Calla discovered her own "inner fabulosity" when she stepped out onto a stage for the first time in a speaking and singing role. She played a bubble-blowing caterpillar offering advice to "Small Alice" who is only three inches tall and quite worried about getting out of that predicament. "Don't Worry...be Happy!" was one of her lines. She sang a solo, introducing the song, "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" and it was a rousing number that ended with Calla dropping her large eight-armed costume and emerging as a delicate butterfly. The next night she played a "card" and performed several song/dance numbers. She received many compliments on her performances and one of the director's told her to try out for more plays, because she is "very good." Calla remarked that it's much "more fun to be on stage than in the audience."
A star is born!
