Cleveland East Side Fun

Ever wonder what zoo animals do at night under the snuggly-wuggley blanket of stars? Do tree pandas play chess with meerkats, debating who has the best makeup techniques? Do giraffe mommies and daddies read bedtime stories to their calf beh-behs about how one day their necks will grow so long they will be able to nibble on the green cheese of the moon? Do koala really invite the 3-toed sloth to pass the eucalyptus-chie to the left-hand side while listening to Bob Marley? (If not, they MUST be doing something similar to this!) And do kookaburra gargle with salt water and sing scales to warm up for the next day’s solo performance?
Well, wonder no further!
Please join me for a walk at Wild Winter Lights at the Cleveland Metropark Zoo where we will not only observe these amazing creatures during their night-time activities, but we will be able to enjoy these beauties under a glittery backdrop of 1.5 million lights across holiday-themed areas including Enchanted Forest, Swan Lake, Candy Lane, and Polar Pathway! Imagine a curtain of sparkly-goodness behind all of the fuzzy-ness, scaley-ness, prickly-ness, noisy-ness, fluffy-ness, slimy-ness, and stinky-ness (ok maybe we will avoid the tamandua) you can handle!
Food and drink will be available for purchase.
Tickets can be purchased here. $24 / discounts for zoo members. Please remember to select Saturday, November 23rd.
https://zootickets.clevelandmetroparks.com/all/tickets/details/869?_ga=2.34947368.882902977.1730085890-290867332.1730085890
We will meet at the MAIN GATE between 5:30PM and 6:00PM for a 6:00 PM Departure (see map here): https://www.facebook.com/ClevelandMetroparksZoo/photos/a.192459715001/10160326097185002/?_rdr

IMPORTANT: we will be leaving for a 6 PM departure. If you are running late, I will update the Meetup site comments section for this event from time to time to tell you where we are.
For more information: https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/zoo
We are going to be outside. BUT, and that’s a very BIG BUTT: being outside does NOT mean we will inside the outside animal habitats. I repeat: outside does NOT mean we will be inside the outside animal habitats. So NO, you do not get to take the eucalyptus – chie, even if the koala passes it to you on his left-hand side, no matter how much he insists. Even if the 3-toed sloth tries to pass it to on his left-hand side —bundled with a pack of gourmet brownies from Heinens. You do NOT get to take it from him. Ever! I don’t want to be responsible for putting you behind bars. I mean, how do you think all the other animals got to the zoo? The poor zebras are still on probation, even after they got out!! And do you think the platypus is the way he is just because? No -sometimes strange things happen with zero explanation. Remember Hoffa? Things don’t just happen to human people! Eventhough you can’t mess around with the koala or his 3-toed friend, please feel free to sing with the kookaburra to your heart’s content!

So wear comfortable shoes and might I suggest for you to bring a water bottle /thermos so you can sip from it while we are walking around. Dress in layers, bundle up, and let’s have some fun!

PS: I hope you enjoy this song: https://youtu.be/7jL_tiP0wX4?si=3h5dEnvpu9Y93BM4

Ahhhhhh Yesssssssss, Thanksgiving is over. All of the family get-togethers are now part of history - and best of all, about your Food Coma: the doctor has concluded that you should be coming out of your sleepy - hollow hibernation by now. Those hours of not moving like a serpent that just swallowed an ostrich egg are over. No more piggly-wigglying or “ Oh I can’t eat another bite” for you!

BUT I am so glad you had that practice because now …. Drumroll please ….. I said drumroll please …

Louder this time ….

You are just in time to yummy it up ROUND 2: sans the turkey!

But this time with your Meet Up family, where dish-washings, food preparation, recipe - reading, outfit-choosing, SmackDown blahhhbitttyy-blahhhhing (for those with, let’s say, “colorful” family gatherings), are NOT allowed! In fact, this event will have you feeling so comfortable and relaxed —so much so—that you will be able to literally roll out of bed, get in your car and roll on up to venue to come join me— in your PAH-JAHM- AHAZ Z Z! Yesssss Pajamas-PAJAMAS!!!!! And NO, not those pajamas! I’m talking THOSE pajamas!!!

