Aside from hiking reports, we haven’t blogged much about Thing One lately. This has been a very busy school year for him, especially because he decided to audition for this year’s school play, The Princess and the Pea. The drama class is an after-school elective for 7th and 8th graders, and we were all pleasantly surprised when Thing One was cast as one of the lead villains! He has been attending rehearsals twice a week (and lately three times) since October, and the two performances were last weekend. Here’s the synopsis:
Come enjoy an evening out with this great story and wonderful cast. Full of humor, fast-paced action, laughs, great costuming and a HUMONGOUS, multi-mattress bed, this classic tale is set in a kingdom somewhere on the Royale Isle. However, not all things appear as they truly are and getting a good night’s rest proves to be more complicated than eating your peas.
Thing One played Edgar, the scheming younger brother of Prince Harcourt. His goal, assisted by his wife Princess Greta, was to prevent the choosy prince from finding a true princess, even resorting to sleeping potion to counteract the effects of a pea in a stack of mattresses. Villains often steal the show; Thing One’s evil laugh may have made Thing Two cry, but he earned lots of laughs and applause. As he was on stage for most of the play, he had a lot of lines to memorize, and he did a great job. A few more photos of the cast are posted in the Gimlet Gallery.
A local theater company loaned a nice set of costumes to the production, and the multi-mattress bed was especially creative. It was a fun play, performed by an enthusiastic and well-prepared cast. Thing One has been bitten by the acting bug — he had a wonderful experience and is eager to audition for the spring musical.
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