The Camera, The Gerbil, and the Big, Wide World

20-MINUTE SHORT

A nostalgic journey through a childhood friendship, and how a camera and a gerbil made the world huge and wonderful.
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The Camera, The Gerbil, and the Big, Wide World

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  • Emily McClain:
    31 Jan. 2024
    A hauntingly accurate portrayal of childhood friendship, the first awkward tip-toes into adolesence, and the painful realization in adulthood that these precious fleeting moments represent far more than we realize in the moment as children. A gorgeous short play!
  • Julie Zaffarano:
    3 Feb. 2022
    As someone who moved many times in childhood and left friends and memories in the review mirror of a station wagon, this play moved me to tears. A beautiful play about lasting friendship.
  • Ross Tedford Kendall:
    21 Dec. 2020
    A very moving play that hits squarely about the value of childhood friendships, while also exploring the emotional resonance of those same friendships. That's something that is rarely explored, and I really liked that the playwright sought that out.

Production History

  • Workshop
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    The Public House Theatre
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    2015
  • Workshop
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    Open at the Top
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    2005