Suessical the Musical

8 weeks.
2 performance.
1 great experience.

Last week, D-man had his theatrical debut as a "Who" in the Monarch K-8 production of Suessical the Musical. Experiences like these  are one of the reasons we are happy with the K-8 format. Without the middle school, there would have been no play for the elementary kids to participate in. It was a lot of work, but fortunately, practices were at the school and he could simply go to the after school program when practice was over. He couldn't believe they would practice 8 weeks for only 2 performances!

The final product!

The "Who's!"

Brotherly support

One of the great things about this experience is that D-man's singing actually improved! He enjoyed picking out his costume, figuring out the make-up and how we were going to do his hair. This is likely one of the few times I'll be headed to Target at 9:00 at night picking out makeup for our son!

Fortunately, we had purchased "front row seats" for Monarch events at the school fall festival. We had great seats both nights. It was also great to see so many neighbors and others from the school at the event - even though they didn't have kids in the production.T-man was a great brother and we enjoyed watching him singing along to the songs during the show. 

D-man is already asking if he can be in the show next year. Here's hoping they have parts for elementary kids again next year because being part of a show is a great way to be part of a team. It's also great way to learn that big things take a lot of effort and time.