#peterpanjr

“Peter Pan JR was an absolute blast to perform with our students. There were so many interesting characters, even in chorus parts. The Disney version of this familiar story had much to offer in the way of dance and music and the characters provided such a great opportunity to our kids, tweens and teens. We loved the show!”

15 years of my life have been spent insuring the life of musical theatre. In 2001 I was privileged to visit the Fox Theatre in Atlanta to hear Timothy Allen McDonald talk to an invited group of theatre and music teachers about reviving musical theatre’s life in our country, one kid at a time.   That evening changed my life as a person and an educator. I saw a clear purpose for my life and passion for musical theatre – one musical at a time. Enriching lives through musical theatre has made me a very rich woman. Rich with children who have grown to adults who still weave through the fabric of my life as they come back to my middle school to pay it forward and volunteer their times and talents as assistant directors, choreographers, music directors, and technicians. Rich with the absolute excitement that sparkles in the eyes of children on opening night, and resonates in their lives as they take that moment of excellence and use it to drive that need for excellence in other areas of their lives, Rich with that feeling of ensemble unity that develops one musical at a time until each child has a group, a community, that is extensive and a life team to take with them from the curtain call into their every day, Rich with pride in having an outlet for my own need to express myself creatively, Rich because the rural county in which I teach – a county where 95% of the students had never seen live theatre in their lives when I started teaching there, can now boast that 100% of the students have seen live theatre and where there is some form of theatre or drama offered in every school in the county.

Thank you Tim McDonald, thank you Broadway Junior, and thank you JTF for 15 years that have made me a billionaire in beautiful life experiences.  – thank you thank you and thank you again.