The cast of the Lexington Children’s Theatre hosted a special guest over the weekend as future former vice mayor Steve Kay stopped by the theatre to take in Alice in Wonderland. Everything went as planned until the cast returned to the stage after the show was over and decided to address the future former vice mayor by name. Kay wasn’t recognized as the city’s future former vice mayor when he entered since no one really knows who the vice mayor is or what that title really means, instead he was identified when some parents started asking questions about the lone adult sitting by himself in a children’s theatre. Kay justified it by saying “my mom says that inside I’m just a little boy.” Kay then took Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne action figures from his pockets and started smacking them against each other and making laser sounds. Security was too thrown off by this response to ask any further questions.

The cast returned to the stage at the end of the performance to take their final bows and then began to address Mr. Kay, who was loudly chanting “Encore, Encore” unaccompanied. “We are the diverse Lexington,” the cast of adult actors that perform exclusively for the undiscerning audiences of children began. “We are concerned about your administration’s commitments to education and the arts. We hope this performance inspires you to…” the speech was abruptly interrupted when Mr. Kay pressed his mouth into his hands and created a booming fart noise. Kay then began laughing uncontrollably and rolled himself out of his chair (which he was seated cross-legged in) and fell to the ground.

As the crowd filed out of the theater one of the children in attendance told us “I thought it was very powerful the way that the cast respectfully voiced their concerns to the vice mayor.” “I thought it was interesting when the gardeners had to paint the white roses red. It made me think about how in today’s political climate you can’t always be who you are without fear of repercussions” said another. “I liked the cat,” Kay said.