Marcie the Marvelous Tree is a new musical based on real events. There really is a Marcie. She's a 24-year-old Sycamore tree. And there really is an organization called the TREE MUSKETEERS. When it was founded, back in 1987, it was the nation's first youth environmental organization.
Planting a tree in the Tree Musketeers' tradition.
To this day it continues to promote the original mission as a nonprofit corporation where kids are the bosses! Visit the Tree Musketeer website at www.TreeMusketeers.org.
This musical telling of their story shares a positive vision of our world in which children, by the simple act of planting trees, become leaders. In an entertaining way it explores the subjects and themes associated with environmental issues, youth empowerment, rejection/acceptance, and achieving goals. No matter how big or small you are, no matter what others say or what obstacles are put in your way, if you remain true to yourself and do your best, you can achieve great things.
In 1988 Tree Musketeer founders on the White House lawn after accepting the National President's Environmental Youth Award from Ronald Reagan.
Cast from Theatre-Hikes' production of "Marcie the Marvelous Tree" at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, in October 2010.
This musical was developed as part of Midwest New Musical Workshop, run by John Sparks and Allan Chambers. In October 2010, Theatre-Hikes of Chicago produced a public reading at the Morton Arboretum in front of an audience of over 500 children and adults.
Thanks to these developmental steps, the show is now available for full production.