Children’s ~ Approx. 45-60 min.
Synopsis
The classic story of a toy bunny who becomes real through his owner’s love gets a quirky makeover in this thought-provoking adaptation.
Is becoming real worth it? Is the end of the story really the end of the story? And can anyone love a Jack-in-the-box who’s got a screw loose?
Characters
Written for 12 actors with doubling; cast size flexible. Gender does not matter for most characters. Adapted scripts available to make pronouns reflect casting (e.g. casting a female Bunny instead of the original story’s “he”).
- Nana/Fairy (F) — a nurserymaid who is more than she seems
- Charles (originally M; can be switched to “Clara”) — an imaginative child
- Bunny — a stuffed rabbit
- Jack — a hyperactive Jack-in-the-box
- Horse — a wise old hand-me-down
- Mouse — a sassy clockwork mouse (usually doubles as Little Girl)
- Little Girl (can be Little Boy) — a child who finds Jack in the park (usually doubled with Mouse)
- Timothy Lion — a wooden lion trying to appear more impressive than he is
- Engine — a snobby, crabby, mechanical toy very proud of its mechanisms (usually doubles with Mother/Father)
- Toy Boat — a pompous, blustering toy boat (usually doubles with Doctor)
- Mother (or Father) — parent of the child who finds Jack (usually doubles with Engine)
- Dog — a fussy porcelain dog terrified of getting chipped
- Doctor — the doctor who treats Charles’ scarlet fever (usually doubles with Boat)
- Toy Soldiers (usually double with rabbits)
- Real Rabbits (usually double with tin soldiers)
- Aunts, Uncles, Other Rabbits (doubled with other characters)