Get ready to origami the night away with none other than the beautiful, creative, Michiyo while dining on delicious Japanese creations by the talented chefs at Ichiraku Ramen! And when you’re not origami - ing or dining - ing, you’ll be karaoke - ing!

Yesssss yodeling, noshing, and digit- exercise-eee-ing all in one night! we could be fun-ing-er?

OK, fine- karaoke is optional. I realize some of youzzz guys might be a little bit shy about yodeling, but you may feel differently after you get some Sake in you. What I’m trying to say is that you don’t have to feel any pressure if you don’t feel like yodeling- like the rest of us -just promise you won’t tell anyone when I am off key . 🤣

So get those beautiful vocal cords ready, warm up those cute little handies of yours, come hoongreeey, wear your favorite pajamas (no lingerie please- this is not that kind of night🤣), and let’s have some fun!

PS : do not even think about coming unless you’re in your pajamas I repeat do not even think about coming unless you are in your pajamas. If I am the only one in my pajamas, every single one of you is going to be performing the Macarena, the chicken dance, the electric slide, And Gangnam Style! In that order. Twice. Backwards. While chewing bubble licious bubblegum.

Do you cook? When I ask myself that question, my answer is “Does the Instapot count?” Or “Just call me ‘Mrs Doubtfire— remember this scene? https://youtu.be/tGxxl7LOe_4?si=jWL6mb-gCLXo1kh2
I mean, I have been known to burn the salad! That would be our secret, so a shhuuahhhhuuuuhhhuuhhssh your little beh beh mouth!

If you are in the same boat or are already an expert: come join me in a sumptuous class taught by Chef Eric Wells, owner of Skye LaRae's private chef company! He makes everything! And he will teach us in a hands-on instructional format to create an entire dinner of - drum role pleaaassszeeeee: Thai delights!
BYOB!

The best part: we get to CHOW DOWN on our masterpieces at the end of class! Chef Wells’ encouraging teaching style and locally sourced ingredients will have you coming back for seconds!

Cost: $50
Please purchase tickets online at the following Eventbrite link (or you can just search a Eventbrite with the phrase “ cooking with Chef Wells”

https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fcooking-with-chef-wells-taste-of-thailand-tickets-958545915637&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cc8290a21eff14e4d90e608dcf748a87c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638657138640243186%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gme4rAB4TUtD9IMS1Vq7fTPe2kSQm39TR5QNegt7lcU%3D&reserved=0

Important: Tickets are first come first serve. I repeat tickets are first come first serve. Because this is not a private event just for us, there will be other people outside of Meet Up at this venue. so signing up on Meetup does not secure your reservation at the venue please PAY venue to guarantee your spot. Like N - O - W please/ ASAP!

Time:
Meet between 6:30 PM and 7:00PM. There is free parking outside the venue. Class begins at 7:00PM

Aprons are provided. In other words, you can be as messy as you want. I know I for sure I will be messy. I will try my best not to burn the salad.🤣

Feel free to bring your own adult beverage - BUT, and that’s a very big BUTT- don’t overdo it! We don’t need 2 burned salads, do we?

Chef Wells says: “Service. Food. Experience. What Skye LaRae's is all about!”

Check out this link for more details: https://www.skyelaraes.com/

So come on! Wear comfortable shoes, your best stretchy pants, come hungry and let’s have some fun!

Imagine yourself in a beautiful mansion getting waited on by your own private butler. You look down and your are wearing ruffles or cottony one-sies-yes ruffles / one-sies instead of Fruit of the Loom undies—under your velvety-button-upp-ity-leathery goodness.

Your skin is pasty pale- as pale as a marshmellow in the moonlight after getting splashed with white chocolate from the banquet fountain and before being sprinkled on with powdered sugar.

Imagine a world where moustaches have their own line of grooming products that create styles from pointy to curly to whimsical and licorice twisty, and bustles come in a variety of sizes that would make even J-Lo jealous, even if held together with an intricate lattice whalebone!

