Little Red and the Hoods

The day after First Stage, I took the girls to a performance of Little Red Riding Hood, they referred to their version as, "Little Red and the Hoods." It was a very cute audience participation play put on at our local high school.

 

As soon as we sat down in our front row seats, the girls were handed flowers as props.

 

Alyssa was the first one called to the stage. She was asked to put the finishing touch on their set so the show could begin. This pot of flowers was the big "finishing touch." As we would come to find out, there was not much of a set or decoration to work with. They needed the audience for all that!

 

The whole premise of the play was that the theatre company and their stage coach that carried all the props and scenery got stuck in a swamp on the way to the performance. What they were left with was a hodge-podge of actors that couldn't agree on who should play which part, and no scenery to stage the play. Emma was asked to go up on the stage and help them open and move this trunk, the contents of which should help them figure out what to do next. You can barely see her in this photo, she's on the far side.

 

Perhaps the funniest thing of the evening, Rebekah was chosen as a cheerleader to encourage the unwilling wolf to carry out his job. She looked like a deer in the head lights, standing up there, waving her poms all wide-eyed. Alyssa and Emma were practically rolling on the ground with laughter.

 

Alyssa was asked to build a bridge across the river, and here she is running across and off-stage again. I'm not sure if they decided upon this theme due to necessity with a limited budget in their theater program this year, or if it was just a cute idea someone came up with. It sure was a lot of fun for the kids to play a role in their show!