Christmas in the Heart of a Child

Callie's play opened last night - it is really a collection of 6 mini-plays. Callie appeared in 5 of them, mostly in minor roles.
The first one was "Santa and the Gimmee Gimmee" I bet you can guess the plot:

Then the "Nutcracker" which was primarily a made-up backstory to the ballet. In the backstory, Callie played "Madamoiselle Mouserinks" who is the mother of the Mouse King. The backstory was played out in shadow while Drosselmeyer narrates. Callie is the middle one in the shadows below:

In the "Gift of the Magi" (which was just the traditional story) Callie was a background player in a scene on the street. You can see her in the purple dress in the picture in the bottom middle:

After intermission was the LITTLE plays, starting with the "Little Match Girl". Callie's only role in this play was to be the Match Girl's dead body lying on a corner of the stage in the scenes where the match girl is in heaven. Being the mommarazzi that I am, I still got a photo:

Then came "The Littlest Angel" - the only play Callie was not in:

And finally, "The Little Drummer Boy". Callie was part of the "Child Angel Chorus" and did a lot of ribbon twirling:

Then came a big finale number with song, dance, and the various casts taking a bow:

Callie has had a lot of fun and really enjoyed her stage debut!

(The photo on the bottom left is Kyra talking to Chris Heimerdinger, Callie's castmate and author of the "Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites" books. She used to LOOOOOVE those books and so she went and introduced herself to him.)
The play runs through Dec. 7 if you want to see it....