Imagine a portrait of you looking nothing like you actually do, kind of like match.com or tinder- but bigger, painted, and above the fireplace for all to see, even when you’re standing right next to it and no one can recognize you! 🤣

Imagine something that looks like a flipped over fishbowl, but it’s full of flowers that are sculpted out of hair from the head of humans. Uncle Harry wanted the sculpture so bad that he was willing to go bald for it so every time you see uncle Harry, you have to imagine him with hair because uncle Harry’s hair is now a hair sculpture.

Uncle Harry was hairy, very hairy, in fact. Uncle Harry was so hairy that people used to call him, “Uncle hairy Harry”. Uncle hairy Harry used to be the hairiest of all uncle Harrys, because let’s face it: “Harry” is a very popular name for uncles. But yes, uncle Harry was the hairiest Harry of them all! But not anymore. Uncle hairy Harry’s hairs, are in the upside-down fishbowl on display- in your living room. Right now. Go check. I’ll wait. And well, I am waiting. I will get ready to tell you all about auntie Harriet and her hair sculpture!🤣

Now imagine it is the 1800’s…and it’s Holiday time.

Step back in time and experience what Christmas was like in 1890! Your taste buds are about to be WOWed!

Come join me for a Victorian Christmas dinner at the Wright Mansion at the Historic Lyme Village!

Historic Lyme Village, is a non-profit organization operated by the volunteers of the Historic Lyme Village Association. The village represents life in the Firelands from the arrival of the first settlers, in the early 1800’s to the early 1900’s. The John Wright Mansion is one of the prominent buildings in the village. This Second Empire Victorian home was built between 1880 and 1882. The mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Parking: free and at the venue

Cost: $65: Please call 419-483-4949 and say, “Hi, I am super duper excited about the Saturday, Dec 7 dinner. I am making a reservation to be at the tables with the MeetUp Cleveland East Side Fun group hosted by AlexAndria”

The main entrée is chicken. I have let the venue know that there may be vegans, gluten-free, and / vegetarians joining the event. When you call them, please mention to them your dietary restrictions and ask if there are any updates to AlexAndria‘s request for accommodation. I appreciate your patience they figure this out.

Tickets are first come first serve. I repeat tickets are first come first serve. Because this is not a private event just for us, there will be other people outside of Meet Up at this venue. so signing up on Meetup does not secure your reservation at the venue please call the venue to guarantee your spot.

Let’s meet in the parlor / at our table, between 5:30 PM and 6:00 PM. Dinner starts at 6 o’clock.

We will be able to do a self guided tour on the first and second floor of the mansion after dinner, so please wear comfortable shoes because there will be stairs.

More information: https://lymevillage.org/
So come on, dress up -if you would like- in your most Victorian-ish regalia (don’t make those corsets too tight ladies, because we are gonna eat), come hungry, and let’s have some fun!

Ps: speaking of J Lo, I hope you enjoy this:  https://open.spotify.com/track/42nSaPdT6g3ZIMHmKLlP2p?si=3_jd2iJNTrS4_JRDboRw1A

Back by popular demand…..

Drum role pleazzzzzeeeeeee…..

What do a mud bath, a dust bath, a bubble bath, and a sound bath all have in common? Well, they all make you feel absolutely MARVELOUS!

BUT because you are not a cute little piglet, or an adorable baby elephant or teensy-weensy birdie, and because you won’t let anyone steal your chocolate bon bons while watching your favorite Netflixes, the only type of bath that is left is a SOUND BATH!!!

Please join me for combination Restorative Yoga and Sound Bath- by candlelight! Ahhhh what better way to spend a Sunday evening?

Listening to beautiful Sound Bath instruments DJ’ed by the talented Tammy Wene and treating your body with Restorative Yoga movements orchestrated by the elegance of Lyndy Rae will bring you to a peaceful spot.

People say they feel transported to calmer places after yoga and sound bathing. Clinical research shows that sound bath sounds and yoga can help people to relax and also may lessen chronic pain, anxiety, and depression. Feelings of joy, calm, and happiness are also reported.

NO experience or registration needed. In other words, your great, great, great, did I mention GREAT grandma can do this with her eyes closed?!

Donations appreciated 🩷

You ARE cute AND adorable - ooooo boooogie goooogie gucccii goooo! - AND are about to feel even more MARVELOUS than I hope you already do!

