Do You Hear the Penguins Sing?

It has been a remarkable summer for the Penguin and Bunny Theater Troupe.  They have presented, under the direction of Bud, both The Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables, with a very short run of The Battle of the Penguins and Bunnies and selections from Wicked.    The performances take place in our living room, in front of the blue backdrop of Bud's comforter.  For Les Miz, Bud was especially creative with the sets, utilizing small wooden chairs in different positions for the barricade, bridge, sewers, and "Master of the House" tavern. The boat on the lake from Phantom, in "Music of the Night" (my favorite scene), was used here as the death cart.  (The mirror scene in Phantom was also great.)   Mama loved Smeak as the flag bearer in "One Day More," while I loved the little groundhog as Eponine.  Tango, who appeared as the Phantom, is Valjean here.  We look forward to the next production, though there do not seem to be plans in the works for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

The Penguin and Bunny Theater Troupe

Marius and Cosette sing a duet, with Eponine below

"One Day More," with Smeak waving the red flag

Schwaubble Worm and Co.

Mama has been puppeteering again recently, using whatever stuffed critter is available. One of the most popular puppets (though they really do look more like muppets. So is that a cruppet? A crippet? A stuffet? Who knows.) is a previously-ignored green dragon.

Well, he's reached rock-star status now. He has a name: Drag, short for Dragon, the Green-Headed Schwaubble Worm.

Right. That last part. What is a "schwaubble worm?" I'm just not sure. I know my folks say I made up names like that all the time and they wished they'd written them down. Well, there you go, "Schwaubble Worm."

And now there is a Purple-Backed Schwaubblebeak, in another words, a purple penguin.

There's also Gus or Wus, the polar bear. The name seems to change. It doesn't seem to be in the Schwaubble family.

If I find out more, I'll let you know.