Soozie: how's your daughter?

soozievt
Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:19:12 +0000

Editrix had sent me a private message but I see you wrote something here and no, I don’t mind. Your message to me already was overwhelmingly thoughtful and meant oodles to my daughter to read such words from someone she did not know. To others, I had no idea Editrix has a D who attends this same summer theater program and only learned of it once we returned home and wish we had met. Thank you so much again for the positive support you have shown.

It was a special performance for my daughter in so many respects. This was her final show there, after spending 8 summers of her life at this place. She has attended for 16 sessions there, done 16 of their musicals and 15 casts of the cabaret and so this was a final hurrah on their stage. It was even more meaningful to her (and us) because of the “comeback” from her enormous setback. This was her first time back on stage and it was in such a big way. She was the lead, Lucy, in the musical, Jekyll and Hyde, which was considered the “big musical” of this session. It was an amazing production, one of the best I had seen there. Everyone was so good and just performed at a very high level. The role was my child’s most challenging (she said). She had her family there, all her grandparents, an aunt and cousin from Alaska (the cousin was attending for her first time as a camper), and other families from our community who sent their kids there after hearing of the place from us, and then about 10 friends who she has been very close to at this camp but who did not return this summer (they are 18 and have graduated but COULD have returned but did not) and they all came in from all over to see it and so it was quite the enthusiastic crowd. She also performed in her cabaret production immediaely following Saturday night’s performance of Jekyll and Hyde (really late) and that was her final moment, and seemed kinda like graduation of sorts and she moved to alumni status. This program, as she would put it, was the most significant influence on her life.

Like Editrix said, it was thrilling to see her back at what she loves to do (musical theater) but it was quite something to see her dancing this soon and not only dancing but doing a kick line like a Rockette type thing. She is off at Physical Therapy right now and I hope she told them what she was able to do. It is far sooner than anyone would have imagined. She is one lucky kid.

MomX4 aka Treemom, if you are reading this, I am sorry I never saw your post from May on this thread above until now but thank you for your kind words. I know you know what it is like for your kid to kiss this program goodbye. Hope your D has loved Stanford!

Editrix, thank you again. I am glad that my child was able to be part of a show that you enjoyed. It is her life and I know that she really likes affecting her audience and giving them something. I don’t know when she will be able to do a role like this again with going off to such a competitive college theater program but I am glad she had this opportunity. Also, you never know who is watching you because two people who saw the show have contacted us about two things in NYC for her. Where it will lead, I don’t know. It was pretty cool for her though. She is moving there for college soon.

Susan