Theater Camp: The Pearl of the Fire God

These 3 weeks I have Theater Camp with Taubenslag Productions.

 

My camp director’s name is Michael Taubenslag. Joel and Rebecca are always there to help him with everything. He also has a group of amazing counselors to manage the kids in the play. He is a very good actor and director and very kind.

Last week we acted out the story of Pinocchio.

This week we did the story of “The Pearl of the Fire God”. You may not be familiar with this story. It is written by Michael’s dad just for their family and they turned it into a play.

The story takes place on the island of Hakaluka. (This island is fiction.):  

One day the Fire God got very angry and threw smoke and lava. (AHHH!) The people of the island rushed to their boats and rode as fast as they could out to sea. Then the lava stopped and they returned but all was destroyed. On the shore Samatoo found a giant oyster with a pearl inside of it. He was the Chosen One. He was KING!

But Samatoo grew older and eventually passed to the heavens. The pearl was passed to his 1st born child of the king. And the pearl was passed from generation to generation. The present king, King Hulo, was also growing old. Then the evil Pudinas stole the pearl. They made their son Calla throw the pearl into the ocean. Then Maclada’s children went fishing. They saw Calla leaving. Anyway, when they were fishing, they caught the biggest fish in the world! And it was a talking fish! It was the Queen of Fishes. She was choking on the pearl. They got the pearl from the fish and brought it home to Maclada. The guards caught Maclada with the pearl. The family was put in prison. Joshita told the king they were innocent and that Calla threw the pearl in the ocean. The king found out at the end that Calla was guilty! The Pudinas were punished and the Macladas were rewarded!!

I was Joshita in the play. This was the first time I got a role where I had a big part. I found it a little difficult because this was my first time playing an important part, but once I was done, I felt more confident and proud of myself. I loved it and I hope I get more speaking parts in plays.

 

My sister in the play is my actual sister. That was cool too!

 

There is something very interesting about the names in the play. The name Joshita comes from Michael’s son, Josh. The name Maclada comes from Michael. One of Joshita’s sisters is Adama and it comes from Adam who is Josh’s brother. I found all the names in the play very clever.

 

            
And next week we have The Wizard of Oz and I am looking forward to it. 

I have read the book before and I am watching the movie this weekend so that it helps me in the play.

 

I think this definitely belongs on my Cool Lane. What do you think?