My son Charlie and I were lucky enough to attend Theatre LILA's first annual Whoopensocker performance at Overture Center on May 31st in Promemade Hall. For the students and peformers who created the evening of vignettes, it was a celebration-- the culmination of six-week creative arts residencies in third grade classrooms at Sandburg, Lincoln and Emerson Elementary Schools in Madison. For audience members, it was an unforgettable night of new voices expressing the silly, the serious, and everything in between from a decidedly nine year-old world view.
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