A Tricky Spider and a Magic Rock

The Something for Nothing Players have been traveling around New England this week, performing for children, and will continue to do so for the rest of the week. Based on what the Players have said, they are really enjoying performing for the children. When asked what it's like to finally showoff their work for kids one performer respond by saying, "It's awesome!" They have said that the children's energy throughout the performance makes it feel real and the children really look up to the Players. The Players also enjoy hearing and answering the questions that the children have after the performances.

The Something for Nothing Players' play is about a spider who tricks other animals into giving her their food by making them say a phrase near a magic rock that puts them to sleep for one hour. The animals then decide to get back at the spider by making her fall for her own trick. 

On Monday, the Something for Nothing Players performed at the Claremont Elementary Schools, in Claremont, NH, for grades 1-5. On Tuesday, they performed at Charlotte Avenue Elementary, in Nashua, NH, for grades 1-4. Today (Wednesday), they will perform at the Wellesley Community Children's Center, in Wellesley, MA, for preschoolers to third graders. On Thursday, they will perform twice at Campton Elementary, in Campton, NH, for grades 1-4. On Friday, they will perform twice at Maple Avenue School, in Goffstown, NH, for grades 1-4. We wish the best of luck to all the actors and actresses throughout their performances this week. Break a leg, Something for Nothing Players!

Here is their schedule for the week:

Watch the Something for Nothing Players' Dress Rehearsal on YouTube

Check out the video of the dress rehearsal of the Something for Nothing players!

(The audio quality is a bit poor, sorry about that. We are still learning...)

Break a Leg, Something for Nothing Players!

All this week, the Something for Nothing Players have been hard at work preparing to put on a musical show for children in many different places throughout New England, a tour that will span four days next week. These students have been building and planning their sets, designing their costumes, and practicing their roles as much as possible these past few days. Today (Friday) at 2 o'clock, they will have a dress rehearsal where the public can see what they have produced in this first week of Winterim. You can watch this dress rehearsal live here. You can also get a short preview of what their performance will be like here.

On their tour, the Something for Nothing Players will experience what it is like to be an actor/musician "on the road", getting up early in the morning and living out of a suitcase while they go from place to place performing. These students will also learn about early childhood education and the value of storytelling, as well as gain the knowledge and experience that designing and performing a production holds.

We wish the Something for Nothing Players the best of luck in their dress rehearsal today, and hope that their performances next week go even better! Break a leg, Something for Nothing Players!