Product reviews for Parents Just Don't Understand

"Our kids just loved the description in the catalog and were thrilled with the end result. Our audience, from the grandparents to the six-year-olds, loved it as well, and all three shows were well attended. We are never disappointed with one of Bryan Starchman's shows, nor one of Eldridge's plays." --  T.P., Director, Bishop Ludden H.S., Syracuse, NY

"The junior class of Arlington High School had a BLAST doing this play. I've had so many compliments and the audience LOVED the humor. I heard things like 'maybe the best play ever' and 'I just loved the message it sent.'  We introduced the play as a 'trip through the old photo album'...full of our favorite family memories. We used 'oldies' music as an additional layer while we made scene changes. The audience seemed to enjoy that as well. Again, I just wanted to thank you for such a GREAT play! It couldn't have been better!" -- K.S., Director, Arlington (OH) H.S.

"This is our second Bryan Starchman Show. The format is perfect for middle school, as it allows us to have 30 speaking roles, yet be able to manage the students by working with them in small groups. We were able to pull most of the set and costume pieces from what we had already, so the show pulled together very smoothly. We have a set of twins, so we used them to hold place cards for each scene and had a lot of fun making the transitions seem impossible until Christmas is a Time for Honesty when we revealed the trick." -- R.B., Brooks Middle School, Bolingbrook, IL.

"Easy sets, easy costumes, great script, what more can you ask for.  And need I say, the audience LOVED it." -- P.B., Shelbyville High School, IL.

"Everyone raved about the show - they loved it!  We did incorporate digital images to enhance our simplified staging. Our slides included the title of the scene, an image to signify the setting, and pivotal moments in each scene. It added a great deal, people enjoyed the slides, and they provided lighting for our scene changes." -- Huntington North H.S., Huntington, IN

This show was amazing to produce.  The vignette style made it super easy for rehearsals to be broken down.  The student absolutely loved performing it and it was very eye opening for them.  Audiences were laughing at all the memories they had that this play brought back.  I highly recommend it.

Our students had a great time with this show!  It has so many realistic scenarios that are so funny.  The community is still commenting on how much fun it was to watch!  I highly recommend this play.  It's flexible for casting which is what drew my attention in the first place.