Every kid wanted to be the Big Bad Wolf. But not Stella. Sure, the Big Bad Wolf got to yell, “I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house in.” But Stella knew who really brought the house down. The stagehand!
Backstage at Starbright Children’s Theater, Theo pulled on his plastic pig nose. Lily silently practiced her first line. Paige gulped her lemon water and stretched. Brad whined, “This wolf costume is too hot and itchy.”
Stella glared at him and put her finger to her lips. But she didn’t say, “Shh.” It had to be completely quiet backstage, so the audience wouldn’t hear them. But Stella sure could hear the audience. They sounded as excited to get this show started as Stella was.
Mr. Amir, the stage manager,…
