The fifth graders at Felicity's school put on Romeo and Juliet last week. Around 25 kids participated and they have been practicing for about 2 1/2 months. It was an abbreviated version of course, but was the actual play. They all did an amazing job and a couple of the little actors were really, really good. During the day performance for the 3-6 graders, I even got a little teary-eyed. (The K-2 graders were not allowed to see it - suicide is okay for older kids though I guess...) Felicity played the role of Lady Capulet, Juliet's mother. She did a fantastic job and was a beautiful Lady! I think everyone had fun and grew from the experience, but were a little relieved when it was over - they put a lot of time and work into it.
The other amazing thing about this whole production is that Shawn was the director. He was in drama in high school and took drama classes in college. He also really likes working with kids, and Felicity's teacher (who organized the whole thing) is his buddy, so he had an absolute blast! They rehearsed for 1 to 1 1/2 hours after school 3 days a week, so it was quite a sacrifice on his part to take that time off from work. We are very blessed that he is in a position where he can do that. It was a great time for he and Felicity to bond and work on something big together. I am so proud of them both!
They had great parental involvement too - stage crew, lighting, costumes, etc. And the principal was so supportive and excited about it - he arranged for stage curtains to be purchased and hung (they arrived a day late though) and also arranged for a professional sound engineer to come and run the sound board and so the kids could have some good wireless mics.
Felicity all mic'd up and ready to go.
Felicity posing by Juliet's balcony.
The other amazing thing about this whole production is that Shawn was the director. He was in drama in high school and took drama classes in college. He also really likes working with kids, and Felicity's teacher (who organized the whole thing) is his buddy, so he had an absolute blast! They rehearsed for 1 to 1 1/2 hours after school 3 days a week, so it was quite a sacrifice on his part to take that time off from work. We are very blessed that he is in a position where he can do that. It was a great time for he and Felicity to bond and work on something big together. I am so proud of them both!
They had great parental involvement too - stage crew, lighting, costumes, etc. And the principal was so supportive and excited about it - he arranged for stage curtains to be purchased and hung (they arrived a day late though) and also arranged for a professional sound engineer to come and run the sound board and so the kids could have some good wireless mics.
Felicity all mic'd up and ready to go.
Felicity posing by Juliet's balcony.
2 comments:
She looks great! How fun for her to get to work with Shawn on this!
Wow. How neat to have Shawn direct Lissy's 1st play. Good Job Lissy.
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