Several months back I learned that the Theatre Guild of Rockingham County was planning a production of Children of Eden. It’s a musical by Stephen Schwartz based on the first six chapters of the Book of Genesis: from the Garden of Eden on through the story of Noah and the Ark. I’ve loved this show ever since first seeing it performed at Elon when I was a student there. I bought the 2-disc soundtrack CD some years ago, and I’ve tried to catch a performance of every production that’s been done around here since.

From the first time that I’ve seen Children of Eden I’ve wanted to take part in a production. Auditions were last night and today for this one. So this afternoon I went out and tried out for it.

Now, please understand something: I know that I can’t sing! Every time I play Karaoke Revolution, I ...