Theatre

Today I took my daughter and her friend to see a presentation of the "Jungle Book" by the Missoula Children's Theatre. They go to different towns, set up auditions and pick a cast, teach the songs, lines and choragraphy to the kids in 5 days and then put on two shows. It is really fun and we try to go every year. As someone who grew up involved in the drama club and chorus I can appreciate how a program like this can be really great for kids who possibly don't fit into some of the other stereotypes that are out there . Theatre, drama, the art dept. were great places to hide out from the masses and be more free to be self expressive. It's really sad and frustrating to see what is happening in our public school system, art and music programs cut, threats of many more cuts to come. What do you all think, especially those who are working in schools now. What do you see?