The formal fun is actually from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM. But the informal fun starts at 6:30- which includes: finding your spot, setting up your matt, going pottie, turning off your phone, and making sure that I see you smile before you get ready for Restorative Yoga & Sound Bath!

Important
This is not a private Meet Up event, which means that there will be other people who are not signing up for Meet Up in this event and that means that this is first come first serve event.

Because this is a donation - based event, signing up on Meet Up does NOT automatically reserve your spot —so please plan to arrive early enough to secure your space. I repeat, please plan to arrive early enough to secure your space. I will do everything in my little bag of magical tricks to ensure that everybody who signs up gets a spot, BUT, and that’s a very big BUTT: it would really really really really help me out if you would please plan to arrive a little bit early to help me help you, help me help you help me help you help me help you —-helpity help you helpity help me —-to secure your spot.

OR…..

for a lack of enough space, prepare for me to do yoga on your very OWN lap! And this is not that kind of event🤣

Lyndy’s Handmade, soy-wax candles will be available for purchase. These custom blends use ingredients to help you feel restored and renewed. Not only are all Lyndy‘s candle creations made with love and aromatherapy, but they also feature magical fairy dust that make the flames shimmer and dance as they burn.

It will be like watching Cher at the 1986 Oscars while feeling, renewed, restored, and surrounded by beautiful scents. If you don’t remember the 1986 Oscars or God forbid, you’re too young to have been born yet, look it up online. You’ll see what I mean. Now imagine all that in a candle. Now you better go and get yourself 1 or 2!

Tammy’s handmade fairy wreaths and her daughter’s crocheted creations will have you feeling warm and fuzzy all over - from your head to your toes! When you run your cute little fingers along these ahhhhmaaaazzzzingnesses, NOTICE the immediate hug that you feel! And who doesn’t like to be hugged? I mean, even the one eyed one horned flying purple people like to be hugged. What about 12345678 910 11 12 ladybugs at the ladybugs’ picnic? They like hugs too- even while they’re chowing down your watermelon while you were out with Susie, selling seashells at the seashore! Even Oscar the Grouch likes to be hugged! So what if he’s a little bit stinky? It’s all good!

More info on Lyndy and Tammy Facebook/Instagram and other programs they do that you might want to do too. So do take a look at what they do do - no not “Doodoo “- I said do do!

Tammy:
@sound_and_restore

Lyndy:
@lucky_lyndyrae
@wanewax_art

Free street and parking lot parking directly outside venue.

Usually I end my Meetups with a yummy outing where we all have a chance to chitty chat and get to know one another. But because it will be so late and you will be so relaxed, you will just want to get home, kick off your shoesies and maybe your socksies, and hit the hay.

So come on, bring a mat, pillow, blanket & water, get ready to show off your tootsies (you can bring socks if you want), turn off your cell phones, and let’s have some fun!

In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this song. Look at it as an appetizer that you can’t actually eat— physically anyway:

https://youtu.be/CtwWnUDmRQQ?si=jbiiUAv2xs7WRkCd

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History has gone through a transformation - a reinventing of itself. If you have ever been there before, I guarantee you that you won’t even recognize it. Remember those high school reunions where you didn’t remember your lab partner looking like that? It’ll be like that.

The Museum went through a genuine, bonafide metamorphosis. Imagine a caterpillar. Let’s call him George. George is minding his own business, just eating all the little leaves he can fit in his fuzzy little mouth. Now imagine he’s stuffed. I’m not talking a little bloated from eating too much lasagna at your favorite Italian restaurant that your Auntie Matilda told you to go to. I am talking about a full-blown competitive food-eaters’ Olympic food coma. But not with hotdogs - with MAGIC. Now imagine George curls his little, let’s call them toes-for-fingers, around the chin-up bar at the playground where he goes to horticulture school, and then just STAYS S T I L L. He stays so still that someone thinks he’s a coat rack so they put a poncho over him. And not just any poncho. The poncho George gets is a long poncho that goes all the way down to his fingers-for- toes- all 100 of them. And even tucks around them so they don’t get cold, especially at night. And he still stays still. He doesn’t even cough or hiccup. For a long L O N G time.

