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.
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Special thanks to our 2021 Sponsor
Rogers Behavioral Health is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit provider of highly specialized psychiatric care. Chicken Little
Rogers offers evidence-based treatment for children, teens, and adults with OCD and anxiety, addiction, depression and other mood disorders, eating disorders, trauma, and PTSD in a growing network of communities across the U.S. Backed by more than a century of experience, Rogers is leading the way on measurement-based care and use of clinical outcomes. Learn more at rogersbh.org.
