Ventriloquist

There was only one man on stage tonight, but it really sounded like there were more! Jonathan the ventriloquist calls what he does “speaking from the stomach.” He is able to “throw” his voice and even change it so it seems like someone else is speaking! Jonathan brought out his puppets and we heard from Shmendrik, Chippy, Aunt Sarah, and Ezra. Shmendrik was the first of Jonathan’s puppet friends that we met. Renee and Leanor were called up to stage and they helped teach Shmendrik the right way to say “ventriloquist.” He thought he could throw his voice, and when he tried, we saw that he could; he started speaking in Jonathan’s voice, and Jonathan suddenly had Shmedrik’s accent! Chippy the puppet was a shy monkey, but he sang a song for us. He was even able to say a really long word, “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!” Aunt Sarah was an old woman puppet who loved to speak in Yiddish, but didn’t like Jonathan’s knock-knock jokes. Ezra was the last puppet, a little boy who sang songs with Jonathan. By the end of the show, Jonathan made it sound like he and Ezra were singing at the same time! Everyone really enjoyed the show; Jonathan provided hilarious entertainment with his witty remarks, and the audience roared with laughter!