When I saw the title of this piece, I knew I had to listen. A long time fan of worms, I wrote a play, in 6th grade, about a worm family protrayed with white socks. The play was popular enough that it was performed for all the classes at New Hope Elementary School in Oklahoma City. (It was a simpler time.) Then I married a man, who as a boy, helped his family with a worm farm - really!!! He has shared with me, many time, the trials and tribulations of packaging Red Wrigglers for shipping.
As a small child, perhaps you remember seeing, after a heavy rain, worms crawling up out of the earth onto sidewalks, only to quickly dehydrate in the sun. Yes, worms, the very stuff of life, are of interest to me and I believe this piece would be of interest to other listeners out in public radio land.
"Disturbing the Queen Worm" is informational and it's funny. I did have to get accustomed to the conversational tone of the piece. I learned that people are required to test the muck before erecting a building. This piece would fit in around Keillor's Prairie Home Companion. The first north night that comes up, you'll find me on the mossy side of a tree, shovel in hand, looking for a worm nest, listening for the hiss of that queen worm.
This didn't quite work for me, but perhaps I couldn't suspend the scientist/realist in me sufficiently to go with the flow; the improvised nature of this work is interesting, I liked the characters: 3 old geezers indulging in idle banter, but I felt the piece could have been more satisfying if it had been shorter.
Comments for Disturbing The Queen Worm. . . Offramp
This piece belongs to the series "Offramp - The Improvised Comedy Series"
Produced by Sheila D. Cowley - WMNF
Other pieces by Sheila Cowley
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3 comments
Harold Nicol
Posted on February 23, 2014 at 07:53 PM | Permalink
Country vermicelli versimilitude
Happy worm fork tuning memories:-)
Deborah Astley
Posted on August 11, 2004 at 01:37 PM | Permalink
Review of Disturbing The Queen Worm
When I saw the title of this piece, I knew I had to listen. A long time fan of worms, I wrote a play, in 6th grade, about a worm family protrayed with white socks. The play was popular enough that it was performed for all the classes at New Hope Elementary School in Oklahoma City. (It was a simpler time.) Then I married a man, who as a boy, helped his family with a worm farm - really!!! He has shared with me, many time, the trials and tribulations of packaging Red Wrigglers for shipping.
As a small child, perhaps you remember seeing, after a heavy rain, worms crawling up out of the earth onto sidewalks, only to quickly dehydrate in the sun. Yes, worms, the very stuff of life, are of interest to me and I believe this piece would be of interest to other listeners out in public radio land.
"Disturbing the Queen Worm" is informational and it's funny. I did have to get accustomed to the conversational tone of the piece. I learned that people are required to test the muck before erecting a building. This piece would fit in around Keillor's Prairie Home Companion. The first north night that comes up, you'll find me on the mossy side of a tree, shovel in hand, looking for a worm nest, listening for the hiss of that queen worm.
Thanks for the smiles and the memories.
Helen Woodward
Posted on February 24, 2004 at 08:00 AM | Permalink
Review of Disturbing The Queen Worm
This didn't quite work for me, but perhaps I couldn't suspend the scientist/realist in me sufficiently to go with the flow; the improvised nature of this work is interesting, I liked the characters: 3 old geezers indulging in idle banter, but I felt the piece could have been more satisfying if it had been shorter.