Comments on: All The World’s A Stage — Maybe

By: Liz Tree

Liz Tree — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 22:08:28 +0000

You guys got this!! It will be fun and besides what’s with the discrimination policy at that school… gifted or not the stage is for all!

By: teeps

teeps — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:17:17 +0000

You MUST. One of my formers, a student with a disability who had a one-on-one aide (though he bravely ditched the aide in his senior year), played a role (and not some minor, invented role) in every theater production at our high school in his four years there. Sophie already knows the magical world of the stage — in so many iterations — and you will make sure her passions are fed. But the school needs to do its job, too.

Sophie loves a good joke. “Would you like some (wink) peanuts?” Think of opening one of those joke can of worms (snake on a spring), and the pleasant surprises in store for the school when your advocacy pushes the school’s program to be the program it should be. Where is the school’s sense of adventure? Where is its spirit of inclusion and, oh, social justice? Break a friggin leg!

By: Elly

Elly — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 22:21:35 +0000

Worms, schmerms. That double standard stuff deserves to be questioned. I’m cheering you both on from my corner of the universe and I hope I’m able to get front row seats at her performances! <3

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 17:34:49 +0000

I think you know Cooper has had roles in both of his school’s productions (thankfully their theatre program is open to all — but it is an “after school” activity) and I can assure you it is just as wonderful an experience for the other kids and the audience (man, the audience loves him) as it is for him. I think it is ESSENTIAL that Sophie get on the stage – even if it’s not the one at her school. The highlight of the whole Annie play this season was at the community night production of it (open to the whole community, not just the school) when Cooper, playing President Roosevelt, said “Aloha” when he was supposed to say hello. The whole place exploded in laughter and I feel like their was this group “a ha” moment when everybody thought, “that kid is FUNNY.”

By: Cousin Nancy

Cousin Nancy — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:27:41 +0000

Amy, every posting is read by both Phil and me. We laugh, we cry, we are inspired, and we are moved to tears. Thank you for sharing your children with the world. They are extraordinary!! And, you and Ray are extraordinary for nurturing them, taking care of them, keeping them safe, and providing opportunities for them. My day has been made and it’s only 9:27 am. All my love, Nancy.