A few times a year a children’s theater company comes to Bahrain and spends a week with the kids preparing and putting on a musical. This summer the show was Aladdin. Perfect for our Middle Eastern setting!
Caleb auditioned for the role of Cassim, a character who spends a lot of time hiding from the 40 thieves through the use of various costumes and props. The play is very loosely based on the original story/movie. He and his brother, Ali Baba are hiding in the large water jugs.
Camille, thrilled that she’s finally old enough to join the cast, was in the role of a lost penguin (remember how I said it was very loosely based on Aladdin?)
She was the happiest penguin I’ve ever seen.
In disguise as Harpo Marx
More grinning
I can’t tell you much about the storyline of the play. Something about not judging people based on appearances. I was too concerned with watching my little penguin and my Master of Disguise (and trying to delete photos off my phone since I ran out of space as soon as I started to video. So aggravating!)
Cast photo
It’s pretty amazing that they take this group of kids that shows up on Sunday morning, run them through auditions, assign parts and begin rehearsals and are ready to put on a live show on Thursday evening!