Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for July 28, 2011

Alice cuts right through the BS!

Mickey? Maybe the little blonde kid second from the right?

Does Alice get to wear Judy’s ruby slippers?

Alice knows how to torture her parents.

margueritem already made my comment. Alice has translated for the rest of the Blisshaven Academy Troupe!

Alice the Drama Queen! She’ll own the stage!

Dramaturgy? Oh, dear.

Oh happy happy joy joy!!!

And she’ll probably change all the lines.

Love Miss Bliss’ hair!

Will the presentation feature original music by Timmy Fretwork?

Sofa!

Madeline is enthralled. Did you see her face in front of the “theater” sign yesterday? Her baby is gonna be a STAR!

Ah yes, the bane of every parent’s existence: dramaturgy!

Sophie has such angry eyes…

Alice unburies the lead.

And Petey will have to watch it too!!.Oh, the humanity!!!

Alice has to b the center of it all,The blond kid is not Mickey he’s BUCKET head!!!N the rest are there for her needs LMAO!!!CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GREATEST COMIC!!!!

No show is a show without Mr. Fretwork! I kind of expect to see him at some point.

Good thing they all forgotten about the fish-slapping bear.

Finally something all the kids will be united in!

My roots in the theater http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2011/07/todays-cul-de-sac-august-27-28-2011.html

Oh, the horror, the horror. I’ll set up the battery concession stand for all the DVD recorders

Hey…has anyone seen that jack-in-the-box…?

Good luck!

Matt, the Jack-in-the-Box fell from the sky on the last day of class before Summer break. Widespread panic ensued.

Can’t wait to see Ms Bliss respond to her muse.

I get the feeling Miss Bliss’s idea for “total theater” is going to unfold more like “total war.” Burn the crops, take no prisoners, leave no stone on top of another stone.

On a side note, a few summers back I watched a production by a grade-school Commedia dell’Arte workshop. The kids were more Petey’s age than Alice’s, but it was a hoot. (I didn’t have a kid in it, but I knew the instructor.) One young boy in particular, who was playing il Capitano, is destined for stardom, IMO. He absolutely commanded the stage every time he stepped onto it.

I would dearly love to see one of those 5th grade plays. The joy and unintended comedy would be marvelous.

The above comment is in response to Richard’s Blog.

Mais où sont les clowns d’antan?Who cares, Matt? The threat has been neutralized, the suspense (literally) has been broken.

Oooooh!! I am lookin forward 2 it… ;)