Morris wakes up and immediately begins painting. They buzz excitedly around him, the captain, as they talk of the fun experiences they’ll have together in their new world. His toy animals have all come to life and he is leading them on an adventure. The stage transforms into Morris’s dream, a landscape that is outer space and the jungle all at once. His mom says he doesn’t have to wear anything he doesn’t want to but whatever he decides it should be because it’s what he wants not what other people want. Morris says he’ll wear it at home but doesn’t want to wear it at school anymore. She asks him if he’d like to tell her what happened at school and mentions how spectacular the tangerine dress is. Some male elephants have tusks and some do not. When his mom comes back, he asks her if she knows that not all elephants are the same. When she returns, she gives him a book about elephants and leaves again to make him some tea. We hear his tummy rumbling as he thinks about school. She says that he doesn’t have to go to school and steps out to get him some books to read. Morris tells her that he can’t go to school because he has a tummy ache. Morris is in bed, and his mom comes in to wake him up to get ready to go to school. Morris has a nightmare and hears echoes of the kids at school making fun of him. He asks if he can take the tangerine dress home with him, and she agrees. Morris asks if he’s done something wrong and she assures him he has not. They don’t want him turning them into girls. The two boys, Eli and Henry, tell him that he can’t sit with them because he might be contagious. We then see Morris making his way to the snack table. They laugh at him and call him Pinky Fingers and Morris Mickle-pink. The two girls, Lila and Becky, stop by and point out that he has pink nail polish on. He’s back in his beloved tangerine dress shimmying alongside the trees in the breeze. By the time we see Morris again, it is already time for recess. Morris spins an imaginative story about the adventures of Tiger and Zebra that conveys the tough day he had at school. Moira paints his nails and asks how Tiger and Zebra are doing. He picks out a color called Pink Panther. Morris notices his mom’s glittery organizer case that holds her nail polish. Moira can tell that Morris has had a bad day and gives him a hug. We transition to Morris arriving at home. We sense that Morris is satisfied and happy with this knowledge. He says he thinks a dress would look really cool in zero gravity. She says she hasn’t thought about it before and wonders what he thinks. He asks her if astronauts can wear dresses. Melo notices his dejection and sits with him. Morris asks if he can join them in their spaceship, but the boys say there’s not enough room and astronauts don’t wear dresses. He avoids the girls but approaches the boys who are playing with a cardboard spaceship. It’s free time again in the classroom, and Morris is still in the tangerine dress. Morris’s heart is heavy and his eyes low. When the bell rings, Becky lets go of the dress and runs off towards the others. She grabs at the dress in an attempt to pull it off of him. She says he can’t wear the dress because he’s a boy. Another student, Becky, pierces through his fantasy and says she’s going to tell on him. He loves the color and the way it sounds and has a great time moving around the classroom hearing it move. He finds a tangerine dress in the dress-up trunk and decides it’s the perfect space suit. He tells the audience that he likes dress-up because he can be anything he wants to be like a pirate or a doctor. During free time, the other kids split into groups of boys and girls leaving Morris on his own. Morris shares that his favorite activity is free time because he likes to play dress-up. Melo go through the motions of their day. We see Morris, his classmates, and his teacher Ms. At school there are lots of activities like painting, puzzles, and circle time. He tells us he loves Monday because it means school. It’s Monday, and Morris is on the school bus with the other kids.
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