According to SCT's Web site, this (world premiere!) play is a coming of age story based on a centuries-old Central African tale. Since there were there and I wasn't, I let the kids tell you more.
Here is CJ's review ...
On January 26th, I went to see the Seattle Children's Theatre's production of Mwindo, an ancient African folk tale. In the play, a chief of a tribe in the village of Tubondo in the forest of the Congo announces the birth of his sixth daughter to his warriors, and awaits the birth of his seventh. The Chief's primary reason for fathering several daughters is because they bring him high bride prices.
However, when the birth of the chief's seventh child is taking unusually long, he sends Spider-Cricket, an unusual hybrid creature that longs to fly, to find out why. When the chief's seventh child is born, it comes with a huge surprise: His seventh "daughter" is actually a fully-grown boy named Mwindo, who is born dancing with a magic conga scepter in his hair! He is also born with the ability to talk and walk.
However, when the chief realizes that he has just fathered a son but not a daughter, he demanded that Mwindo be buried alive in a cave. Inside the cave, Mwindo meets Cha-Cha, a hedgehog that was banished down there 10 years ago by the chief. After telling Cha-Cha about what happened, Cha-Cha decides to dig out back to civilization.
Overall, I enjoyed the Seattle Children's Theatre's production of Mwindo.
And here is Annabelle's report ...
On January 27, 2015, I went to go see a play called Mwindo at Seattle Children's Theatre. The play is about a powerful boy with a father, the chief, who does not love him, for he cannot gain money from having a child that may compete with him for the throne. His mother tries to protect Mwindo, but ultimately ends up losing him.
Along the way, he meets Cha-Cha the hedgehog and Spider Cricket, the appropriately named spider-cricket hybrid. Together they help Mwindo try to go home and end his father's evil rule. There is also a golden eagle that the Chief is obsessed with.
The story originated in India and takes place in a village in the forest of the Congo. The characters were good and I really liked the story. Overall I think the play should get a 10/10.If you want to know more, there's a full synopsis, info about the sets, and much more in the wonderful "Active Audience Guide" resource on SCT's Web site: http://www.sct.org/Assets/Files/AAG/2014-2015/SCT-Active-Audience-Guide_Mwindo.pdf
ORANGE ROVER: This morning, Annabelle tackled a project all by herself. The goal: Building a solar-powered rover from a kit she received as a Christmas gift.
Annabelle was quite pleased with the final result, however, today it was pretty darn miserable out, weather wise, with heavy cloud cover and dark gray skies, so it didn't start rolling yet.
AD ASTRA: Today marks the anniversary of the Apollo 1 disaster, where astronauts Roger Chaffee, Ed White and Gus Grissom (left to right, below) were killed on the launchpad when their capsule was engulfed in flames.
Photo Credit: NASA
NASA learned a lot from the mistakes that were made leading to the death of this trio, and every future manned flight benefited.
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