Courtesy of Elynmarie Kazle, our guest director.
Why didn’t anyone tell us? Did they think in hindsight it was not important? Of course we need a hand up so all of those detours and wrong turns don’t frighten or confuse us…
The message of this play, still powerful after all these years (having seen the original production in 1988) is that growing up is not easy, that we all need a hand up; that we all need to learn and grow with each other.
Often as adults it is easy in our over-scheduled, work filled, frazzled, day to forget that our teens are taking some very big steps into the world. Every day they face challenges and decisions for the very first time - and something that would seem to be an insignificant incident in our life takes on so much more importance when your time on this planet has been much shorter.
We have gone through a lot in this rehearsal process. In and out of rehearsal we have experienced some of those BIG but not so big moments. We have had cast changes, waylaying experiences such as H1N1, family trips and school obligations; but through it all we have bonded as a company and made some very important discoveries along the way. And we are pleased to share these with you, today.
I would like to thank the Firestone Staff for their support of our production; especially Mr. Zimmerman, Mrs. Schneider, the Firestone Custodial staff, Mr. Petry and Tom Weaver. Thank you for coming today and please take away the reminder that from time to time, we all need a helping hand.
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