They are feeling like big shots in many ways, but also facing the unknowns of middle school. Some kids were undecided because some of their friends thought it wouldn t be fun or cool, but they changed their minds. In the play the students get to poke some gentle fun at themselves, their teachers and school in general. The boys glazed eyes are not due to romance, however, but to the prospect of pizza for lunch. The boys sing about pizza and their hope that the best slices won t run out as they wait in the cafeteria line.
Kids can make it more fun than adults can, they can put more humor in it.
Making memories as well as making light-hearted fun of school is what makes the play special for the cast said brothers Alex and Sam Streisand, both 12. Josiah Haynes Elementary School is at 169 Haynes Road.