Today's productions comes from a children's book called, "The Mitten."
Astrid played the part of the "Grandmother". It was really sweet to see. I was excited for her!I peeked in the back and got a pic of her getting dressed in a gray shawl and old apron, and saw her playing with the other kids.
By the time she got on stage though she was really shy. Not surprising because she went on first, and was isolated from the other kids on that chair off to the side of the stage. She had no idea what she was doing, or what to expect. 
The story starts off with a grandmother knitting mittens for her grandson.
The MC feeding Astrid her lines. He was great with the kids.
Here you can see the entire stage, complete with a fake Christmas tree, and winter landscape background.
The story continues that the grandson drops one mitten and it gets blown into the forest where the other animals find it and climb into it one by one. 
It was really cute to see all the kids dressed up in their costumes.
The grandson finds the mitten and it's all stretched out and HUGE.
The kids taking a bow (to the roaring applause of family members).
Afterwards when I approached Astrid on the stage, she looked like she was about to cry. Many of the other kids had performed in this production before, but it was Astrid's first time. It was the perfect role for her because all she had to do was sit there, but it might have been more fun for her to play an animal and hide behind the mock glove with the other kids.(We went back a week later for the zoo's Chinese New Year celebration, and U. had the opportunity to watch the theater performance, but Astrid had a major case of stage fright and did not want to volunteer. She just buried her face in Papa's shoulder and when we asked her if she wanted to be the "mouse" she just shook her head "no" and was on the verge of tears. I hope she gets over her fear because she was so darn cute up there on stage.)
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