"Ever & The Butterfly Ship" is an original tale performed through theater, poetry, music and dance, produced by The Silverae Story Co. Rescued by sailors aboard The Butterfly Ship, a girl named Ever travels through the 7 colors of the Rainbow to open the Doors of the Sun and save her dying world.
ABOUTOur first and signature story is Ever & The Butterfly Ship, collaboratively written and showcased in live performances, music & videos, and a printed storybook/coloring book.
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Through music, dance and poetry, we lead audiences on a theatrical voyage of self-discovery. We call upon the imagination to guide us into an exploration of our human place in the natural world.
"EVER & THE BUTTERFLY SHIP" - The Musical
"Ever & The Butterfly Ship" as a full-length musical premiered in August of 2014 at Clear Heart Gallery, a small theater in Petaluma. The scenes shift from musical theater to interactive storytelling to lyrical dance, creating a vision of the beautiful dreamworld that emerges from a darker reality. Through poetic narration, entertaining dialogue, beautiful movement and original music, we bring the audience on an epic voyage to gain insight into the transformative nature of being alive.
We welcome you aboard THE BUTTERFLY SHIP!
The Story
The musical "Ever & The Butterfly Ship" is based on a novel written by Caroline. In her story, a girl named Ever embarks upon a journey to the sun in order to revitalize a desolate world.
There is one thing human beings possess which no other living creature possesses, and that is the power of imagination. That is the only reason I am able to write this to you today, beyond the opening and closing of the Doors of the Sun, which separates your world from mine. And it is my purpose to tell you about my last journeys upon your earth so that you may come here too, if you harness the powers of your imagination.
-The Butterfly Ship, the novel
SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES & WORKSHOPS
The Butterfly Ship sails to schools in the form of workshops geared to specific age-groups, and focused on themes of personal health and wellbeing, kindness toward each others, and care of our environment. We offer engaging assemblies that include music and interactive learning activities. We work with teachers to tailor performances to reinforce topics that students are learning, which may include plant biology, entomology (particularly of caterpillars & butterflies), marine biology, & astrophysics (solar sailing, light physics or sun science).
Additionally, we offer a 1-hour school version of our full-length performance. The story appeals to the kid in all of us: The Butterfly Ship is a modern fairy tale filled with fantasy and adventure. Most recently we performed a "Pajamas & Storyteller Night" for students and parents, and a benefit for an elementary school library, for an audience 250 kids and parents. When time permits, we involve kids in our performances: we bring in students to perform in a song & dance scene in the show, and have 7th graders run the light and sound board for us!
Additionally, we offer a 1-hour school version of our full-length performance. The story appeals to the kid in all of us: The Butterfly Ship is a modern fairy tale filled with fantasy and adventure. Most recently we performed a "Pajamas & Storyteller Night" for students and parents, and a benefit for an elementary school library, for an audience 250 kids and parents. When time permits, we involve kids in our performances: we bring in students to perform in a song & dance scene in the show, and have 7th graders run the light and sound board for us!
DANCE
Creative movement is integral to our performance: dancers illustrate the story of The Butterfly Ship as characters in the story and as the environment—the water, the boat, schools of fish, birds, among other elements. Drawing upon jazz, modern, ballet, and world techniques, our choreographers have developed a style unique to the show. Our performances have also included aerial hoop and aerial silk performance. Check out our photos from "The BLUE World" here.
COSTUME & SET DESIGN
Costume
Our costume inventory features works by local artists, as well as particularly special finds. Creating costumes for the show has been a wonderful process, causing us to think outside the boundaries of usual outfits and engaging us with original thinkers and designers. Our show features costumes which evoke the natural world, signature costumes for the main characters in our story, and masks to represent the animals we encounter in our story.
Set Design
Our scenography is designed by artists who have worked to make our sets enchanting and well-constructed, in addition to being portable for our traveling show. Our signature ship graces both sides of the stage with its bow and stern, glowing a different color in each of the seven color worlds of The Butterfly Ship.
Our costume inventory features works by local artists, as well as particularly special finds. Creating costumes for the show has been a wonderful process, causing us to think outside the boundaries of usual outfits and engaging us with original thinkers and designers. Our show features costumes which evoke the natural world, signature costumes for the main characters in our story, and masks to represent the animals we encounter in our story.
Set Design
Our scenography is designed by artists who have worked to make our sets enchanting and well-constructed, in addition to being portable for our traveling show. Our signature ship graces both sides of the stage with its bow and stern, glowing a different color in each of the seven color worlds of The Butterfly Ship.
THE STORYBOOK
Our storybook/coloring book tells the original tale of "Ever & the Butterfly Ship" in rhyming verse, with black & white prints by 10 artists. Read more...
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THE ENSEMBLE
Founded in 2013, The Butterfly Ship ensemble presents an original tale "Ever & The Butterfly Ship" to audiences of all ages. We sail to venues to tell our story with poetic narration, dialogue written by an award-winning playwright, original music, dance, costumes and set design. Educational programs for children leverage the power of storytelling as a launching point for engaged learning. A collective enterprise, our crew regularly welcomes guest artists to join us in staging unique events: our recent performances have included a musical band, a dance and theater troupe, a children’s ensemble, and aerial artists. Learn more...
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The Album
The original soundtrack to Ever & The Butterfly Ship, as we have recorded it along the way, is shared in these tracks. Hear all songs on our SoundCloud or download them on BandCamp.
Our newest song, "Come Into Life" tells a story of regeneration and hope. It features voice, guitar and cello. Enjoy!
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EVENTS
Our performance season at schools, hospitals & gardens, and bookstores, and theaters has been cancelled due to the global pandemic. Learn more about past performance seasons HERE.
This year, we are channeling our efforts toward our printed and recorded media in the form of a new YouTube show for Kids called "Ship of Treasure", and our periodical publication, The Sunlight Chronicles. If you would like the Butterfly Ship to perform at your venue in the future, Contact Us. |