Two summers ago my mom found this show, Barrel of Monkeys, it is just about the funniest thing I have ever seen. In order to create the show a group of actors goes to a Chicago Public School to teach a workshop, the kids write stories and they perform them. It may not sound that funny but when they turn a story that doesn't make any sense and make it a song you can't help but laugh. What also makes it funny is the big guys will play little girls or women while the girls play little boys or men. Their costume are also something to laugh at because it looks like my dress up box from when I was about five. Some of the stories may not seem funny at first, but sometimes you have to think "A third grader wrote this? How in the world did they come up with that?" What I think makes Barrel of Monkeys unique is that at the end of every show you get a piece of paper with all of the stories and you circle your favorites and cross out the ones you liked the least. The tally all of the responses up and the two that were not liked the most are out of the show and two new stories are added in so every time you go its a different show. The only problem is that its on Monday nights so its sometimes hard to get to a show with homework and after school activities but its always well worth it. I don't know how to connect a link but the website is barrelofmonkeys.org
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Maura
9/9/2012 08:03:59 am
Sounds cute!
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Alyssa
9/14/2012 08:36:10 am
Lily has told me about that kid history thing so many times last year on the bus. I finally looked it up once and it is kind of funny!
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DLP
9/14/2012 05:44:14 am
Oh! I am going to have to check both of those things out!!
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