Celebrating Debutantes 2017: How To Stage A Catastrophe by Rebecca Donnelly (Character Interview and Giveaway)

 

Today I am absolutely thrilled to share to all of you my interview with the main character of How to Stage A Catastrophe by Rebecca Donnelly. If you haven’t read the book yet today is your chance to meet the main character, Sidney Camazzola.

And If you’d like to know a bit more about the book, How to Stage A Catastrophe the descriptions and places to find copies online are below. Also, if you’d like to know more about the author, Rebecca Donnelly’s bio and links to find her online are just after my interview with Sid. And if you’d like the to win a copy of the How to Stage A Catastrophe just enter the rafflecopter form a bit further down in this post for a chance to win one. Open to everyone where book depository ships.

Have fun reading the interview!

Interview with Sidney Camazzola of How To Stage A Catastrophe

To start things off, can you please introduce yourself so everyone will know more about you?
I’m Sidney Cammazola–Sidney Horatio Cammazola, if you want my full name. I live Hatahatchee, Florida, the best town on Earth, and I help out with all the props at the best theater on Earth, the Juicebox. One day I’m going to be the director there, when I’m old enough, but I guess twelve isn’t old enough yet. I have one big sister, May, one little sister, Pen, a mom, a dad, and a karaoke-singing grandma, and that’s about as good as life can get.

The Juicebox Theater is about to close, what makes you think you can save it?
It’s only going to close if we can’t earn enough money to keep it going, and like my best friend Folly says, There’s money out there if you know where to find it. We just have to figure out where the money is. Maybe we’ll earn enough money selling Useful Household Goods, like Folly suggested. The Juicebox is a children’s theater, and it’s not big or fancy, but it means a lot to all the kids who go there. We can’t let it close down. We’re going to figure something out, don’t worry.

You aspire to be a theatre director, can you tell us what your dream project is? Any particular actors you want to work with in project?
My sister May would probably kill me if I didn’t pick a musical so she could sing in it, but I’m sorry, May, I’m not picking Phantom of the Opera. I’m going to pick A Year with Frog and Toad, because I know my little sister would like that, and because I think it would look really good with some puppets made by my friend Jelly Baby. Plus, there are songs, so May can sing if she really wants to. She could be Frog and Neil Patrick Harris could be Toad.

If you could write yourself into any one play, which one would you most like to be part of and what role would you play?
Didn’t you see me freeze up on stage during our Variety Show? I’m pretty sure I’m made to be behind the curtain, not in front of it, but if I had to pick something, I’d pick one where I get to hide. (No, May, wearing the Phantom’s mask doesn’t count as hiding.) Did they make a play out of Where’s Waldo? He’s really hard to find.

You and Folly are pretty close, is there anything you want to tell Folly after all the crazy adventures you’ve both gone through?
Mostly I want to tell him thanks for being my best friend. Thanks for teaching me how to have a winning smile. Thanks for helping me figure out this whole mysterious mess and always being the good guy. You deserve the Golden Bowtie, Folly!

Anything you want to say to interested parties, curious stander by’s, friends and foes?
Yep. I’d say, don’t miss the next season at the Juicebox. If you don’t live in Hatahatchee, go catch a show somewhere near you! And make sure you buy something from the concession stand. Just watch out for meringues, sneaky orange dogs, greedy guys with crowbars, and very shallow trap doors.

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Thanks so much Sid for answering all my questions and thank you also to Rebecca for allowing Sid to the interview.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rebecca Donnelly was born in England and has lived in California, Florida, and New Mexico. These days she writes and runs a small rural library in upstate New York. Her debut middle-grade novel, HOW TO STAGE A CATASTROPHE, will be published by Capstone Young Readers in April 2017.

Find Rebecca

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Book Details:

Title: How to Stage a Catastrophe
Author: Rebecca Donnelly
Publisher: Delacorte Press/Random House
Publication Date: April 1, 2017
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover, Paperback

Sidney plans to be the director of the Juicebox Theater when he grows up. For now, he handles the props, his best friend Folly works the concession stand, and his sister May hangs out in the spotlight. But the theater is in danger of closing, and the kids know they need a plan to save it and fast. When they join a local commerce club to earn money, Sid and Folly uncover some immoral business practices, and it gives them a great idea for saving the theater. That is, if you can call extortion a great idea. Hilarious and heartwarming, the mission to save a failing community theater unites a riotous cast of characters in this offbeat middle-grade novel.

Book Links

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Giveaway:

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•  How to Stage a Catastrophe by Rebecca Donnelly
  

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• Open to international where book depository ships
• There will be one (1) winner
• Winner will be chosen and announced through rafflecopter
• Winner will be contacted thru email & should response within 48 hours
• Ends August 1st, 2017
• Prize will be sent via book depository

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