The Secret Life of Planets: Redux

pladd — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:47:45 +0000

Over spring break I essentially went on a whirlwind author tour of Seminole’s schools. I visited the classes at the Seminole Middle School who read The Knight, the Wizard, and the Lady Pig and then went across the street to Seminole High School, where the musical theater class was doing dress rehearsals of my one act, “The Secret Life of Planets”. It’s been slightly tweaked from my original version, written for the Wiess Freshman One Acts, to accommodate more speaking parts, more singing, and an costumes made of things besides what you can steal from the Servery. Observe:

Another key difference: I was not eating pie while watching it

Also, no one turned up drunk. But I am totally digging the costumes: (image heavy)

This was pre-Big Bang, natch

Sad times, Pluto

Black Hole! Looking less Dr. Dodds-like, but that's okay

Yay! Now if only I had not returned sick. I blame those middle schoolers.

Writing Assignment: Create Your Own Planet

pladd — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:00:05 +0000

Essay excerpts:

My planet is called ChocolateLand because it is entirely made of chocolate. If you go there, you’ll have to meet everybody, but watch out! They will probably try to lick you because this is how they greet each other. Their food is sugar.

The kids on my planet get taught by wizards. They learn magic, fighting, growing plants, and hypnotism.

If you do something bad, you get sent back to Earth. Or you go to the mines, where they mine for water, which is very rare.

On my planet it rains dolphins.

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The Secret Life of Planets: Redux

Writing Assignment: Create Your Own Planet