Fidgety Fairy Tales

Fidgety Fairy Tales - The Mental Health Musicals re-imagine familiar stories to raise awareness about mental health.  Since 2008, we have created 36 fairy tales that reduce the fear and misunderstanding around a wide variety of mental health disorders and topics. 

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Unable to do live performances during the pandemic, we have adapted some of our stories into online puppet shows and storybooks.  We hope you enjoy!

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a story about depression

added August 2020

duration:  12 minutes, 30 seconds

The Tortoise and the Hare

Chicken Little

a story about managing catastrophizing thoughts

added May 2020

duration:  15 minutes

Music, lyrics, and music direction by Marya Hart

Written, directed, and puppets by Matt Organisak Jenson

Sound engineering by Dan Dukich

Illustrations by Gracie Borell

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Performed by

Zada Basford-Hammond

Rowan Benz

Chet Davenport

Adam Hartmann

Lillian Hochman

Leona Jones-Anderson

Ruby Mae Karason

Ma'Kyia Robinson

Sasha Winnett

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For more COVID-19 mental health resources, please visit https://macmh.org/publications/covid-19-resources/

For more information about Fidgety Fairy Tales - The Mental Health Musical, please visit www.macmh.org/fidgety

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Fidgety Fairy Tales is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through at grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.