After a smashing morning, I was "sprung" from the usual Wednesday duties to join my class at a performance by Carousel Players. The Incredible Speediness of Jamie Cavanaugh was quite well done. Though centrally about a kid with ADHD, it ends up being more about the general idea of getting past what a person's dealing with to the person underneath. It generated a great response from my kids and good discussion, to boot.
As an added bonus, the actors could pull off playing kids without making us want to tear our eyes out. Adults playing kids can be downright painful; but these actors, particularly the woman playing the title character, managed to just play the character and let the text carry the character. She added enough physical mannerism to get the age and personality of the character across, but didn't dwell on "pretending to be a kid" too much. Thank goodness for that.
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