Go Ask Owen

After an amazing turn as Grandpa Joe is Stuart-Hobson's fall production of Willie Wonka, we figured Owen was certain to have a role in their spring musical. And he was really interested in auditioning... when they were planning on doing School of Rock. Once Ms. Pergerson realized that staging that musical meant her leads would actually need to learn their instruments, she decided to switch to Alice in Wonderland (sadly, middle school isn't known for guitarist that can shred). As a result, Owen decided that he'd rather do sound crew (and help out with the props).

We were a little bummed that Owen wasn't on stage (though it was great that his friends Adam, Aiden, Han, Mason and Patrick were), but I have to say he did an amazing job mastering the sound board. He even got a shout-out afterwards from Ms. Pergerson as it was the first production they'd had without any major sound malfunctions.

Owen announced that he's hoping to master all the parts of theater before high school, so it looks like he might be doing lights in the fall, unless he convinces Ms. Pergerson they should do Phantom of the Opera...