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Mar. 17, 2009
Heidi pics
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Feb. 4, 2009
Behold the Emperor's New Clothes
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My 3 girls are in a play next week at the community theatre. Reed is the fool/narrator, and Sydney and Macy are townspeople.  Subscribe in a reader
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Oct. 1, 2008
Reed on the News
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We got up at 5 AM this morning so that Reed could be on the morning news to promote the play she is in. She and Kate, another girl from the play, did a 30 second spot, and the Artistic Director did an interview. *Yawn* Can I go back to bed?
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Sep. 20, 2008
The Hundred Dresses
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Reed is in the play The Hundred Dresses, and it opened tonight. It went really well, and the story is such a good one. If you get a chance to read the book, by all means, do. Also you can download my free Hundred Dresses lapbook here Subscribe in a reader
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Aug. 23, 2008
Arsenic and Old Lace
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Jason is in Arsenic and Old Lace-- he is Mortimer (the Cary Grant character.) It was so hilarious tonight! I loved it! A great opening night! |
Apr. 23, 2008
Magician's Nephew
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My family is deeply involved in the play Magician's Nephew at Family Theatre this month. Jason is directing, I am the stage manager, Spenser is doing lights, and the three girls are acting in it. it is double cast, and the girls are in the Saturday night cast. Here are some pics from the show:.jpg) This is one of the Aslans instructing Digory to go get an apple.  Digory being tempted by Jadis  Queen Jadis in the world of Charn.  Polly and Digory (Friday cast)  Aunt Letty  Aunt Letty  Promo Pic  Promo Pic  The Creatures of Narnia (Saturday cast, missing the bear and the beaver). Sydney is the purple unicorn, Macy is the little leopard.  Polly from the Friday cast getting a ring from Uncle Andrew  Reed as Polly, shushing Digory as he tries to tell her not to accept the ring  .jpg)  Uncle Andrew (he is the same actor both nights)  Digory and Polly  Temptation |
Jan. 8, 2008
The Mousetrap
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Here's a picture from tonight's dress rehearsal of The Mousetrap. This is Giles and Molly Ralston, owners of the guest house where a murder is committed. If you're in the area, the show runs Friday and Saturday at 7:30 at Family Theatre, at the theater annex of Rose Hill Baptist Church. |
Sep. 25, 2007
Stuart Little pics
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I have one from the first day of school and some from Stuart Little: First day of school  Spenser as the dentist in Stuart Little  Macy as "Babette" the French Kitty  Reed as the narrator  Reed as the storekeeper  Mom gave them roses (Spenser got candy)  Spenser as the dog  Sydney asthe school girl |
Jun. 12, 2007
LHOTP Drama Camp
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Last week I taught at Family Theatre's Drama Camp. We had 39 kids from 10-4 Mon-Thurs and all day Friday. Friday night we performed Little House on the Prairie. We divided the kidsinto 4 classes and rotated them throughout the day-- blocking/drama, crafts, square dance, interpretive movement, games and then of course snacks and lunch and (structured) free time. It went really well, and the performance was great. Each class did 2 or 3 scenes, a square dance and an interpretive movement praise and worship song. Spenser was the assistant for the youngest group. They had 9 kids, mostly between the ages of 3 and 6. One teenager with Downs was in their group-- she was Mrs. Oleson and she was terrific. Spenser was Pa. Sydney was Nellie and Macy was "Lucy" a friend at Nellie's party. (We had to rewrite a little to include all the kids.) I was very proud of the level of maturity Spenser displayed-- he was a great help to Mrs. Anne and cleaned and worked hard every day. My group was ages 7-10, and they were great. We had a really good time. Reed helped me a couple of days, but she also got to go camping and swimming with a friend of mine. She was excited about that. And at the end of next month, we are all doing Box Car Children, which is Reed's favorite!  Sydney and a friend in costume  Macy on stage (in red)  Older group doing the scene where Nellie rides in the carriage between Laura and Almonzo  My little Nellie  Pa and Laura  Laura and Mary go to school  Spenser as Pa, playing the "fiddle" (We did have a real one for the performance)  Macy  Reed  Group picture! I am submitting this as my Pass the Torch post for this week. I am so proud of all of these kids for the hard work they did and the great attitudes they displayed. We didn't really have any major discipline problems, and the days were really long and intense. |
Apr. 3, 2007
The Hiding Place
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My husband and I were just involved in a production of The Hiding Place (a musical version!) I have been trying to figure out a way to explain to you how powerful it was. If you've read the book or seen the movie, you already know how compelling the story is. Here in our community theatre, it is the play that almost wasn't. We faced so many obstacles and adversities to put on this production, that we knew it was a significant story that needed to be told. It was obvious that the enemy didn't want this message out there. This is the 3rd time our director has tried to cast this show, and this time she refused to give up. I have no idea how many people quit the show in the process-- I can think of at least 7 and I wasn't involved from the beginning. Also, the ones who stayed in the show faced challenges-- my father had a stroke and I had to go to Virginia; the man who played Casper ten Boom had to go to New Mexico to see about his daughter who had sudden kidney failure; one of the musicians lost her father. But I think the obstacles only served to strengthen us and our resolve to make it happen. The director had people doing 2 and 3 parts; she cut some parts that we simply could not pull off without more people; I'm told that one cast member who quit paid a teenager $50 to take his place. In the end, it was worth it. The cast was comprised of 4 really strong actors with vast experience and a handful of newbies like myself who were in their first role. We struggled with lines and blocking and timing. The veterans were unbelievably good, and the rest of us had mercifully little stage time. I was the prison guard and I had about 10 lines-- I would go onstage, yell, and slam the door. Lather rinse repeat. I said things like
hank you, Lord, for the trials that come my way. In that way I can grow each day as I let you lead, And thank you, Lord, for the patience those trials bring. In that process of growing, I can learn to care. But it goes against the way I am to put my human nature down and let the Spirit take control of all I do. 'Cause when those trials come, my human nature shouts the thing to do; and God's soft prompting can be easily ignored. The last scene takes after Betsie dies-- it's just a simple monologue spoken by Corrie in the middle of the stage with one spotlight on her. The lady who played her was so talented (she was also the director). When she spoke, you believed she was Corrie. When she cried, you felt her pain and cried with her. And she ended with the story of her release-- a week before all prisoners her age were executed. She said that it was a "clerical error? No, it was the grace of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."  Betsy and Corrie  Jason as Lt Rahms  In prison, Corrie, Betsy and prisoner  Praying at the Ten Boom table (Jason is the Jewish cantor in the brown wig)
 cast pic-- that's me in the back looking like a nun (it was the period costume, but it made me want to burst into "Climb Every Mountain" which didn't fit my character at all!) |
