Book, music, and lyrics by Matthew Hager.  Written and performed by local, professional artists, Giselle la Trent the Gazellephant is a humorous and heartfelt 45-minute family musical about a girl named Giselle on her first day at a new school. Half gazelle and half elephant, Giselle is not your typical fourth-grader, and she wants nothing more than to start off on the right foot at Thomas Girafferson Elementary (things haven’t gone so well at her other schools). Well, there is one thing she wants more than anything else: to be a world famous rockstar! But when Margaret the Cat and Gore the Warthog don’t like Giselle’s rockstar dreams, they bully Giselle into competing in a rockstar showdown. The surprising results send Giselle into a spiral of fears and problems she doesn’t know how to fix. Even her teacher, Miss Pronunciation, can’t provide the comfort she needs. Not until a visit from a wise Dalmatian named Wags inspires Giselle to accept herself for all of her wonderful uniqueness does she learn that it’s easier to be nice to others when you’re also nice to yourself.

Aggregate was created to develop a younger theatregoing audience (youth and young professionals) in the Triangle area. Aggregate’s productions have been eclectic in nature, including seven world premieres, varying from traditional stage plays (The Stonewater Rapture) to immersive workshop performances (Vanya in Los Feliz) to interactive experiences (In Good Taste: Shakespeare at Brewery Bhavana) and children’s productions (2018 Children’s Theatre Series). In addition to theatrical productions, Aggregate also has produced multiple audio productions (Stuck Stories and Gazellephant) and developed a theatre education branch which goes into schools and other public and private organizations to share the joy and inspiration of theatre.