This play tackle the issue of children and adults losing control. A fit is a short and very intense event. Very present among young children who need to learn to control themselves and take ownership of their anger, the fit is a powerful feeling that children sense outside themselves. This issue is very rich for shadow theatre and puppet theater because it helps put all the characters’ physical and psychological transformations into images.

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Samuel

A marionette. A small boy, age 5. Very lively, cheerful, mischievous, and explosive, he is the apple of his mother’s eye, but can also be her tormentor. He adores his imaginary tiger

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Ling

A marionette. Samuel’s imaginary tiger, the personification of his temper. When Samuel gets frustrated, Ling turns into a huge tiger, very visible to Samuel. Ling knows that he can roar all he likes: no one’s going to tangle with him. He is represented alternately by a stuffed animal and by a huge, almost realistic-looking tiger three times the size of Samuel.

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Samuel's Mom

In her thirties. She is not a single parent, but Daddy isn’t home this morning. She has a job she loves. She can’t let herself be late this morning. She is in a different reality from her child. Samuel’s mother’s tiger is mostly represented by a shadow, a tail, or claws that appear on Samuel’s mom herself.