We had a chance to attend Kayla’s high school play called “Onions in the Stew”. It was held at the original Main Street school. Kayla has been preparing for several weeks for this production. The original Longmont debut for this play was in ’65. Yes, that’s 1965. The original cast from 1965 put this play on in the same location. What’s more, any alum from 1965 who attended were granted free admission. Even better, we saw a group of folks looking over that year’s yearbook to find not only themselves but lots of long lost classmates as well. They were honored with applause by the cast at the beginning of the show but, quite uncomfortably, the wily director’s assistant quipped that the alumni should stand “if they are able” (referring to their “old age”). He received some good-natured boos, oohs a couple of giggles and was probably a bit embarrassed by the slip.
The play was great. The actors were on top of their lines and it was very well done. Kayla arrived toward the end of the second act and had a fun, bubbly role and the cutest baby doll curl hairdo. The other characters were funny, quirky and heartfelt. Last time Kayla was involved in this type of production was when she was in the music department for the musical “Bye Bye Birdie”. She may be in a future school production but only time will tell. Great job Kayla! We’re very proud!
Yeah, like there’s a single teenager that hasn’t heard of him.
