Goodnight Moon Theater camp

The secrets of Goodnight Moon were revealed during an afternoon backstage theater camp.

The girls were given the chance to go to a backstage camp for the play we attended. The story was so cool, I thought they would appreciate it much more if they knew how hard it was to pull off. We arrived and the director told them about some of the history of the story and the stage production. Then they got the tour of backstage and a rundown of how things worked back there like the props and things the actors would need during the show. Three of the actors played several parts.

Here is the story rundown.

There is a bunny and a mouse. The mouse in all the other stage shows is a stuffed thing.

This director thought a GIANT mouse would be more fun...and it was!

There are 3 other actors. They play a dog, cat and dish w/ a spoon for a side story of the cow jumped over the moon. The cow (from the original story) tries to jump over the moon....the cat and fiddle, dog and dish and spoon sing a great version of the cow over the moon.

THEN....there are the 3 bears.... the ones in the photo. They come to life! They have magnets on the bears in the photo and they wiggle off the frame and disappear in the wall...then appear on stage. They do a dance and it is really fast and fun. There is the old lady whispering HUSH..but sometimes she doesn't whisper....she yells HUSHHHHHH one time and it was too funny.

Then there is one more story. Bunny is losing a tooth. The TOOTHFAIRY comes out and it is great. It is a guy in striped stocking and a TUTU! I LOVED the Toothfairy. He sings about not waking the bunny and not letting the floor squeek and all the while he is THUMPING across the stage in an almost TAP dance number!

I got tons of photos of the girls acting out the bear's dance moves, the bunny answering the phone and the mouse telling bunny NOT to answer the phone. The kids were allowed to go in house where the toothfairy comes out and Sorenna stuck her head out the door and it was too cute.

The photo of the girls on the bed is with the toothfairy and the dish.