bullying through words, theater and the imagination with Puppetry Arts
Bullies, beware: love and faith will always persevere.
That is the message that Puppetry Arts’ upcoming script reading for “Anthropomorphic” has at its core, both for the bullies and the bullied. Written by Puppetry Arts (PA) founder Tim E. Young as an anti-bullying musical theater project, the reading will introduce the play’s story to a focus group of Brooklyn audience members, encouraging constructive feedback, discussion, support and awareness about both “Anthropomorphic” and PA, all while in a laid-back environment.
“Anthropomorphic” introduces a young man who has just attempted to take his own life and brings the audience into his mind as he is “drawn into a purgatory that pulls him on an epic journey to discover that he is someone to be loved.” During that journey, major world religions such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam come into play in the conversations that the young ma n has.