Expose: Holiday Celebrities Tell All!

 Merinda was the Thanksgiving Turkey in her middle school play, "Expose:Holiday Celebrities Tell All".

 Here "The Big Three" or Santa, Easter Bunny, and Thanksgiving Turkey, are expressing their celebrity woes to the world. 

Then two over zealous hunters, "Betsy" and "Bubba", accidently shoot Rudolph's nose off into the sky,

and "Sky" and "Moonbeam" try to put the Easter Bunny out of business because "Animals are people too".

The Thanksgiving Turkey, in cognito, tries to attend an addiction support group (for eating too much corn) and ends up fleeing for her life while being chased by a room full of hungry, disgruntled addicts.

Merinda's good friend, Lily Thomas, played the group counselor.

The Toothfairy (and yes, this young man is only a 7th grader!) is tired of wearing tights and a tutu, and dealing with needy people.

The Leprechaun (Also a middle-schooler) is tired of everyone thinking he is rich with his pot of gold, or belongs on the front of a cereal box.

Cupid's argument is certainly understandable, how come he has no Valentine to call his own?

And the problems just escalate as another spoiled child (who stole her classmate's two front teeth in order to get 50 cents) demands payment,

poor little Leprechaun's dreams of owning his own retaurant are crushed,

  Cupid fails to find his true-love despite repeated attempts at "speed-dating",

 

and the Bald Eagle, who is finally able to conect with someone who understands that he isn't really bald,

is once again rejected after nosey tourists expound on the fact that Bald Eagles are bald, and thus the reason for the name. 

In the end, all the holiday celebrities go on strike in hopes of living a "normal" existance.

Brad and I absolutely loved watching this play. The middle-schoolers did a phenomanal job, and we couldn't help laughing through the entire play.

There are also a few things I learned about casting middle-schoolers: they can really act, and are about as diverse as they come. You have your middle schoolers who look like they belong in second grade, and others who can grow full beards, which made the play that much more entertaining!