HOT Opening on Fri 5/21 @ 7:30PM
If a group of local kids made their own play–taking part in everything from scriptwriting to set design–what would it be like? Could kids even pull it off? Would the play blow your mind or be incomprehensibly silly?
You’ll be amazed at what kids can do when you check out Through the Onion Patch, When People Fall through Holes — presented by Standing Rock Cultural Arts and New World Children’s Theatre. The plot is intricate and highly creative:
A brother and sister, Lila and Sam (Gooner), are living in a small town
in Ohio and enjoying a walk in the park with their mother when they come
across artist, Leona DaVinci, who is having a painting sale. It’s Lila’s
birthday and her mother offers to buy her one of Leona’s paintings that
depicts a Fairyland.
That evening, as Lila attempts to cast a spell on her ice cream in order
to change it from strawberry to chocolate, Gooner arrives dressed as a
pirate and demands the ice cream. A struggle ensues and the ice cream is
knocked under Lila’s bed. As they go to search for it, they both
disappear into a trap door that they discover. They end up at a Fairy
Princess’s wedding in Fairyland. The landscape resembles the painting
that Lila received as a gift that day.
At first the kids are scared, but the king and queen reassure them that
human children are “good luck” at fairy weddings. Just as they’re
getting ready to visit the Royal Room Full of Desserts, they are
kidnapped by Sir Vulcan, the emissary of Lord Draco, a chocolate eating
vampire, who wants human children as the main ingredient in his newest
chocolate bar.
As they are on the edge of being dipped into a hot bubbling tub of
chocolate, they are rescued by Divina, the rebellious daughter of Lord
Draco, and swept away to The Onion Patch. From here they begin a journey
back home that leads them to The Boiling Pot of Nowhere, The Jungle of
Kwa Zing Kwa, and The Land of Endless Summers among other places.
Will they survive the relentless pursuit of Sir Vulcan? Will they
discover the secret to the protection spell offered by a red feathered
hawk named Mo Hawk? Will they be stuck with Ann the Rag Doll and Charles
the Rabbit for eternity? Will they ever see their mother and the realm
of humans again?
Play runs from Fri 5/21 – Sun 5/23 @ The African Community Theatre in Oscar Ritchie Hall on Terrace Drive, KSU Main Campus.
http://StandingRock.net/Performances.htm