Today was quiet at
Nashville Children’s Theatre.
It’s hard to believe, but
it happens sometimes. You see, the theatre is ‘dark’ today, which means that
there are no performances scheduled. This means there are no children in the
building, which makes it a very strange day indeed!
Performance weekdays are
always noisy and fun. There are busloads of children in and out for the shows
at 10:00 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. It is amazing how quickly those buses move in and
out of our lot. For each performance, one of the workers from the office
volunteers to call the buses, and each will tell you it is the most fun part of
the day.
And in a show like Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, we can
hear the laughter all the way upstairs, especially when Julius flies across the
sky in a rocket (if you haven’t seen the show, you wouldn’t understand). It
really is contagious, and those of us working in the office upstairs find it
hard to concentrate! Yesterday we were moved to share some really silly
knock-knock jokes…
Weekday performances are
different than weekend performances, because there are fewer parents here. If
you don’t believe your children act differently when you aren’t around, you
have another think coming! The excitement generated by a field trip from school
is unbelievable – and we’ve found that when children travel in herds like that,
they tend to laugh more easily.
When you visit us for our
Preview Performance on the 16th, or one of our weekend performances
through Feb. 2nd, you’ll find there are plenty of jokes for you to enjoy as
well, and they’re likely to go right over your children’s heads. For example,
when Grammy comes to visit, Papa Mouse says ‘Oh, you’re awake,’ with the most
sarcastic tone. This is a joke that NEVER gets a laugh from the schoolchildren,
but we do hear some cackles from teachers who visit.
Yes, today was definitely
quiet at NCT. And we can’t wait for it to get noisy once again.
Join us for a show this
week, and share with us what part of Lilly’s
Purple Plastic Purse made you laugh the most.
**Need tickets? Visit our site: nashvillect.org.
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