DD#1 performed in their school’s one act play (OAP) these past few months. Their play advanced at Zone but did not advance at Districts. Last year, the school’s OAP cast won state, so it was a bit disappointing to the cast and crew that they did not advance. To this mom, it had more to do with the subject matter (religious – and in our Bible Belt part of the south, Catholic to boot!) of the play more than the performance. Sad but true – have to be careful with what message you allow the children to ACT out in a public school setting! The ironic thing about this is that two of the cast members are children of a local Methodist pastor, and HE had no problem with his daughter’s wearing habits and ACTING as nuns.
(Can you tell the subject matter irritates me a touch?!)
Anyway, our daughter played two parts in the play, and we thought she did a great job. The first was a school girl, giddy and girlie. The second was a domineering aunt – quite fitting for a firstborn daughter! She did a fabulous job with both of her parts and we are very proud of her.
She also cut out and painted the “mock rocks” on the set, and I think she enjoyed that as much as she enjoying acting in the play!
She really liked this costume, too – said it made her look like she had a hiney since genetics didn’t! 🙂
