Published in the Currency Press anthology For We The Young: Five Plays by Finegan Kruckemeyer
‘Absolutely enchanting and absorbing… pulling this too-analytical mind back into my own childhood to recapture the marvels and ‘reality’ of healthy imagining, an uplifting and enriching experience for the soul’
Chautauqua Radio, Des Moines, USA
Oslo Rogers has a very fun mum called Ruthy, and lives in a very fun town called Mellingong. But now a very unfun problem (called a big approaching storm) is forcing everyone to head for The Clondike, the big town hall on the hill.
And they can only take a few important things each: ‘love luggage’, Ruthy calls it. And she’s a milk-lady, and owns a milk-float, and those can hold lots of love luggage… if you pack them right.
So Oslo sets out to help the people of Mellingong, and to discover the things they love the most – the things you would save from a storm.
awards
2020 Published in Currency Press’ For We the Young anthology
Finalist, 2012 Australian Writers Guild (AWGIE) Award: Best Children’s Play
Cast size
This is a story told – this may be by one, by some, or by many
Previous seasons: 2-15 performers
Audience size
For ages seven and up, all the way to adult
LENGTH
60-90 minutes
Seasons
Twelve seasons in two countries (USA and Australia)
2020
The Playhouse at White Lake, White Lake MI, USA
Blue Room Summer Nights Festival, WA, Australia (produced by Katie Keady)
2019
Honolulu Theatre for Youth, HI, USA
Kingston Community Theatre Group, South Australia
2018
Outback Theatre for Young People, Lake Cargelligo, Australia
2016
Adelaide High School, South Australia
2014
US National tour
Cleveland International Children’s Festival, OH
Flint Hill International Children’s Festival, St Paul MN
2012
Australian Performing Arts Market
IPAY Showcase, Austin TX
Hurricane Sandy Benefit, New York NY (Trusty Sidekick)
2011
Tasmanian statewide tour
Theatre Royal, Hobart, Australia
Terrapin Puppet Theatre production 2011, starring Mel King and Jeff Michel
First Produced
- Commissioned/produced by Terrapin Puppet Theatre (Hobart, Aus), 2011
- First directed by Frank Newman