Here’s our first vacation memeory from actress, Kim Morris.  More to come!
(And if any of you would like to share yours, we’d love to hear them!)

Kim Morris plays "Mom" in Leaving Iowa

Froggie Motel

On one of our journeys from Southern CA to Spokane, WA, we had traveled more than our 500 miles that day.  We were hot, tired and ready for a hotel that would accommodate 7 people and a dog. My Dad finally found a Ranch style motel that not only had vacancies but a pool! We opened the motel room door and found that there were ants crawling all over the walls. Our dog proceeded to lift his leg on the bed post and peed.  My Mom told my Dad to get us in our swimsuits and take us to the pool while she cleaned up the dog mess and called for the manager to spray the room. We walked over to the pool and found it full of frogs, some dead and some alive struggling to get out!  My Dad nearly gaged seeing this sight. All of us kids decided we were going to save the struggling frogs. However, every frog we were able to scoop out went right back into the water.  My Dad, gritting his teeth, took us back to the room, dreading to tell my Mom what we had found at the pool.  While the room was being fumigated, we spent the rest of the evening trying to catch frogs on the grass near the parking lot. What my parents thought was a disastrous stay, turned out to be the best playground for us at the ”The Froggie Motel”.

Congratulations, you guys!  It’s exciting to know that such a great message about respect and friendship is being heard by more and more schools.

Here’s just one of the many awesome stories that the Road Company has shared with us:

The response to this show has been very exciting for us.  Great audiences, great post play discussions, great attendance at our CONVERSATIONS event, great questions from students at our student matinees,

and we think that all this talk is…well…GREAT!

So, we’re extending our session with C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud.  We’ve added performances on Thursday, April 26th, Friday April 27th and two shows on Saturday April 28th.

Invite your friends to come join us for an amazing dialogue!

Tonight is the opening night for Taproot Theatre Company’s regional premiere of Mark St. German’s off-Broadway hit, Freud’s Last Session!    And to celebrate such a momentous occassion we put our staff “on the couch” and asked them the question:  “How does that make you feel?”

Excited...nervous...excited...nervous..

My head hurts just thinking about it! But in a good way...a good way.

The excitement is killing me!

Wait...what was the question?

The real question is..."How does that make YOU feel?"

In other news,  we’d like to offer a special “break-a-leg” shout out to the Mercury Theatre in Chicago.  They are also opening their prodution of Freud’s Last Session tonight.   So….how are you guys feeling?

To kick off our rehearsal session we invited Dr. Daniel Benveniste, a clinical psychologist practicing in Bellevue to come and tell us a bit about Sigmund Freud.   Daniel has done a lot of research about the Freud family and he gave us SO MUCH great information.

Dr. Daniel Benveniste talks about Sigmund Freud. Around the table are Debbie Evans, Nolan Palmer, Matt Shimkus and Paula Nadreau

Daniel will be joining us for talk-backs after Freud’s Last Session on March 28th & April 4th.  He will also be participating in our CONVERSATIONS event on Tuesday, April 3rd.  So, we are looking forward to more sessions with our favorite psychologist!   Thank you so much, Daniel!

Sonja Lowe
Taproot Theatre