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Sep. 30th, 2010 11:46 am1. Do you have any birthmarks?
2. What is the last board game you remember playing?
3. Spinach or lettuce?
2. What is the last board game you remember playing?
3. Spinach or lettuce?
Sep. 30th, 2010
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Sep. 30th, 2010 11:46 am1. Do you have any birthmarks?
2. What is the last board game you remember playing?
3. Spinach or lettuce?
2. What is the last board game you remember playing?
3. Spinach or lettuce?
KUDO Anchorage
Sep. 30th, 2010 02:17 pm
LonelyDumptruckKUDO Anchorage
Sep. 30th, 2010 02:17 pm
LonelyDumptruckMy Director's Notes
Sep. 30th, 2010 10:52 pmUsually when I am deciding on a show to direct for ATY I gravitate towards adaptations of books I remember reading as a child. I have found there is no better way to judge a youth theatre script than seeing if it takes me back to the days of reading under the covers with a flashlight because I could not wait until morning to find out how the story ended.
I have a confession to make, my Best Beloveds: I don't remember ever having read The Just So Stories.
I remember having some of the stories read aloud for story time several years in a row when I was in Elementary school. I know I had The Just So Stories, or at least The Elephant's Child, on record (kids, ask your parents) because I clearly remember running through the house chanting "Great grey-green greasy Limpopo River!" for an entire summer. I'm sure it seemed like a full year to my mother.
That is what pulled me into this adaption of The Just So Stories. As an adult with a liberal arts degree I recognize the literary importance of Kipling's work, but I prefer the image of Rudyard and his family acting out The Just So Stories in their parlor. I like to imagine Elsie, little John and Josephine marching through the house chanting "Great grey-green greasy Limpopo River!" after hearing The Elephant's Child. I hope you will too.
I have a confession to make, my Best Beloveds: I don't remember ever having read The Just So Stories.
I remember having some of the stories read aloud for story time several years in a row when I was in Elementary school. I know I had The Just So Stories, or at least The Elephant's Child, on record (kids, ask your parents) because I clearly remember running through the house chanting "Great grey-green greasy Limpopo River!" for an entire summer. I'm sure it seemed like a full year to my mother.
That is what pulled me into this adaption of The Just So Stories. As an adult with a liberal arts degree I recognize the literary importance of Kipling's work, but I prefer the image of Rudyard and his family acting out The Just So Stories in their parlor. I like to imagine Elsie, little John and Josephine marching through the house chanting "Great grey-green greasy Limpopo River!" after hearing The Elephant's Child. I hope you will too.
My Director's Notes
Sep. 30th, 2010 10:52 pmUsually when I am deciding on a show to direct for ATY I gravitate towards adaptations of books I remember reading as a child. I have found there is no better way to judge a youth theatre script than seeing if it takes me back to the days of reading under the covers with a flashlight because I could not wait until morning to find out how the story ended.
I have a confession to make, my Best Beloveds: I don't remember ever having read The Just So Stories.
I remember having some of the stories read aloud for story time several years in a row when I was in Elementary school. I know I had The Just So Stories, or at least The Elephant's Child, on record (kids, ask your parents) because I clearly remember running through the house chanting "Great grey-green greasy Limpopo River!" for an entire summer. I'm sure it seemed like a full year to my mother.
That is what pulled me into this adaption of The Just So Stories. As an adult with a liberal arts degree I recognize the literary importance of Kipling's work, but I prefer the image of Rudyard and his family acting out The Just So Stories in their parlor. I like to imagine Elsie, little John and Josephine marching through the house chanting "Great grey-green greasy Limpopo River!" after hearing The Elephant's Child. I hope you will too.
I have a confession to make, my Best Beloveds: I don't remember ever having read The Just So Stories.
I remember having some of the stories read aloud for story time several years in a row when I was in Elementary school. I know I had The Just So Stories, or at least The Elephant's Child, on record (kids, ask your parents) because I clearly remember running through the house chanting "Great grey-green greasy Limpopo River!" for an entire summer. I'm sure it seemed like a full year to my mother.
That is what pulled me into this adaption of The Just So Stories. As an adult with a liberal arts degree I recognize the literary importance of Kipling's work, but I prefer the image of Rudyard and his family acting out The Just So Stories in their parlor. I like to imagine Elsie, little John and Josephine marching through the house chanting "Great grey-green greasy Limpopo River!" after hearing The Elephant's Child. I hope you will too.