Well, i did a production of it in May, with kids 15-16, (baby june/louise were around 7/8 along with all the other kids in the beginning). it was amazing. our rose was 15, and she was outstanding. we had all the songs... the only thing we had to change was the stripper costumes, and louise's strip. tessie's costume was a long gown, with the wings and everything. electra was a short dress with all the lights, and mazeppa had a long dress as well. for my strip (as louise) i wore this pink dress that had a zipper down the front. for the actual strip i was behind this scrim, so you could only see my shadow, where i removed the dress. it was really funny, i thought, but really effective. everyone was really surprised how good it was.
and as for "kids cannot play mothers", i completely disagree. teens and younger play them everyday. not all high school productions are "grease", and "dear edwina". so get used to it.
Updated On: 7/25/05 at 12:49 AM