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At Seattle Children’s Theatre, ‘Seedfolks’ a flourishing tale of a community garden
Seedfolks. Children’s book published in 2004 by Paul Fleischman (Author), Judy Pedersen (Illustrator).
First up is that shyly determined Vietnamese child who digs into cold, packed dirt to plant beans in honor of her late father.
By Misha Berson
Seattle Times
Mar 27, 2017
Excerpt:
It starts with a 9-year-old girl and a handful of lima beans. It ends with a formerly trash-filled vacant lot in a poor Cleveland neighborhood that’s been transformed into more than a garden.
Paul Fleischman’s popular book “Seedfolks” is a thoughtful volume for young readers. It is about transformation — a common ingredient in so many green myths and fables. So is the charming one-woman stage adaptation created by the Children’s Theatre of Minneapolis.
Sonja Parks in “Seedfolks” at Seattle Children’s Theatre. (Dan Norman)
“Seedfolks” also demonstrates how Americans from different cultural, racial and religious backgrounds can organically become a community, by bonding over the primal impulse to grow something nourishing from seemingly barren soil. As American immigration policies are under attack and bigotry is on the rise, it’s a timely metaphor.
The Minneapolis production of “Seedfolks,” adapted by Fleischman and winningly directed by Peter Brosius and presented here by Seattle Children’s Theatre, extends the metaphor by having one dexterous performer portray a dozen diverse characters.
Source: http://www.cityfarmer.info/2017/04/06/at-seattle-childrens-theatre-seedfolks-a-flourishing-tale-of-a-community-garden/
