Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Our church is going to put on The Best Christmas Pageant Ever this year. I love that play, and so I was thrilled to hear that we were going to do it. Annsley wanted to audition, of course, but what surprised me was that Seth was open to doing it. He usually doesn't like to be in front of people (which is a pre-requisite for doing plays!). He told me he would try out "if I made him," but I could tell he kind of wanted me to make him. So I made him, and all three of us tried out.

I was nervous at the auditions. Not for myself, and not even for Annsley, but for Seth. You had to stand on the stage in front of everyone and cold read a scene. He did such a good job! Annsley and I were both so surprised at how well he did. He didn't seem at all nervous and spoke with inflection in his voice and confidence. I put down on my audition form that I wanted to have a small part because I really don't have time to do much more than that.

I got the part of one of the church ladies, Seth got the part of Elmer (the kid who usually plays Joseph) and Annsley got a roll that they created for her. The director said the part of Alice was between her and another girl and Annsley was just a little too young. So, the director is creating a side-kick for Alice. He describes Annsley's part as "mini-Alice" or the "vice Alice".

It sounds like they have some great ideas to update the play a bit and make it a little more current. They are going to have some of the monologues filmed and shown in the play. We are all excited for our first rehearsal on Friday night. We are going to rope Danny into doing sets or something so we can all do it together.