From the outside, George’s poncho doesn’t look like much is happening. BUT, and that’s a very big BUTT: something truly remarkable is happening- but on the inside. And one day that inside becomes the outside and out emerges George- a glorious, colorful, intricate wing-full of fascinatingness so bright that you would think George swallowed the sun!

Yessss, that is what has happened to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

Please join me in celebrating the Museum’s $150-million expansion that features a complete reinstallation of exhibits featuring outstanding historical and living collections, the latest scientific research, immersive technologies, and new public spaces! Celebrating its 100th anniversary, the Museum holds more than five million artifacts and specimens, and stewards more than 11,000 acres of nature preserves. It is one of the country’s leading research institutions across diverse fields, with premier collections ranging from the evidence of human origins to ancient ecosystems during catastrophic extinction.

The name of this event is called EPOCH.

Meeting time and place:
Let’s meet at the ticket desk between 7:00 pm and 7:30 pm for a 7:30 PM departure. if you are running late, I will post in the comment section on Meetup from time to time where we are located.

Cost: $35
You can pay in person or online. There are current discussions at the museum about if what you are charged can go toward a membership. Once I find out, I will let you know.

We will have full run of the museum and can explore every nook and cranny. Savor delicious food and craft cocktails that will keep the good times flowing on and off the dance floor!

Cash bar

Free parking in the Museum garage for first 300 vehicles. Pay-Parking garages nearby as well as street parking.

Please leave your beh-behs and children at home. This is an event just for adults—the +21 kind. This doesn’t mean that you are not allowed to act like children, however. 🤣

For more details:

https://www.cmnh.org/explore/calendar/2024/12/13/epoch-a-party-for-the-ages

https://www.cmnh.org/

So put on some comfortable shoes— maybe even dancing shoes if you so desire—get your intellectual curiosity hat on, and come on, let’s have some fun!

For those of you who have signed up for the 20th - my apologies for changing the date to the 21st. I attempted messaging all of you via Meet Up or Text however, Meet Up, depending on your settings, will not allow me to get through so I put this “date news “ in the comment section. The venue on the 20th appears to be inactive so I found another event, but it is on the 21st. I hope your schedule allows this.

 OK drumroll please…. I said drumroll, please….

Do you ever wonder what happens on one of the 2 loooonnggggeeesst nights of the year?

Does Rapunzel grow her hair out even more so that she can finally -and once and for all -get to finally see her cutie-patootie sweetie pie down there at the base of the castle - yessss the one with those adorablezzzzz poofy sideburns —-by getting him to actually CLIMB UP her HAIR instead of repeatedly asking her to let it down? I hope his shoes are not muddy because you know how us girls don’t like to have to constantly wash our hair! And when he gets to the top, he better have presents like chocolate or diamonds- And no, that does not mean chocolate diamonds!

Does the spaghetti in Disney’s Lady and the Tramp ever end? Like is it one continuous piece of doughy goodness on the plate? Just admit that you would love to go into MaMa Mia’s Bistrot and just see if that noodle in your spaghetti dish is continuous. If you do this, make sure you go with friends who don’t mind if you make a mess while you’re trying to see if that noodle is actually just one continuous, long, long, L O N G noodle! Don’t forget to wear your bib!

Do daddy-long-legs no longer have to climb up your picnic table—scaring the baaaageeezuz out of the whole family—- just to get a piece of Auntie Matilda‘s cake? Instead they just rise up - like a bucket on the retracting arm of one of those tree trucks —and lean over to reach out one or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 of their little legs to grab a piece? Notice I did not say 8. If I said 8, he would’ve climbed up on the table, but this little guy doesn’t need to climb. He just gets up. Why? Because this daddy-long-legs’ legs have gotten longer. Longer daddy-long-legs’ legs. Longer daddy-long-legs’ legs. Longer daddy-long-legs’ legs. Can you say that 10 times real fast? Imagine emptying out your pockets before putting your pants in the wash and finding one of those critters. Can you say, “ the baaaageeezuz have been screamed out of me!” as your post-pocketed daddy-long-legs marches his long daddy-long-legs’ legs out of your way!

