The Hedgehog and the House

This is kind of rough, but I think you will all get the idea:

There is a small hedgehog. He won’t actually be a hedgehog, he’ll probably be a ball covered in fur or a person or a puppet (probably a ball would make more sense), but for now we’ll just say hedgehog. There is an ensemble of “figures” which work together to form parts of the house, and they are disguised in such a way that is unclear the line between the figures and the actual house structure.

The stage is filled with a large structure of house propped up on chicken legs. There are places of the structure which appear fully formed and look like a full cottage wall, and others which look stripped down and bare…you can only see the interweaving wood pieces which form the basis of the house.

A hedgehog rolls onstage, and rolls directly into one of the chicken legs. It now becomes clear that the legs of the house can move (they are operated in some way by the “figures”), and the hedgehog is kicked sideways into another leg. The legs of the house play soccer with the hedgehog, bouncing him back and forth between them in a manner which seems to mimic a dance. Suddenly one of the legs kicks the hedgehog up towards one of the walls from the house, and hands reach out from inside the walls to grab it. The hedgehog continues to get tossed around between the walls and legs of the house for a few more beats until a Baba Yaga enters from above, swooping down and snatching the hedgehog from the house, and throws it into the stove.