We are putting on a show! A play written and performed entirely by kids. We had our first rehearsal with about half the cast, and they wrote two acts. Thank goodness for the patient Big Kid who agreed to be the director. And essentially the writer--he gets his ideas from the other kids, but he's the plot and dialogue man. R came up with the title "Amazing Animals" and the names of the characters.
Bangs for everyone! This is the little brother of the director. He and R are the villains, Aiden Alligator and Dianne Dingo. They terrorize the other animals.
They are both really into their parts and enjoy being evil.
S is a good and very practical director. His first question once we had scripts printed out: "Ok, so which of you can read?" In this scene, Bonnie Border Collie and Hermione Horse try to reason with the villains. To no avail.
But they peacefully broke bread together later that night.
And just as the sun was setting, a magnificent rainbow. It was a sign of good things to come for the mom of Hermione Horse and Bonnie Border Collie, who has had had a rough few weeks. But soon she will be sitting in our backyard watching the world premiere performance of "Amazing Animals."
