Tracks to Clementine

Studio A Rocks Spring Break

Today I convinced my students that the rehearsal schedule posted in the elevator was a fascinating portion of our tour of the theatre. They believed me, although probably because I used my ghost story voice and because it included the following information:

12:00 LUNCH Tim
12:30 LUNCH Everyone else

We later wrote the following letter:

Dear Tim,

Today we saw that you are scheduled to eat lunch all by yourself. Here are some tips to assuage loneliness:

• bring three socks with you and turn one into a friend by putting your hand in it and sewing on eyeballs
• talk to yourself like this:
  • "What time is it when one dozen sharks swim after one can of tuna?"
  • "I don't know, what time is it?"
  • "Twelve after one!"
  • (Ba-dum, chink)
• Maybe next time, ask everybody if they will eat with you...or you can come eat with us, if you want.

We saw your wig made of real human hair!

Love,

Studio A

...

While our students were signing and decorating the letter (it was written on a huge piece of craft paper and is now hanging outside of the rehearsal hall), I, using a washable marker as a microphone, interviewed Eli about Daylight Savings, coffee, and Pinback. One of our students came and stood right next to us, so I turned to her, offered the marker microphone and asked "Any questions from our studio audience?"

"No, just watching the show."

Those parents are getting their money's worth, let me tell you.

Posted by Ida at April 7, 2003 08:58 PM