Two Stories. One Voice.

Posted by Elizabeth at January 11, 2012 at 05:43 PM
School Shows

There are just those stories.  Ones that you read and you immediately hear the soundtrack that belongs with them.  Sometimes a similar soundtrack can fit in well with two dissimilar stories.  Such is the case with a story from the Loyola Park show this fall about a man who turns people into zombies, and a story from the upcoming Avondale-Logandale show (that we are performing THIS Friday!) about a teacher who finds herself alone in her school and decides to really take it easy and enjoy.
Two separate casts.  Two separate authors.  Two separate stories.  One universal voice.

Enya.

Somehow, two Monkey actors thought to themselves, “ You know whose music will really support the telling of this story?”

Enya.

Specifically, “Orinoco Flow.”  Her classic.  Many think it’s called “Sail Away,” but in fact, no, “Orinoco Flow.”

It works for teachers chill-axing in their classroom.  It works for zombies.

Funnily enough, there are some zombie stories that appear in the Avondale-Logandale show as well.  For one of those at least, “Part of Your World” from “The Little Mermaid” is the song we thought most appropriate to go with that one.  Naturally.
Thank you Avondale-Logandale (and Loyola Park) students, for inspiring us to find hits from the late 1980’s to go along with your wonderful, inventive stories.