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A CLASSIC AND A BRAND NEW ONE!

Posted by Molly on June 30, 2014

That's Weird Grandma TWG Weekly Update

Two powerhouses join the TWG lineup tonight:  My Name is Jelly and The Mighty Strong Princess.

MY NAME IS JELLY By Dashae E
Chalmers School of Excellence
My name is Jelly. And everybody thinks I’m delicious so they started calling me the Delicious Jelly girl. And I love the color purple because it’s the color of jelly. And I have just one enemy and I can’t stand this person. Can anybody guess who it is.  Anybody. And I have a lot of friends like peanut butter and ketchup, and mustard.  The End

THE MIGHTY STRONG PRINCESS by Breanna H, Chalmers School of Excellence
Once upon a time there was a princess. She loves to pick up thing like weights or automobiles she was buff and she was very strong princess. The whole kingdom was scared of her . She was very sensitive on the inside. So one day her parents said they are sending her way. She started bursting out crying and she started throwing things. And then she stopped and noticed that her parents were gone. They were afraid of her strong body. She felt very bad and began searching for her parents.  Then she searched too far and found an island.  Her parents were there.  She was so happy.  They were so afraid.  Then a man walked up and saw her and said you are so buff I think we can get you to do something..  so he did and she was a lifter upper.  The island was now called the Kingdom.  The princess was so helpful that her parents said no more sending away.  So the princess lived a happy and lifting like.  The End

Say:  “Delicious Jelly Girl” for discounted tickets!

CAUTIONARY TALES OF FITNESS

Posted by Molly on June 23, 2014

That's Weird Grandma TWG Weekly Update

Two Cautionary Tales of Fitness added tonight.

Join us!

THE BIKER by Lanesha R, Diamond R, Tierra C, Malissa C, Willa Cather Academy                                    
Once upon a time a biker named KeKe was biking too fast. She hit a speed bump and fell. She hurt her leg and a stick went through her chest. She went to the hospital and they hooked her up to a machine that checked her heart. The machine was going faster and faster and she couldn’t breathe. All of the injuries were too much and she died. Keke came back as an evil robot and destroyed the town.  The End

10,000 POUNDS by Brooke B, Poe Classical School
One day a girl was training for the Olympics with her coach.  She was his best student.  She could do mostly everything.  But one day when her coach told her she had to lift 10, 000 pounds to continue her training she tried and tried buy she could not lift the 10,000 pounds.  She knew she’d never continue to the next step in her training if she did not do it.  Next she did a training montage dun dun dun.  Then she went back to training and lifted it. She celebrated by getting lazy and eating a lot of food so she never got into the Olympics.  The end :-) :angry: > :-) > :-(

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Say:  “Don’t get a stick through your chest!” for discounted tickets.

Word for Word!!!

Posted by Molly on June 15, 2014

That's Weird Grandma TWG Weekly Update

This week’s “That’s Weird, Grandma” features a poem from the Barrel of Monkeys “Words at Play” poetry program, and a dialogue from Columbia Explorer’s Academy.  Both adaptations are performed WORD FOR WORD.

THE DUMPSTER by Kyle T & Angel H., Columbia Explorer’s Academy
Characters:  Waffleman, Chocolateman and Rotten Lemon.
Setting:  Alley
The End
WM: Where are we?
CM: (digging in trash) We are in a dumpster.
WM: (shaking) I am missing an arm.
CM: (yelling) Oh my god you’re missing an arm!
WM: You’re shorter, you’re missing a row.
CM: How do we get out!
WM: Who would throw out a chain saw?
RL: I’ve been here for years.
CM: Who said that?
WM: (looking around) Looks like an old lemon.
RL: (weirdly) There’s no way out.
RL: (weirdly) There’s no way out.
WM: But there’s a ladder!
CM: Let’s go already!
RL: Don’t go.
WM: Let’s go dude.
RL: I have candy.
WM: Chocolate man is chocolate.
CM: I’m milk chocolate!
The End

