Student Production 2011. To help celebrate its 10th anniversary, the Reach commissioned Grammy Award-winning composer and pianist Paul Sullivan of Brooklin to write a children’s musical. Nelson Monteith, the center’s director, wrote the play and song lyrics based on the medieval tales of Reynard the Fox. Sullivan created the music.
As Monteith’s tale unfolds, Reynard is busy tricking several of his fellow forest denizens. When the victims of his non-malicious trickery reach their limit, the crow suggests they enlist the help of the forest king, Noble the Lion, to put an end to the sly trickery. Nobel comes to their aid but he, too, falls victim to Reynard’s wily ways.
As it was in the medieval tales, this play employs versified animals to satirize human flaws.
