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Thank you so much, Bonnie, for your post! It means a lot to me!

Hi my Friends, Squirt, here. I have been contemplating the cancellation of our musical. FAT KATZ AND EXPATS, which, until a short time ago, had been scheduled for April of this year. I have been told that our play was cancelled for not being "politically correct". A few nights ago, just to refresh my memory and to reassure me, I, and a group of my actor friends, took a long, hard look at the video of it's 2007 performance in Boquete...the one that made $6000 for Boquete's AMIGOS DE ANIMALES. After seeing the play once again, I was reassured that there is ABSOLUTELY nothing in this play that could be considered offensive to anyone! FAT KATZ AND EXPATS is a comedy praising the low key, family loving, TRANQUILO Panamanians as opposed to the somewhat high strung, overly nervous Gringo. In the play, the Nudist Bhudist (and don't worry...he is never without his towel) visits the nervous Gringos and has a hand in calming them down a bit, with funny interludes every few minutes, as FLORIDA GAYLE, among other interesting and quirky characters, makes her appearance as the retired exotic pole dancer, who teaches pole dancing for Seniors. Everyone wins, everyone comes out on top, ending in a great big rousing, BACK IN HARMONY. I know that some of you haven't seen the play, since some of you had not arrived in our lovely town by that time, but I truly believe, if you would ask around among the Expat and the Panamanian community who actually SAW this Comedy/Farce when it was lovingly presented to the Boquete Community on August of 2007, you would find nary a soul who was in any way offended by this musical. In fact, it was written to bring us all closer together, and I think perhaps it did. I am humbly asking for a reconsideration...perhaps not, if this is truly impossible, for this coming April, as had been previously committed to, but perhaps for your next presentation, maybe even April or May of 2017, if no other times are available. I also realize that the presence of willing musical directors has been somewhat sparse in recent times. I realize that Rhody did not want to commit to such an undertaking at this time, and apparently, neither did Yella. I certainly don't blame either one of these two very talented musicians. I KNOW it's a lot of work. Perhaps TWO music directors working together might find the task less daunting? If not Rhody and Yella...perhaps others could be found who might be persuaded to try their hand at directing the music. It's not difficult music. As many of you may know, Mickey and I are basically country songwriters. The melodies are simple, but I am prouder of these songs that Mickey and I spent two years writing just for the Boquete community than anything else I have ever written in my life! If paying me is a problem, I can forgo that. I just ask that you consider giving FAT KATZ AND EXPATS another chance. I think it deserves it, and furthermore, I think the Boquete community, which I love so much deserves a chance to see it. Does that sound vain? You know what? I don't give a damn! It's a good play. If any of you would like to see this play performed again, or perhaps you never got to see it the first time and would like a chance to see it performed, please respond accordingly and be sure and let BCP know your wishes. If you liked our musical, POSTCARDS FROM PARADISE, you will LOVE our musical, FAT KATZ & EXPATS!