Friday, January 25, 2008

drama queen says....

drama club was on today... we've got a whole new batch of folks out this year and it's KILLING me how funny they are.
We had a special guest today (one of the girls from "Hairspray") helping us come up with new activities to challenge us a little further. We always seem to revert back to "Drama Queen says", a variation of "Simon Says", but a whole lot sillier... "Drama Queen says act like you're making pancakes".
Today one of the guys took over the show.
He started EVERY time with "Oh! I've got one". Then led us thru a series of acting like various actors and playing parts from his favourite movies... The stuff he came up with was leaving me gasping for air- I was laughing THAT hard!

We're also putting together the pieces for this years play... everyone gives input on what they want to have happen, and a variety of lines that they think they'd like to say in the play (now... remember this is a group of people with developmental disabilities... if there's a line they want in there... it NEEDS to be in there!! And it's always better than anything I could ever write for them). At the end of the process, I'm left to put the puzzle together and come up with a workable script.
I'm especially excited to see how the "Time Warp" fits in with "Snow White" and an individual who wants to play three different parts (he suggested several wardrobe changes).... an old woman, a rocking chair, a reporter, Shaina, and John Travolta.

any ideas on direction for this one?

NB: I'm thinking there's a bus accident and the old woman in the rocker is the witness...

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