Thursday, January 6, 2011

January


Beth's son Kenny won the lead role in the all county production of "Once Upon A Mattress" at the Struther's Theater in town, so that's quite a thrill and honor for a fifteen year old kid. This is not his first lead role, but perhaps the most challenging considering that the older he gets the higher the expectations, and there are already conflicts of interest between him and his girlfriend-not to mention schoolwork and his other interests. He told me once that he loves the theater experience as much as anything else he does, so no doubt he is a born ham and thrives on the camaraderie. In this play he sings two solos and will be onstage for most of script, so the next few months are going to be full of practice and additional-but mostly good- stress....