A Little Monkey Business

Gina Wilhelm Actress - A Little Monkey Business

Being a 5-year-old is hard. There are rapid shifts in mood, a blossoming awareness of what's going on around you.

And then, you have to deal with the arrival of a new "dumb baby."

It's even harder to be an adult playing a 5-year-old. It could descend into a bunch of tics and condescension.

But not when Bethany Anne Lind plays Junie B. Jones at Synchronicity Performance Group in Atlanta, GA.

She's captured the swinging pelvis, tugging at everything, breaking into verse. Sometimes she speaks in a little growl, sometimes by gesturing emphatically.

The rest of the cast pulls double and triple duty. Director Clint Thornton keeps the show's pacing brisk.

But it's Bethany Anne Lind that makes "Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business" a joy to watch.

Gina Wilhelm Actress