In the musical travelogue, Stanley searches the globe for a way to become a three-dimensional boy again. The flat suit is required because Stanley travels the world after being flattened one night by a heavy bulletin board that falls and lands on him. “It’s been a learning experience for everybody, but I couldn’t ask for a better group of parents for my first show,” she said.įor Higginson, directing includes making sure that Justin Brandon, who plays 10-year-old flat boy Stanley Lambchop, is comfortable in his flat suit. Parents have helped with duties such as building sets and makeup, and they have been great, said Higginson, who is serving as director for the first time after serving as assistant director previously. “But really, it’s a learning experience for the parents, too, as well, just understanding what it means to be a theater parent, the involvement that comes not only for your kids but also for you.” “Definitely for (the kids) to understand the pressure of the show and having rehearsal every night and just learning the lines and things like that,” she said. “Flat Stanley, Jr.” is a learning experience for the kids and their parents, Higginson said.
The show is a mix of boys and girls who have been in previous shows and those who have never been on a community theater stage before, said director Cynthia Higginson. The cast has 29 kids ranging in age from 5 1/2 to 15. Springfield Theatre Centre has assembled just such a cast for “The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, Jr.,” which opens Friday at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. A musical about an unusual boy who travels the world while flat as a pancake begs for a cast composed of all children.
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