From "Mrs. Senn and her Kinders" in WI
We watched your play (The Wizard of Oz) at our school and it was FANTASTIC! I believe the Teachers enjoyed it as much fun as the kids! Keep up the excellent work and hopefully we'll see you for another play in the future. Keep in touch, Mrs. Senn and her Kinders
Thank you!
KB
Alexis Stahl's Wonderful Drawing
Alexis sent this in from Wilson School..she is in the third Grade Special Day Classroom.
(Click on it to see a larger version.)
Thank you so much, Alexis, for sharing your imagination and talent with us!
(and thank you Ms. Bustamante for sending it!)
KB
From Alena.
I relly liked the show you guys did it was very very instering your friend, Alena georges calvert elementry
Thank you for writing, Alena!
KB
Cara and Amanda's tour is done!
Thank you,ladies for your splendid work for Traveling Lantern this season, and we look forward to having you back again soon!
Another Dorothy spotted in California!
This little girl's name is Marcela...
From Ms. Gallegos, and her Kindergarten Class
All of my students enjoyed your show on Monday, April 24, 2006. They had a connection with each character within the Wizard of Oz. Since most of them had seen the movie they enjoyed it and talked about it all day long. Thank you, for a good presentation.
Oh...my GOSH, another Dorothy in Santa Rosa!
We're finding them everywhere! KB
From Cammy (parent) in CA
Dear folks at Travelinglantern: I'm a parent of 2 children who attended the Dorothy show at the public library in Santa Rosa yesterday (4-20-06). Your show was excellent, entertaining, and inspirational, thank you! Its the second show we've seen (last year we saw the Lion, Witch, wardrobe show). I've wanted to share how amazed I am that 2 actors can produce such an incredible rapid-fire show that works for the audience. Truly, I think its better than many of the $20.00 a ticket shows with elaborate sets, etc. Not only can I not afford such experiences just now, but I am finding that the shows produced at my local library (your company and others) to be superior in many ways. Again, Mucas Gracias, Cammy Michel, mother of the cute girl who got to be "Glinda" and mother of the blond boy who got to be a monkey yesterday.
Thanks for writing, Aimee.
Hi
Just wanted to write a little note on behalf of
Hackett Elementary school in Beloit, Wi. We saw the
Dorthy and the Wizard of Oz this morning and the show
was outstanding. It was wonderful to see how much our
students enjoyed it. These kids come from low income
families , so for some this was the first play they
have ever seen. It was wonderful to see how excited
they were. I am sure they will be talking about it
for weeks.
Thanks again,
Aimee Rebout (Hackett teacher)
Cara and Amanda go skiing
From Jared in Goleta
Jared saw a show at Goleta Library and wrote in all by himself. Very impressive, Jared!
Thanks for sending your letter and drawing!
KB
From "Mr. Dan Shaffer and his cast of second grade favorites"
Dear Cast of "Dorothy & the Land of Oz: Thanks for the wonderful performance on Tuesday, April 18, 2006. Our kids get very few chances to see live theater and the chances they most often see are somewhat unpolished. It was good to see top notch actors doing a fabulous job. Some of the comments from my class are as follows: Jonathan: "I liked when they found the Tin Man." Hannah: "I liked it when the Witch was melting and stopped to get a drink." Chelsea: "I liked it when Taylor went up there and said 'Yes' that she would marry the man." Riley: "I liked when the Scarecrow kept falling down." Morgan: "I like it when Auntie Em was yelling for Dorothy." Micah: "I liked it when Dorothy asked the Scarecrow, 'What's 2=2?' and the Scarecrow said, '22'." Katherine: "I liked it when the flying monkeys were chasing Dorothy." Taylor: "I like it when the Lion thought he didn't have courage." Angel: "I liked it when Dorothy smacked the Lion." Timber: "I like the part when the guy came out and he was just a normal guy." The kids were impressed as you can see. We hope to see you again. We hope the rest of your tour goes well. Sincerely, Mr. Shaffer's Second Grade
Wow! What a wonderful letter! Thank you so much for writing to us.
KB
From Brianna in NE!
Dear,traveling lantern You guys put on a great show and thanks for traveling all the way from California to put on a play for us. Thanks Your Friend, Brianna Meyers
And thank you, Brianna, for writing!
KB
Chloe from NE gives us a RAVE review!
You were excellent. You were I don't say because you were excellent. How do you do it. SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, Chloe!
KB
From Joshua in AL
I think you do the best acts in the world!
Thanks for writing, Josh!
KB
Fantastic responses from Mrs. Swindle's 2nd Grade class in NV
WOW!!!!! Thank you all for your letters and drawings!
KB
Some letters from Ms. Bartel's class (third grade) in MI
We got a big packet of letters from these wonderful students...here are four...wish we could post them all!
