Living Water and a taste of things to come

Last Sunday the troupe performed its brand-new show, Pete's Predicament for the kids at Living Water. Aside from minor glitches the show went quite swimmingly, though we did run into one snafu before the show even got rolling.

The plan was to have Gordon (as Tony) do a short, back-and-forth banter with Dan Flynn for the entire congregation. Following that, the kids would proceed to children's church to enjoy the full puppet show. Things were in place, mics were checked and everyone was prepared. While waiting for his cue, Gordon went to go check on the team in the other room. There was a general consensus that a particular scene needed one more run-through, so Gordon swapped puppets and the team went through it. Well, at some point during the rehearsal, Gordon's cue came up and incidentally so did his mic. The whole scene was broadcast to the congregation, who believed it to be a planned part of the service...'til Dan nervously explained otherwise. An embarrassed Gordon appeared on the stage some time later to perform the actual skit.

Pete's Predicament will be performed again at EMU's Family Day Saturday Oct. 27. Showtimes will be at 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. in the Sponberg Theatre. Come on out; it's free!