Photos from “It Takes A Rainbow”

“It Takes A Rain­bow” with book and lyrics by Emily Clare Thomp­son and music by Richard D. Rus­sell, pre­miered May 9, 2013.

It’s a very good show in its sim­plic­ity. The cur­tain rises on a vil­lage of brown lizards who are safe and warm at home, “Where All is Brown.” Sev­eral lizards decide to explore the out­side world, where they find red frogs (“When You’re Seein’ Red”), orange and yel­low frogs (“Cit­rine Samba”) and so on. One by one the lizards change color. They learn that dif­fer­ence is noth­ing to fear. They return home to teach the king and queen that “It Takes A Rainbow.”

It’s a great lit­tle show, about 45 min­utes long, and was a big hit with stu­dents, teach­ers, and par­ents. The stag­ing, while sim­ple, was exceed­ingly effec­tive, espe­cially the cos­tumes! (See also the pro­gram, on this web­site.)

Here are sev­eral pic­tures from the show. (Thanks to Sofia Dim­itrova for lend­ing her pho­tog­ra­phy skills!) Click the image (within your browser) to enlarge.

Emily Clare Thomp­son and Richard D. Rus­sell at the school sign

It’s a block­buster! The crows waits to enter the theater.

“Where All is Brown”

A brown lizard learns how great it is “When You’re Seein’ Red”

“When You’re Seein’ Red”

The “Cit­rine Samba”

“Explore The World of Green”

“You Gotta Sing the Blues”

“You just can’t be unhappy when you’re blue or indigo”

“Search­ing high, search­ing low!”

The Pur­ple and Vio­let Hoedown

The Pur­ple and Vio­let Hoedown

The lizards return home in trans­formed colors

“It Takes a Rainbow”

Emily Clare Thomp­son read­ing acknowledgements

Emily Clare Thomp­son intro­duces Richard D. Russell

Emily Clare Thomp­son and Richard D. Rus­sell after the show