A talented director entertains, a gifted one elevates. This weekend in a high school theatre that has blown us away more often than we can count, we once again transcended a story we had heard all our lives. This time Peter Pan and his faithful, naughty sidekick Tinkerbell led us to Neverland, a place at [...]
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Enchanted April
Meteorologists use scientific phrases like rising dew points and a waning gibbous to describe the spectacular weekend we finally enjoyed here in the Midwest. But I prefer a more whimsical approach. After 25 straight cold, grey days, I like to think we finally earned ourselves an Enchanted April, which is not coincidentally the name of the [...]
Brava! for the Drama Mamas
With admiration, appreciation and intentional definition we salute theatre moms, women who support drama without creating it.The distinction between our beloved drama mamas and the appropriately maligned stage mom lies in a single word: intent. Theatre moms cheerfully volunteer to sew costumes, paint sets, serve meals, organize calendars, sell concessions, manage tickets, layout programs and [...]
Les MiserAwesome
Our family's association obsession with Les Miserables dates back to 1993 when Lawrence University music professor Ken Bozeman sang "Bring Him Home" at my dad's funeral. The first music book I purchased when my husband bought me a piano he couldn't afford 20 years ago was the Les Miserables score. Later that year we saw [...]
We are such stuff as dreams are made on
Today we salute a strong young woman who taught Molly and me to stand tall, celebrate passion and eat copious amounts of chocolate. Molly's sister Katherine turns 23 tomorrow. A working actress, she lives in Chicago now where she frequently freaks us out with her casual mentions of late night bus rides, and impresses us [...]