The Crows and Mechanicals each had their own genre (mystery and soap opera, respectively) and after a brief introduction of each character, they were provided an episode title and called upon to perform two person scenes that took place in whatever space I provided (The abandoned MacGruder Place! The dunes on the beach at the Cape!) concluding with a “slacker” scene in which each character cycled in and out of three person scenes in turn.
And we consumed a massive amount of pop, chips and cookies. Because nightclub.
On any other year, I would head down to our rehearsal space to pick up additional costumes or props for our rehearsed "splash" scenes as necessary, depending on what scenes we were creating. Kelly insisted (and I bless her for it) that we spend the rest of the day creating everything we didn’t already have out of paper, cardboard, watches of fabric, duct tape, hot glue, paint and their imaginations.
Self-directed work is the best work. It really, really is. Bless you, Maria Montessori.
The end of the day, after cleaning up, I got to kick back and watch Tim and Asia coach all the campers in the choreography for the closing song for our performance … which is tomorrow!
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