Posts relating to school shows.
Posted by Carly on May 20, 2013
School Shows
Hello Monkey friends! Hello blogosphere! Hello world!
Carly here, blogging for the upcoming MORTON SCHOOL SHOW!!!
Here’s the deal - I moved to Philadelphia a year ago, but I came back to town for a week because I heard the kids at Morton were writing incredible stories and I said to myself “girl, you need to put on your Monkey Wings and fly back to Chi-town.” So that’s what I did. I feel very very lucky that I get to play this week because these stories are no joke, they are SERIOUSLY awesome.
Wait until you hear about the character Kammarre, Jakylah and Jaquez created: Wrinkle the non-dragon, portrayed by the transformative Zoe Schwartz…and if you’ve always wanted to throw a wedding at the MALL, Linsey the hip-hop DJ has you covered (and so does Dataevia, who wrote an awesome story!)...and let’s talk about my new Monkey friends I met today. I don’t know where we found Gwen, but she is a magical wizard of song and instruments!!! She brought a MELODICA in today for a rocking polka number she adapted from Amata M’s story “The Rock Band.” Diego sings it, and he sings it WELL. (Diego is also a new Monkey, but he and I are old friends, so I didn’t have to shake his hand today). My new Monkey friend Greg wrote a beautiful beautiful rap (yes, rap can be BEAUTIFUL!! Beautiful poetry!) based on a piece by Antonio R., I don’t want spoil any surprises, but it’s quite moving and Amanda and Jeff helped us nail down some lovely choreo to match.
AND DID I MENTION JEFF TRAINOR IS MAKING HIS MONKEY DIRECTORIAL DEBUT? It’s true and boy is he a pro! Right from the start, this dude knows how to lead a pack of Monkeys into the light for thunder-bringing epicness. Really excited to see him wearing this new hat, it looks REALLY good on him.
That’s all for now folks, tomorrow: more news on the rest of the awesome cast AND hopefully some photos. How’s that sound? Does it sound awesome and delicious? Great.
CARLY OUT!!!! [mic drop]
Posted by David P on May 16, 2013
School Shows
Hey peeps! David (dahveed) here!
Guess how many stories we used for the
Marquette School of Excellence show?
10 you say?...pfft,nah…
20 you say?...Monkeys taught in 11 classrooms! 20 is not enough, not enough!
37! What!? Yes, 37 stories!
That’s like more fingers than I and you and you have on your hands!
It’s a super action packed show with big bold characters like jacuzzi loving alligators, Donkey hunters, baby werewolves, a fire fighting water girl, a fighting Taco, a lonely boy, lazy pigs, new born babies, grandmas, cousins, remorseful scissors,a whole universe and cats and aliens and cats and aliens and dogs and aliens and alien dogs and aliens lots of aliens!
AHHH!
You know when you say a word lots of times and it starts to sounds funny and alien to your mouth? That just happened to me! They say the cure for that is a good sing-along to ‘I will always love you” Why even mention that particular song? Because James and Marla jam to it live, in the show!
Posted by Katie Marie on April 14, 2013
School Shows
You guys! It’s just about time for Learn Campbell School’s Spring Show. Woah! So many amazing stories have been coming out of this awesome school all school year round (Seriously. Awesome Fall and Awesome Winter. And here we are at Awesome Spring! Awesome!)
We’ve been having more fun than should be legal reading and adapting stories like “Dance School” by Danae B. and Tyla E., “Old Tommy and Brownie the Lost Cat” by Camron F., and “Tim Makes a Sandwich” by James R.. “Tim Makes a Sandwich,” was written about Monkey actor and teacher Tim Soszko, and, method actor that he is, Tim’s been making and eating sandwiches in preparation for the big show on Friday. Here he is, eating a sandwich he made:
Also fun? Arguing the merits of Pizza vs. Boiled Cabbage. Mary and Shay reaaaaaally love their boiled cabbage, but Laura and Matt are awfully persuasive in the pizza department. This story was written by a group of LEARN Campbell students, who had a pretty obvious bias towards one of these two food options. Can you guess which one?
I propose the cast borrows a page from Tim’s book and eats only cabbage pizza sandwiches every day until the show. It’s for the students, y’all – it’s the least we can do to ensure a knockout show for them!!
Posted by Dyan on March 30, 2013
School Shows
Though we’re bummed that this show with them will be our last because CPS is closing the doors at Paderewski Academy, we’re not going to let that stop us from sending our friends at Paderewski out in style. This is my second show as a member of the BOM Class of ‘13, and my first where I also taught at the school. Knowing the students at Paderewski and having read their journals, I could not wait to tackle adapting these stories! Ghosts! Martin Luther King Jr delivering his famous “don’t poison people” speech! Underwater shark football games! I knew we were going to have amazing stories to choose from, and I was relieved that when we got to the first rehearsal our lead teacher/cast mate Brandon had already narrowed things down so we had stories that represented all of our talented writers.
Some highlights from our first two rehearsals…
Imagine spooky haunted house sounds underscoring this one…
Ready? OK!
I don’t want to give anything away, but these guys are “ice cold” if I do say so myself…
More next week, when there’ll be tales of musical numbers and choreography to share!
Posted by Rani on March 4, 2013
School Shows
After School Program
Here’s a little taste of some of the awesomeness that will occur at the Loyola Park Winter show today…..
This is how many iPods it takes to make the magic
Diego is tired after all that adapting
James trying to talk through the giant space helmet=hilarious
There is nothing I can say to explain this photo
And then this adorable puppy showed up at rehearsal
But that’s not all! There will also be a self-propelled farting cat, Kate Staiger as a kleptomaniac mother, beautiful and haunting red balloons and a cameo by Abraxes from “When I Went to Wizard World” by Lauren H. from the Dewey School.
It’s gonna be great ya’ll!
