Shiver me timbers.

This weekend, I went to see the amazing Striking Viking Story Pirates!

They go to schools all across New York City, get kids to write stories, then turn the stories into plays, with puppets and music and hilarity, and perform them for the kids.

They also have an "adult night," which I went to, which is simply a performance of their greatest hits for an audience of grown-ups.

It's fucking hysterical.

One story was about an aspiring fashion designer stuck in a day job doing Computering, until, of course, she drops her Fashion Book and it winds up in the hands of a Fashion Producer who turns our heroine into a One Billionaire.

("This faashion book issss craaaazy! Everything in it issss good!")

There was also one about a boy who falls in love with a girl, but there are complications.

("How come the one girl I like has to be the Devil?")

They also made a couple short films out of the kids' stories, like this one:



The real genius thing is, is that all of this gets kids excited about writing. Fucking brilliant.

Go see their show, give them money, and buy a t-shirt!

(I did.)