Snow White

Live theatre is so much fun!  Queen Kathy invited us to a little theatre in Redlands called LifeHouse Theater to see their production of the classic fairy tale "Snow White".  We had such a good time!!  LifeHouse Theatre's mission is to make a difference and they add a faith-based element into each of their stories, which is so refreshing in today's world.

LifeHouse Theatre

Snow White - The Classic Fairy Tale

When we first entered the theatre, we were overcome with the mouth-watering fragrance of fresh baked cookies!  Chocolate Chip and Macadamia Nut cookies, right out of the oven, for the unbelievable price of $1 each.  Delish!  

After our sweet treat, we were directed to our seats, which were perfect.  (I don't think there's a "bad" seat in the house.)  Here we are waiting for the show to start . . . 

Queen Kathy, Leslie, Barbara, Carol N, Joy, Seema

The theatre is small, the stage is small, and most of the actors are volunteers.  And it's all wonderful.  The story was fun, the characters were clever and cute - besides Snow White, the Prince Stephen, the Evil Queen Belladonna, her Magic Mirror, her sidekick Craven the Raven, and of course, The Hag, there was Seymour the Owl, Rascal Rabbit, Whiff the Skunk, and Robby Raccoon.  My personal favorite were the Seven Dwarfs, who were regular sized people (they said the "dwarf thing was a misconception".)  They were hilarious.  Even their names were hilarious - Zippy, Tippy, Snippy, Lippy, Dippy, Nippy, and Iffy.  One of them - I think it was Tippy - kept falling over, so funny.  I wonder how many new bruises he has after each performance! 

No photography was allowed during the performance, but at the end we could take a photo of the cast . . . 

The Cast of Snow White

We really enjoyed the show and are looking forward to coming again in November to see "Ruth".

After the show, some of us headed over to Applebee's for dinner.  Get it?  Applebee's?  Keeping the apple theme going?  The Evil Queen, disguised as The Hag, offered a poisoned apple to Snow White?  The perfect place, right?

Here we are at Applebee's, waiting for our food . . .

Carol N, Joy, Kathy, Seema

But . . . shortly after this photo was snapped, the power went out.  Our server assured us it would come back on in just a minute or two.  But it didn't.  Looking through the window behind our table, we could see that the traffic light was now blinking red, so it wasn't just the power in the restaurant that was out, but likely in the surrounding area as well.  We waited for awhile, but finally, our server told us our food wasn't coming.  So we hugged good-bye and headed for home.  (Later, Kathy saw an accident on the freeway that likely was the cause of the power outage - hopefully no one was seriously hurt!)

All in all, we had a really good time.  And so what if it didn't go exactly as planned?  At the end of the day, it's all about the adventure, right?  Thanks Queen Kathy for planning such a fun outing.  Can't wait till next time!