Samantha has been a member of a drama group associated with a nearby church for this past school year. Throughout the fall, they had drama lessons, culminating with auditions for their spring production. Throughout the winter, they rehearsed their play with more and more rehearsal hours each week, leading up to 3 2-hour long productions over a Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at the end of April.
The play was called Kilroy Was Here. It was based on the World War II character that began showing up all throughout the European theater of the war, and became the American calling card.
Samanthas was Mrs. King, the supervisor of a Long Island USO.
I really enjoyed the play. It had lots of singing and dancing and the kids did a great job - much more sophisticated than I expected for kids from 3rd grade - 8th grade. The costumes and the hair and makeup were perfect for the 40s era. I was overall very, very pleased with the production and I know that Samantha had a great time doing this play and made some great friends in the process.
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2 comments:
"It was a remarkable performance for such a young cast. Need to recognize the adults who spearheaded the performance with choreography, directorship, staging, etc. The support for these drama students is incredible."
Great job on an old classic. Some superstars here for sure -- with supportive parents.
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