This was Izzy's third year in Artbarn, a local children's theatre program. When given the choice of participating again in Traveling Geese (1st-4th grades) vs Duck Troupe Soup (3rd-4th grades), she choose the latter. She desperately wanted a large part this year though we warned her that the competition will be stiffer as all the actors will be older than when she was in Traveling Geese. The play this year was The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Part of her audition was to sing a song of her choice. Because the play has a dark side, her chosen song was one of my childhood favorites thanks to Oma - Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts. And with that, she was cast as 1 of 2 Ichabod Cranes!
Ichabod 1 was Izzy's friend since kindergarten - Zoe. They are again together in 4th grade making for ample time to create a shared Ichabod vision.
Izzy's Ichabod was the one that encounters the headless horseman. As her director said to me later, Izzy wears her emotions on the outside making us believe what was happening. She was simply amazing! I cannot wait to see what her future holds in theatre.
Before Izzy's Ichabod debut, we enjoyed brunch at Gaslight with Jackie, Oma and Opa. A new culinary encounter... escargot.
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