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“The show incorporates pantomime, slapstick, singing, dance and
interactive fun with the audience…. Romanek has wrapped [the education-based
content] in a fairy-tale coating, sprinkled it with catchy songs and children
are riveted.” “The 'Andergrimm' production encourages students to think about
character and wise choices while following the young actors' journey through
the struggles of Hansel and Gretel’s family. More than 30 audiences
of children have already watched the Ugly Duckling waddle her way to happiness
and delighted in the antics of crazy Rumplestiltskin.” “What a show! What a success! It’s really difficult for anyone
who didn’t see the show to understand just how good it was and how
much both audiences and actors enjoyed it. The piece was skillfully written
by Trudee Romanek, KCP member and locally-based children’s author.
Her clever combining of three popular fairy tales, along with some terrific
musical numbers, gave real meaning and life to the character traits in
our school board’s new Character Education initiative. The action
(and the wonderful actors) took us from laughter to tears and back again
in a few seconds and kept audiences rapt”
Comments from Educators "As I watched The Tales of Andergrimm unfold,
I couldn't help but be drawn
back to my own childhood and the power of fairy tales. As the children,
from Kindergarten through Grade 6 sat totally enthralled with the stories
which were woven together, it was amazing to see how clearly the ten ‘Character
Matters’ traits
came to light. Back in the classrooms, for days afterwards, teachers were
commenting on the "lessons learned" by their students.
Students were continually referring to the characters in the play and
the character traits that were demonstrated. This entertaining and delightful
rendition should definitely be considered as a worthwhile performance
for all elementary schools in Simcoe County!" “I would like to offer a big thank you to
the cast and crew of Andergrimm from the grade 2, 3, and 4 students
at our school. We greatly
enjoyed the Andergrimm performance in our gym. I was so impressed with
everything, including the wonderful sets, the great acting, costumes and
singing and the kindness of the actors as they answered questions from
the students after the performance. Other staff who also watched the play
were equally impressed!” “I saw the play twice. Both times the audience
was won over by the clever reworking of familiar fairy tales into a
very musical and thought-provoking morality play. I watched teenagers
and kindergartners become actively engaged in the issues the play raised.
Comments from the Audience “I got out of this play that when you are in a hard situation,
you should think of the positive things, not the bad things. Yeah, and
to be good.” “If I were a critic, I’d give it four thumbs up. I learned
that being bad does not reward you. I liked Rumpelstiltskin and the way
he spoke in rap.” “An interesting, funny play. I like how all the stories combined.” “It’s a very scenic play, full of creativity and imagination.” “My kids really enjoyed the play. They were
still reciting lines from it a few days later and are still [six weeks
later] making the occasional
reference to something in it.” One teacher whose grade two class watched the play asked her students to write a letter to a character of their choice. Click here to see what some of those letters said.
Comments from the Actors “I think it was an awesome opportunity to
work with great people and have a fun time.” “We’re just hoping that kids learn to be good, as a lot of
our songs say. And it’s a lot of fun to see their reactions. They
all leave singing the songs.” I had such an awesome time in this show. It's such a good show, and I
met so many great people. The kids got so into the show, and had so much
fun that it was just a blast performing for them. And the looks on their
faces when they first saw us! Some of them had never even seen a play
before, and for them this was just the greatest thing since mashed potatoes.
I recommend to anyone with an interest in theatre to do a show like this.
It's a whole lot of fun, and a great opportunity to let loose, be silly,
and have fun doing it. I know I did. “Part of our group’s philosophy is to encourage young people
to become involved in theatre. And with things like Character Education,
I think young audiences are much more receptive to the ‘teaching’ when
it is presented by other young people than when the ‘teachers’ are
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