When Push Comes to Shove, an anti-bullying musical.
Help your school or community learn about kindness in all its forms!

Pictured: Kate Mulberry (Ms. Finkelstein), Michael Parisi (Jared), Lily Goodman (Danii), Chris D’Amato (New Kid), and Linedy Genao (Jessie) from the 2016-2017 school tour of When Push Comes to Shove!

Pictured: Kate Mulberry (Ms. Finkelstein), Michael Parisi (Jared), Lily Goodman (Danii), Chris D’Amato (New Kid), and Linedy Genao (Jessie) from the 2016-2017 school tour of When Push Comes to Shove!

Welcome to greenville elementary!

     In our very own Greenville, it seems as though Jared and his friends are on track to have a great year in Miss Finkelstein's 3rd grade class...until Jessie arrives with the force to derail it all!  How will Jared and his friends deal with this new dynamic?  What's to decide...When Push Comes to Shove?

     When Push Comes to Shove, Trust Your Gut Productions' inaugural project, is a 45-minute musical with a pop/rock score geared for children grades K-6.  Followed by a Talk-Back, WPC2S opens up the discussion about bullying between students, their peers, and those whom they trust.  A team of five professionally trained actor/educators will come to your child's school, community center, or other organization and help open their minds to the many ways negative behavior affects us all.  

When Push Comes to Shove: A New Youth Musical
book and lyrics by Rachel Bloom and Michael Maricondi
music by Michael Maricondi
directed by Dana Sachs

WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE IN THE NEWS!

When Trust Your Gut Productions first workshopped When Push Comes to Shove, the CT News 8 Team was there to help us get the word out! 

Exclusive story on our September 10th, 2010 workshop production of When Push Comes to Shove, sponsored by the Hamden Arts Council, Hamden CT. Thank you to Audrey and John for the story and Jack Sellati for the video file!

Highlights from the workshop performance of When Push Comes to Shove, presented September 10th, 2010 at the Hamden Arts Council, Hamden CT.

 

A little taste

Here is the production reel from our first workshop production of When Push Comes to Shove!

Trust Your Gut Productions invites you to take a peek at how we engender discussions with youth audiences about important issues. Trust Your Gut Productions thanks the students and faculty of Guilford Elementary School, Guilford CT for their involvement.

Talk-Back Excerpt

Each Trust Your Gut show is followed by a Talk-Back, led by our talented and dedicated team of performers.  Here is an excerpt of one of the Talk-Backs from our last tour!