Jill Smokler, AKA Scary Mommy
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For the past few weeks, Lily has been talking about the upcoming fairytale play. The kids have been studying and reading all about fairytales and the lesson will culminate in a big class performance at the end of the month.
Yesterday, on the first day back from winter break, the cast was finally announced. The school lobby was buzzing with expectant mothers waiting to hear what role their budding actors and actresses would be playing.
“Cinderella!” I heard one girl gleefully announce.
“The fairy godmother!” sang Lily’s best friend.
“A step-sister!”
“The queen!”
“The prince!”
I spotted Lily rounding the corner with a huge smile on her face. My little beauty would make a perfect Snow White, I thought. Perhaps Little Red Riding Hood? Oh, the photos I would capture! It made my heart skip a beat.
“Soooooo?” I inquired.
She beamed and handed me the sheet. I scanned it for the highlighted text. And, then I scanned it some more.
“Stagehand Two!” she excitedly blurted out. “I’m StageHand Two!”
Stagehand Two, as in the second of two 2nd graders in the same role. Stagehand Two, as in, pushing props around the stage throughout the show. Stagehand Two, as in… the crew.
The only crew.
But, she does have a speaking line, and she’ll move that wagon with all of her might.
She’ll be the best Stagehand Two that school ever saw, dammit, and I’ll be snapping away in the audience.
At least, I hope so. Or, next year she’ll be playing the role of “Silent Rock.”
(And, she’d make the best rock ever.)
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I think that’s awesome! Anyone can be Cinderella but who has the balls to take on the role of Stagehand 2? Not just anyone!
It’s so great that she is stoked about it too :)
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Awwww….this is so sweet and her reaction was so noble!
It’s amazing how children can be content with even the simplest of things….warms my heart! ;)
Happy 2012!
Vanessa
Go Lily!!!
Very sweet, Jill! Rebecca is already assuming she’ll play the part of Pharaoh or Moses in the preschool Passover play. Hoping she reacts like Lily did if she’s Israelite #15.
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Oh that is fabulous. I love her and her excited smile.
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She could very well steal the show. No, literally steal all the props and run away with the show.
C @ Kid Things recently posted..Hard Change
So cute!!! Love this!!
Now, THAT would make for a blog post.
As a Mumma that runs a company of Stagehands I think that’s awesome!! She’s THE most important part of the show!!! ;)
Break a leg, Lily!
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I love that she’s excited to be part of something. That is awesome, Lily!
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I love how excited she was!
And needless to say, she’ll be fabulous!
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Yay for Lily! I’m glad she was so excited. :)
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Adorable. I love her gleeful reaction. I know she’ll hitch her wagon to a star!
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–>I think you all need buttons that say, Stagehand Two’s Proud Mommy, Stagehound Two’s Proud Daddy, etc.
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Awww, I should!
Stagehand two is a really important part! The folks in the background rarely get the spotlight but are SO crucial. I’m so happy that she was happy. :)
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I love that Stagehand Two got a similar excited response as Cinderella or Fairy Godmother. Pleasing kids is so easy. Besides, there’s no such thing as “just” Stagehand Two. Those props won’t get there by themselves. Those fairytale princesses NEED HER.
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You might say it’s the MOST vital role in the whole play! :P
Hey no worries! Remember in To Kill a Mockingbird? Scout was a ham. She had to yell “pork!” and run across the stage. I think stagehand two sounds much more glamorous.
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Love the innocence in her response! Reminds me of when my daughter excitedly told me that she was picked to be Mary in the school Christmas play. My heart swelled with pride, thinking how talented she must be for the music teacher to have picked her out of all the girls! Then she adds that the teacher drew her name out of a hat, b/c all the girls wanted to be Mary…LOL!! Love it.
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I love her excitement! That is a special quality.
