"let your hair down, rapunzel"

for the past few weeks, we've been hard at work on this year's children's theatre production of "let your hair down, rapunzel" at the university.  (well, really it's been longer than that because i actually started working on this show 11 months ago.)  

children's theatre is near-and-dear to my heart and it's a genre of theatre that i absolutely love. 

i directed the show, choreographed, designed the costumes, and designed the props and scenery.  ryan was the technical director, production manager, and lighting designer.  we both oversaw special effects and audio.  noah was everyone's supervisor.

i can't even believe that after all of our hard work, it is over.  i'm exhausted, but i'm sad to see it go because i really put my heart into this show and enjoyed the process.  i had a good time putting the show together and i'm proud of the outcome.  i told the cast and crew that we created magic together and that's exactly what we did for nearly 1,200 people who came to see the show.

these are only a few photos of the show.  you can see many more of my photos here.

love, laurie

preschool snapshots

a few recent preschool snapshots of noah doing art projects, meeting baby chicks, watching the easter bunny from a safe distance, and playing on the playground.

love, laurie

opening day!

rapunzel opens today and i can't wait to welcome over 1,100 school students to see our show over the next few days.  this show was a real labor of love and a lot of work for me.  i certainly hope everyone appreciates it!

love, laurie

some recent preschool artwork

a few art projects that recently came home from preschool . . . a shamrock, a heart-shaped pizza, and dr. noah's bag.

love, laurie

easter sunday 2026

we spent easter sunday at ryan's parents' house.  here are a few photos from the day.

love, laurie

king of the easter egg hunts

noah made his rounds in the local easter egg hunt circuit this year checking several of them out.  some were better than others, but i think he had fun.  he eventually warmed up to the easter bunny too.

love, laurie

happy easter weekend!

we hope everyone has a great easter weekend!

love, laurie

getting closer to rapunzel

we're getting closer and closer to our rapunzel show and we can't wait!  things are coming along nicely.  the show opens one week from today!

love, laurie

our jobs are weird

i've said many times that our jobs are strange but this was a first.  we did an event at the theatre over the weekend that was a colon cancer awareness event and they brought an inflatable colon with them for the audience to walk through.  of course, being the theatre people that we are, we gave it uplighting!  it was a hit.

love, laurie

preschool snapshots

a few recent preschool snapshots of mr. noah doing his thing.

love, laurie