Thank you all for writing. (click on them to make them bigger!)
KB
A letter about Melissa and Emily!
Thank you for taking the time to write us, Ms. Zelinsky. We know how busy Principals are!
KB
A Question from Josh in CT
hello my name is josh. I am in the first grade. I watched your show today at my school, K.C.S. You didn't have time to awnser me after the show, but I would like to know if the ghost part in the story of mozart was real. Thank you -josh
Josh;
Great question!
The ghost in the play is a character in an "opera" (a story that is sung) that Mozart wrote, called "Don Giovanni".
There is a ghost in Mozart's story, and many historians beleive that Mozart based the character of the Ghost on his own father.
The part of the music you heard during that scene was what the Ghost sings to Don Giovanni.
Thanks for writing!
KB
A question from Alexis in CT for Melissa and Emily
How did you remember your parts?
TWO Dorothys in Santa Barbara!
From Lisette in Santa Ana, CA
It was very amazing how the two actors who came to our school to play SHAKESPEARE- THE BARD changed clothing so fast. I learned alot by watching the play and was also very entertaining. The one lady who played different parts was very funny. She made us laugh alot. Thanks and hope to see you again soon!
Thanks for writing, Lisette!
KB
From Tina...thank you!
Dear K B:
I wanted to send you a quick e-mail to say thank you for offering such wonderful programming. I was thinking of all the eloquent words I could use to describe the gracious performers and the clever and true screen play, but the question of one of the children who saw Saturday's performance of Dorothy sums it up best.
When the performers opened up for questions, a young child asked, "When are you going to come back to Berlin, MA to perform for us again?" Do we need to say anything more about how well received the program was? Thanks again and I wish you and your performers all the best - maybe someday soon we can bring you back!
Tina Craig
Berlin Public Library
Children's Services
From Veronica in Santa Ana, CA
Dear Players, Amanda and Kara, You were wonderful today! The students thoroughly enjoyed your performance. Thank you for bringing Shakespeare to life for them. I look forward to future performances at our school. Thanks again for your superb acting and ability to respond to our students. Sincerely, Veronica La Frossia
Thank you, Veronica, I must assume you are an adult, if I'm wrong let me know! (Vocabulary!)
KB
Our First WINNER! Jeff Gomez from John Reed Elementary!
Jeff is a second Grader in Ms. Christiansen's class. Tour two has ended, and Steve and Shamika picked Jeff's letter as the contest winner, so Jeff, your book is on it's way!
Thank you all in Northern CA and Reno for writing to us!
Here is Jeff's letter and drawing...(it was a little too big for my scanner, so a bit is cut off...but not much! CLICK on it to see it in a larger size.) KB
From Ms. Maddy's class (3rd grade) in OR
Dear Traveling Lantern Theatre Company, Thank you for the show and for coming to our school. We liked how you dressed up weirdly/funny for the show. We were having a lot of fun during the show! We thought it was silly how you acted in the play. One of our favorite parts was when the wicked witch tried to take Dorothy's shoes off. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to make us laugh. We really enjoyed the show! The set was cool because it could stand up and it had all sorts of different backgrounds on it. Another favorite part was when everyone screamed to try to help Dorothy. I liked the costumes you wore too. Hope to see you again next year! Sincerely, Ms. Maddy's Class PS. Have a good time until then :)
FROM: Ms. Snook and Miss Welty's 2nd Grade Class in OR
We loved the different characters played by only two people. It was silly that the boy was a girl sometimes. They really chnaged their costumes fast. It was fun having kids from our school in the show too. The sound effects, like the tornado, were really cool. Thank you for doing the Wizard of Oz for us. It was really a trip (a wild fun ride). Hope you will come back next year!
Thank you Second Graders for writing to us!
KB
From Lindsey in WA
you just came to my school alice v hedden elementry school to perform wizzard of oz!it was great i loved it i thought it was cool how you guys can change oufits so fast.it was nice to let students after the show come on stage and look at your stuff. i like the dog puppet ?todo?(cant spell it) thank u for coming bye
It's Toto, and thank you for writing, Lindsey!
KB
From Nicole on OH
Thanks so much for coming to our school you were alsome hope to see some more of your plays. senciraly, nicole
We'll be back, Nicole, and thanks for writing!
KB
What a lovely thing it is
to get mail.
I just want to say: It is such a pleasure to read all of your letters. Traveling on the road, a different place every night can leave you feelig a bit disconnected. Every time I come to stay at KB and Doren's (my stop-off home) it seems like there's a new stack of letters to read. Television may be quick and easy to watch, but I bet Sponge Bob never sat down with his big stack of fan mail and actually read every letter...
Then again, Sponge Bob probably gets 300 percent more fan mail than me.
Regardless, thank you so much for your letters and keep them coming!
Cara Francis
