Jessica Cook '12 brought her 6th-grade class at Infinity Prep, an Uplift Education charter school in Irving, to the final dress rehearsal of TCU Theatre's production of "No, No, Nanette" at Scott Theatre this month.
Cook is an alumna of the theatre department.
"My kids are low-income and many are dealing with so many problems at home, so the fact that they show up is a small victory," Cook shared. "They have been talking about your show nonstop. For a lot of them, this is the first opportunity they’ve had to see a 'real' show. It was beautifully done and they were so impressed. I have never seen some of them laugh so hard. Thank you for changing my children’s lives."
Afterward, each student composed a thank-you note and sent it to Harry Parker '80, chair of the department.
Here's a sampling of what the students wrote:
"Dear TCU, Thank
you so much for donating the tickets to us. We really loved your performance.
You are the BEST. I want to go to
TCU for college!"
***
"Dear TCU, Thank
you for the show, all of us enjoyed it. I’m really thinking when I’m in college I want to be in theatre because
there are going to be many fun projects. I’m really sure it took a lot of practice and a lot of effort to learn
how to talk and all the actors were all in characters and they had a lot of fun
and humor. All of us thought that that
was really awesome. Thank you again for
letting us go to the show NO, NO, NANETTE and for giving us the tickets."
***
"Dear TCU, Thank
you for the tickets and for the trip. It
was amazing – my first play ever. The
whole day I was talking about it to my family.
Thank you."
***
"Dear TCU Theatre, Thank
you so much for giving us those tickets. We were very happy and excited that we got to see real professional art. I thought it was beautiful and well
thought-out art. My
favorite character was the maid. She was
very funny and you would expect a maid to act like that. Even though she was my favorite, I loved all
of them. My
favorite part out of the whole thing was the tap dancing. I thought that was a nice touch to the whole
thing. But once again I would like to
say that it was well put together and really cool. Thank
you so much for those tickets. To tell
you the truth, I did not think I was going to enjoy a long play. I thought I would fall asleep or
something. But I didn’t – I stayed up
and enjoyed it all. Don’t change one
thing."
***
"Dear TCU, I
want to say thank you for the performance. It was the best performance I’ve seen in my entire life. It was funny, entertaining, and
interesting. It was an honor to have
y’all actually perform that, especially for the girls since they had high
heels. Thank you for your hard effort. Thank you so much to the director and others
that helped make this play possible."
***
"Dear TCU, You
guys are cool. I really love your play,
it was cool. I really love the maid, she
was hilarious. I wish I could go back
again because it was good, it was the bestest play ever. I was bursting out laughing because you guys
were hilarious. My teacher Ms. Cook
would be a great maid because she is hilarious, she would be a good maid
too. I really loved that it was about
love. The girl named Nanette, she was a
good dancer. Nanette’s uncle was
hilarious, he made it so obvious that he was doing something wrong, it was
hilarious. I couldn’t stop
laughing. I hope you can do this again
and I hope I can go."
***
"Dear university theatre of TCU, Your
production was so great. I thought it
was funny. Thank you for the free
tickets and everything you did. I really
did appreciate the production. I hope we
get to go to it next year because I would really recommend it to the kids who didn’t
get to go this year. I would recommend
for them to come and see you. I hope I
can go next year.
***
"Dear TCU Theatre, Thank
you for letting us see the play we saw on Tuesday. The show was very funny but the maid very
funny. I really liked how the place
looked and it was cool. Thank you for
giving us the tickets to see the show. Before we went there we saw the campus and it was very long and big. Once again thank you for letting us see the
show and have a very good day."
***
"Thank you for donating the tickets. It was an awesome show! Thank you for inviting us to the show. It is the best show I have seen and you are
the best. GO FROGS!"
***
"Dear TCU, Thank
you very much for a wonderful show at the theatre. All the actors and helpers did an amazing job
putting the show together. I want to see
another successful play like NO, NO, NANETTE!"
***
"Thank you TCU for the wonderful performance on Tuesday
night. That was my first performance and
to say that was so wonderful! I love
that the characters did seem like if they came from the past. You guys were really awesome out there and
thank you for the free tickets. I know
that they cost a lot so thank you so much for the free tickets. You guys were really funny and for a love
story that was a pretty good one because mostly the love stories that I have
seen don’t have that much funniness, so thanks so much for that lovely
performance. I wish I can go back and
see more performances."
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