"These are two wonderful kids," he said last night, "with very independent and spunky personalities."

"Now that my children have left the high school," he said, "it draws me closer to the community, and to these wonderful kids."

That's my favorite part of directing this show - the wonderful kids.

And, she added, "I've been to three funerals of really wonderful kids."

For several years while raising two wonderful kids, she took side projects in corporate event planning and theatrical production.

"I had these wonderful, talented kids who were constantly competing in every part of their lives and they hated each other," she said.

What a wonderful kid, and totally normal, going to school.

"My son is really a wonderful kid now," she said.

"He was a wonderful kid from a very fine Jerusalem family."