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The best part of this post is that she’s excited about her part even though she’s not one of the main characters. And, I also think she’ll be the best damn stagehand two that school has ever seen ;)
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I had the same thing happen to my daughter this year only she was Not happy! She is also 10 there isn’t much that makes her happy lately except Edward Cullen. Kudos to your daughter for embracing Stage hand #2!!
As a theater major and lifelong stage hand, Lily’s excitement warms my (somewhat bitter) heart. Stagehands and techies are truly the unsung heroes of theater.
It’s awesome that she’s excited to be the best-damn-stagehand-2-there-ever-was. And she does have a speaking line, so that’s way cool too.
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The stagehand has a line? Is it “yo, Cinderella, move yer fricken behind, you’re sitting on my prop?”
‘Cause that’s what I’m assuming.
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I love her for this.
When my oldest was in first grade he came home and told me that he was going to be a donkey in the school musical. He said he needed me to knit him ears and a tail, and I was beside myself already planning those pictures. I started knitting away, and it wasn’t until I sat and watched my donkey singing smack dab in the middle of a sea of farmers that I realized he wasn’t cast as a donkey at all. He just *decided* he was going to be a donkey in the school musical. Obviously I still got pretty good pictures;)
Way to go, Lily. Break a leg!
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That’s adorable!
It’s hard not to be jealous, no matter what age, so good for Lily for enjoying the Stage Hand 2 role!
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Hey, I used to be on the crew in high school plays, and you know what it got me? Three years of producing multi-million dollar live events. Here’s to the crew, baby!
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That’s so awesome!
No Drama Mama recently posted..So Now What?
As adults, we tend to see being a stage hand as something blah, but in the eyes of a child, it is exciting and grand! I am sure she will be great at it!
Crazy Nuts Mom recently posted..Savin A Lot
That kind of attititude will take her soooo far! What a neat kid. :-)
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That’s so awesome that her reaction was so positive. You know it’s the behind the scenes crew that get all the good gossip on the actors first, right?
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Ohhhh, that’s true. And, there’s a LOT of juicy gossip with the second grade crew!
My oldest would love to be Stagehand 2. He prefers not to have speaking parts as opposed to his little sister who is yearning to own the spotlight.
Feels like there are two school productions a month. I like seeing the kids perform, but sometimes it gets old watching your son/daughter try to win the Oscar when we know mine already did. ;)
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They should just have one day a year where your kid stands on the stage and performs solo. No sitting through other lame kids, no dying of boredom. Just the only one you really care about in the least.
That begs a question, what do you do when your child can’t sing and desperately wants the lead in the play.
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Bring ear plugs?
Might be hard to explain to your kid about why you are wearing those plugs. ;)
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Her response to her part reminds me how great it is to be a kid! I wish I could get that excited about anything (other than food and sleep).
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GREAT JOB LILY!!!!
Cinderella is SO 2011!
There are no small parts–only small actors :-).
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Haha, at least she’s excited :)
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I was a stagehand for 15 years! I fully support her excitement. Being backstage moving scenery is hands down the most fun job ever! Yay for Lily! I hope she has a blast.
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I love her attitude about it!
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She’s so excited, haha! Go on, be the best stagehand the world has known. :)
-Petrina
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I love that she’s so excited! I loved being on the stage crew when I was in school. And it’s better than having an inactive role. When my dad was a kid, he was cast as a tree in a school play!
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If it wasn’t for those cute little stagehands…God only knows what kind of slipper Cinderella would end up with.
So, I’m gonna venture to say, if the stagehands aren’t around, THE SHOW CAN’T GO ON!
Rock on, little Stagehand Two! Bring down the curtains!!
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Gotta love it when they’re happy to just be included. She’s gonna rock that stage hand 2 till it BREAKS.
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There is nothing wrong with crew! I did it all through High School. And I LOVED it! Besides, the actors/actresses wouldn’t be nearly as interesting without their sets, costumes and props :)
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You have to love how excited she is to be Stagehand 2! Kudos to her and to you for being so squared away!!
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That’s awesome! Go Lily!
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