Untitled, (MY HEART IS BEST)
Abeer A, Berger Park
My heart is the best.  It helps me breathe.
I like it very much.
If it stops I won’t breathe.  I might die if it stops.
I would always like it if it does not stop.
That is a very bad thing
I like it very much
It is a thing I want to know: how it looks like
It would be a dream come true to see my heart
It would look so cool.
That is going to be my favorite part.
I would want to see my heart
I’ve been trying to see it for my whole life almost
That is why that is said
And I would want to do that very quickly
Because it is my favorite
Now that my heart is a superhero I see it
It is very gooey, it has water in it and dots too.
And but it tastes good
I like it very much
It tastes like strawberry
I love it very much
It saves all kinds of animals and animals only
Which I would like to be my friend always too
My heart is very smart
It pumps blood all through my body
It gives me air too
I love it very much
If I see it high I will give it a high five
Although it is my body, I will talk to it all the time
That is my final and last warning
The End

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Join us for a Weird Summer, Grandma!

Posted by Molly on June 9, 2014

That's Weird Grandma TWG Weekly Update

We are very excited to be starting up “That’s Weird, Grandma” tonight after a very successful “Celebration of Authors”.  Join us tonight for some classics and some BRAND NEW STORIES, including…

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UNTITLED (THE GOAT THAT EAT EVERYTHING) by Darren J., Chalmers School of Excellence

TACO VS SQUASH by Jose P., Jared N., Jeremiah P, Matthew H., and Kymira S, Marquette School of Excellence

TELLING ALIEN JENNIFER ABOUT VALENTINE’S DAY by Ashanti, Willa Cather Academy

PRINCESS VS BERRIES AND NACHOS by Mya S, Ny’tevia H, Nya B, Alisha H, Kendra B, Jamie H, Tyrese H, Tyler B., Chalmers Elementary

THE SINGING CHICKEN by Rodrigo, Little Village Academy  

MY FAMILY by Rolexsea C, New Sullivan Elementary

OCEAN by Joe C., Loyola Park After School Program


RTA by Ricardo B., Dewey School of Excellence


NOODLE by Vermani A., Dixon Elementary

THE JOURNEY TO SAVE THE PRINCESS by Jesus G, John Q and Daniel M, Lorca Elementary School

ZOMBIES DAY by Kevin R, Avondale-Logandale Elementary

EVIL HOTDOG by Israel P., Columbia Explorer’s Academy

SPACE HORSES IN SPACE by Ruth B, Teaching Lab Collaborations at U of C

DON’T EVER WALK BY A HOUSE THAT LOOKS LIKE A FACE by Hailey P, Morton School of Excellence

THE F by Roberto P., Avondale Logandale Elementary

THE GIRL WHO HAD A MONKEY by Parianna B, New Sullivan

Say:  “Sewer full of sweetness” at the Box Office for discounted tickets!

Two TWG World Premiers Tonight!!

Posted by Molly on May 5, 2014

That's Weird Grandma TWG Weekly Update

Two stories brand new to the Grandma Stage tonight:

UNTITLED (LONG HAIR) By:  Stephanie O Loyola Park After School Program
I declare that I Stephanie Ovalle should stop having long hair because when I brush my hair I have way too many knots! So when I went to the hair salon and cut 12 inches of my hair the cutters said that is enough for the kids who need! So I gave my hair to the kids who needed.  The End


THE EVIL HOT DOG       By: Israel P., Columbia Explorer’s Academy
In the beginning Jack goes to his store and starts to make hotdogs. Then he went out to get fresh air. In the middle someone else was inside the building he poisens a hot dog. When Jack comes back inside jack gets hungry so he got a hotdog the one that the other persen poisoned. Then he became an evil zombie. At the end he found a note on a hotdog it said “Ha ha! I bet you changed into a zombie already. You will be a zombie forever because you ate that hotdog. Ha! Ha! From: Unknown
Then Jack goes intot he sewer because he doesn’t want to hurt anyone and he hasn’t been heard of again. Nobody ever even found the persen who poisoned jack. The end

Say:  “I gave my hair to the kids who needed” at the box office for discounted tickets!