Please come join me in celebrating one of the longest nights of the year by exploring the roots of our modern holiday celebrations indoors and out! Enjoy treats, hot beverages and music; create a solstice-themed craft; stroll the self-guided Solstice Traditions Trail, a magical, candlelit route through the forest; and watch interactive skits highlighting solstice traditions of various civilizations with costumed interpreters.

Please dress for the weather, as much of the program is outside.

No dogs, please. And don’t feel sorry for them. They may miss you but not as much as they miss having full run of the house and having a party with all of your other pets, plants, toilet paper, kibble, toys, your sock drawer, and ALL of your shoelaces!

The program is an open-house format ending at 10 PM. Shuttles from ASM ( big goant metal building that kind of looks like a spaceship - but it is not a spaceship - I repeat it is not a spaceship . We will not see Martians or be beamed up on the solstice. At least that’s what they tell me. 🤣  the event goes from 6:30-10:30 PM. Let’s meet between 6:00 and 630 for a 630 departure. I will be updating the Meet Up comment section from time to time telling you where we are.

Cost: Free!

So come on bundle up, stretch those tootsies— even the loooonggest one—put on your comfortable walking shoes, and let’s have some fun !

I never met anyone who didn’t appreciate getting or giving a little bit or even a lotta-bit of inspiration, encouragement, and empowerment. In other words, even when the shittake mushrooms hit the fan, you must never give up. You may even surprise yourself of how much strength you have, especially when help is right beside you.

OK, that’s as much of a hint as you will get. For those of you want more details, you can check here: https://www.playhousesquare.org/events/detail/life-of-pi?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4P_cmYXViQMVwDYIBR2p2Cd6EAAYASAAEgICxvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.

BUT - and that’s a very big BUTT: don’t give up the surprise for people who like to be surprised. Like moi, for example. I like surprises in fact, I love surprises I love surprises so much that I love to be surprised about surprises and sometimes I love to be surprised about surprises about surprises about surprises about surprises.

AnyWho, we will meet between 6:45 and 7:20 in front of the Will Call. You will see me, and all of my glorious Theatre Regalia which you will also be in- I repeat-you will see me and all of my glorious theater regalia - which YOU WILL ALSO BE IN— holding a pocket full of tickets for everyone -so do not worry about going to the ticket booth yourself.

I will be there and I will collect them ALL from Will Call myself in one giant —what looks like —hand of gin rummy or strip poker, whichever you prefer. Remember I wear lots of layers so you will see nothing 🤣

And I will hand these tickety tickets out between 6:45 and 7:20. Remember Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory and those golden tickets? Yes it will be like that.

From there, you can mosey on into the thester with your ticket and sit your theater - dress coded- Hiney down on your Throne. Our group will be very, very close to each other. Don’t worry I know you will miss me if you are not sitting in my proximity, but it’s OK. I will spread my energy everywhere like a butter knife full of peanut butter.

Should you run late i.e. after 7:20, “I will leave the tickets at Will Call and then all you say to them is “hello. I am here to pick up my Cleveland Eastside fun AlexAndria tickets. I am late. Please help me and find my group.”

Cost: $53.80

Telephone Max (ticket sales executive) at 216-640-8685 between 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm Monday - Friday and pay over the phone with a credit card. I was able to secure a discount, but they were not able to establish a link.

 I have already worked with the theater to put our seats in close proximity. Nobody will be sitting by themselves. We are in groups of 10 or four or six etc. etc.. Please do not worry about picking a seat. I have already done that for us I have picked section and once I give you your magical ticket you can then fix anywhere you want in those sections I will show you don’t worry I have figured it out for everyone. All you have to do is come and enjoy.

^^^Important^^^: deadline to pay and secure your Hiney throne: by no later than December 6

Afterwards, if people are up for it, we can go for coffee, dessert, wine, and other Yum Yums at a nearby restaurant.

Prepare to be wowed by a stunning performance full of beautiful imagery - so gorgeous that you may believe that you were actually IN the performance. Should you feel like that, tell the person next to you to immediately put a little string around your teeny tiny pinky finger and hold onto you tight- because you can NOT get on stage. I do not want your grand finale to entail us posting your bail!🤣

So put on your theater clothes, fit your feet into some uncomfortable shoes, open your hearts and get ready for some fun!