Rabbits, Horses & the joys of children's theater
Ten West recently completed a second run of The Velveteen Rabbit at the Morgan-Wixson Theater in Santa Monica. The play is adapted from the very popular book of the same title by James Still and was funded by the Santa Monica Theater Guild and the Youth Education/Entertainment Series of Santa Monica. Jon played the Velveteen Rabbit & Stephen the Rocking Horse (Skin Horse in the original book by Margery Williams). The play was directed by Tara Redepenning and Produced by Tara's husband Darin Goulet. Tara & Darin are marvelously talented and have a true gift for working with children (ie patience, love, compassion and understanding). It was a great experience, the first run of the play in Jan. & Feb. 2005 drew such large crowds that it was brought back again, and Ten West would do it a third time if asked even though it pays zero American dollars. Most of the original cast returned and the new cast members brought wonderful new energy to the production. Jon & Stephen learned a lot from their second experience in Children's Theater, including the following:
kids are young...and small
kids say things like, "what about if I was a wizard and I made all the audience turn into giant sharkheads and then a helicopter came and took them to a river in the forest where all the bunnies were at and my wand was like a super laser? What would happen? Huh? Huh? What then?..."
being asked to sign an autograph for a three year old who thinks that you are a "real" Velveteen Rabbit or Rocking Horse is pretty cool
some kids will cry when the Velveteen Rabbit tries to shake their hand after the play
kids talk & yell stuff during the show and only mean people shoosh them
there is not a lot of money to be made in children's theater
Marilu Henner is not attracted to men in fluffy bunny suits
carrying a stuffed animal will lower blood pressure
stuffed animals should be sent to all world leaders in the name of peace or as a ploy to lull them into complacency while Ten West took control of the world with an army of giant sharkhead people
kids are young...and small
kids say things like, "what about if I was a wizard and I made all the audience turn into giant sharkheads and then a helicopter came and took them to a river in the forest where all the bunnies were at and my wand was like a super laser? What would happen? Huh? Huh? What then?..."
being asked to sign an autograph for a three year old who thinks that you are a "real" Velveteen Rabbit or Rocking Horse is pretty cool
some kids will cry when the Velveteen Rabbit tries to shake their hand after the play
kids talk & yell stuff during the show and only mean people shoosh them
there is not a lot of money to be made in children's theater
Marilu Henner is not attracted to men in fluffy bunny suits
carrying a stuffed animal will lower blood pressure
stuffed animals should be sent to all world leaders in the name of peace or as a ploy to lull them into complacency while Ten West took control of the world with an army of giant sharkhead people
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