Shrek The Musical

A few months ago our high school’s theatre production put out a flyer saying they were having auditions for our spring production of Shrek The Musical.  Owen was pumped…his friend Addi had been in a few productions so he wanted to do it as well…and Shrek wasn’t girlie so he was really excited.

Auditions went great…he danced, sang and followed choreography (from what I was told…they were closed to all parents!)  We had weeks and weeks of practice (only once a week for 2-3 hours…but it felt like MUCH more!), a “tech week”…which is the week before Opening Night they practice FOR-EVER! But Owen LOVED every minute of it.

Nana was my date for Opening Night.  Owen had 6 shows…1 Friday night and 2 Saturday…for 2 weeks. It was a busy time but with the help of Nana and Taryn we were able to get him to all the shows!

I had never seen the Broadway version of Shrek Musical…but I was SO impressed with the talent from SO many of our students. It was fun because I had a good handful of past and current students.  Love seeing them in a different light…they flourish on stage as opposed to on the track at PE.

Owen and most of the other “littles” were only in 2 scenes. But they were so proud to be in those!!! I was SO excited to see him run out and start dancing and singing.  First appearance was right before Intermission…and they sang and danced to Donkey Pot Pie!

After Intermission Owen appeared on stage again, as a little birdie, during Morning Bird (I think thats the name of the song).

Between the 6 shows either Yosh or myself were at 4 of them!  One of the saturdays we had a wedding and Nana broke her arm…it was a mess!  But Taryn held it all together!

One of the shows I got to bring Ella. OMG she was in heaven! She LOVED it. Like loved it so much…we are still singing and listening to all the songs months later!! I loved having some Mommy/Ella time together too!

Yes she brought her barbie…which she had named “Gingy”…which is also her FAV in the show!

After the show we got our pictures with some of our favorite characters…and some of my students It was so awesome!

Owen LOVED it. He said he can’t wait for the next production…I was so tired I was thinking OH DEAR LORD! haha But I’m glad he loved it. Its a great program at ERHS and I’d be happy if Owen grew up and was a part of it all!