Yep, the month of Love and MLK are quickly coming to a close. It's been a wild ride. The tour has one more date out of down and it looks to be quite the fitting finale. I've been finding some really wonderful online sources for acting perspective. While I still tease out the extra knowledge and start forming my own conclusions, here's how today went:
We made our way to Ashton Elementary. The school had a huge wooden stage attached to the cafeteria. We had the added surprise of some FST staff coming to show their support. It was great to see them come out--especially when they start chuckling along with the rest of the adults. So, off we went into the imaginative Yonder and had ourselves a whole bunch of fun. The workshop I did had some very bright children in it. Although it drives me crazy when the teacher explains this away as being expected, but because it was a "gifted" class. Whatever. The kids needed a little prodding away from celebrities as their main characters. But once they did and we got into how to solve the main characters' problems, they did some beautiful thinking. We worked out that I was really thirsty, trying to get water (I've used this example before), but the floor was covered in face-melting hot lava. Soon, we had me getting ready to hop desks, turn invisible, use icicle-colling powers to make my way through the lava and defeat the giant rock-crusted lava monster. All in the course of five minutes. Just another example of what suggestion can do for the brain.
Play of the Day:
A royal dog was ruler of all he could see and smell. But there was Luke, a crafty theif, that always managed to steal his things. One day, he even made off with the crown! The royal dog summon his knights to chase Luke away, but it didn't help getting his prestige returned. They chase Luke all over the land. Up. And down. (And through the curtains). Until finally they caught her by lassoing her up in a giant net and sending her off to the dungeon. Then end.
-Ben
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