Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress

By juliany taveras

Based on the book written by Christine Baldacchino and illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant

Published by Groundwood Books

Originally co-commissioned and produced by Children’s Theatre Company, Chicago Children’s Theatre, and The Rose Theater

Produced by special arrangement with Plays for New Audiences

 

Ages 13-19

Auditions: July 2025

Performances: September 2025

Rehearsals and performances will be held in Windham, NH

 

Morris likes lots of things: doing puzzles, painting pictures, pretending to be an astronaut, and wearing a tangerine dress from his school’s dress-up box because it “reminds him of tigers, the sun, and his mother’s hair.” But some of his classmates think boys can’t wear dresses because … well, because they’re boys. With his vivid imagination and space-animal friends, Morris travels the galaxy in search of an answer to the all-important question: “Do astronauts wear dresses?” 

 

Producer, Director: Ryan Kaplan

Assistant Director: Colton Weidner

Stage Manager: Maddy Buchanan

Student Director: TBA