Neo Joe Lyden Didn’t Go to Third Grade - Sunset Valley - December 13, 2024

This story was written by Max, Elizabet, David, and Theo at Sunset Valley Elementary - watch the Story Wranglers bring it to life!
Once Upon a Time, Neo Joe Lydon was in Sunset Valley Elementary School which was right beside his broken house.
“I want to skip the third grade”he said, because his mom is fixing their broken down house and he wants to help rebuild it. The tv was broken, the wood on the outside, and most of the house had turned to dust because of a tropical depression and bc Mahamed Ali came over when he was angry and had punched everything in their house.
But the teachers wouldn’t let him because skip the third grade; they were strict. “My number one job is to keep you safe and my number two job is to teach you” they said.
Then Neo Joe escapes 3rd grade by crawling through the vents and sneaking under the guarded fence. Now he just needs to get to Home Depot for supplies, but it's so hard and eventually he stops trying and becomes homeless. One day, a psychic named Linda told him he would be President one day. He saw a tv inside a store that said we need a new president, so he held a rally and people liked him so much they gave him a lot of money to run. He gave every homeless person a zillion dollars.
And Ever Since That Day, (Although he had spent the days of third grade on the side of a highway) ten years later he became President and ruled the world.
The End!
Song by Tyler Mabry
Choreography by Katy Matz
Direction by Katie Moore
Music Direction by Tyler Mabry
Ensemble: Jasmine Boone, Chloe Ingram, Lilly Welch, Kat Ellison Williams, Kathleen Fletcher, Hayden Hartrick, Jon Cook, Colby Raasch, Stephanie Vasquez Fonseca
Prop Production by Stephanie Vasquez Fonseca
Video Production by Jessica Gardner
Sound by Gary James
Presented by the Paramount Theatre - Austin, Texas