My son, Pookie, has an internship with the Bellevue Youth Theatre this year through his school's gifted program. Since September, Pookie has been doing "eight" hours of work (often 10 - 15) a week in the evenings with this wonderful Parks and Rec program.
One of the missions of the BYT is that "everyone gets a part." They did a production of "Annie" last fall where there were about 40 orphans. I am not kidding. And those little girls (and one boy) were not just in the orphanage scenes. They managed to work them into every NYC scene, also, so they had a fair amount of stage time, and were in more songs. They split up roles and dialogue so more people get to speak. It's amazing to watch. They have kids in wheelchairs who are dancing in large production numbers, and having a great time being part of the troupe. I can't describe how much fun it is to watch one of these shows.
Anyway, they are raising money for a new theater facility with a production of The Sound of Music. This one show is a bit more limited in how many kids are involved in that there are only 10 main nuns, who are joined by another 5 - 10 junior nuns, or students. There are sing alongs during the scene changes. And, best of all, as part of his internship training, Pookie is the boyfriend Rolf AND the choreographer.
I went to see the production last night and had a blast. The Doc and I are going tonight (poor Doc has been working nights so he couldn't go last night, too). There are shows tonight at 7 pm and tomorrow (Sunday) a matinee at 1 pm. Some wonderful performances. Cute kids. Great cause.
Hope to see you there.
Peace.
f1bercat
shaping the planet with the Bellevue Youth Theatre
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