A couple of you have become facebook friends in recent months and have commented on how much you like reading about my work. I realized how much I tend to shut out my work life on this blog, for the most part. My last post got me thinking about that.
Anyway, I decided it was time to share a glimpse into the other half of my heart.....my work with kids and Shakespeare. Here are a few photos of my students performing over the past few years. We have an outdoor stage by the ocean. The children help build the set and costumes. It's a very magical world, if I do say so myself! Hope you enjoy this peak. This coming summer we are gearing up to do
Romeo & Juliet and
Hamlet.
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| A Midsummer Night's Dream ( Puck & Oberon) |
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| A Midsummer Night's Dream (The Rustics) |
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| Love's Labour's Lost (Costard and Moth) |
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| Love's Labour's Lost ( Holofernes and Sir Nathaniel) |
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| The Winter's Tale ( Leontes & his son, Mamillius) |
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| Henry V ( Duke of Exeter and Sir Thomas Erpingham & boy) |
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| The Scottish Play ( The three witches) |
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| As You Like It ( Orlando and Rosalind, & Celia) |
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| Scenes from Shakespeare for Little Ones ( Peaseblossom) |
How gorgeous! And, I'm asking myself, "Why didn't I do that?" I came pretty close....for so many years, then when I converted to Catholicism, I came to the realization that I was getting from theatre the "highs" that I should get from God. So, I gave it all up, cold turkey, as though it were a drug.
ReplyDeleteBut mixing it with education might have been a wonderful option. I love teaching, loved directing. Just never thought of it, somehow.
I love your photos; I'm sure your shows are wonderful! What great opportunities for the kids!
You REALLY need to go watch this video! http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
ReplyDeleteAt one point in it he says, "Can you imagine Shakespeare as a 7 yr old?" It's a great video very much in support of arts! :)
I LOVE your photos of the children in the plays that you directed. You are so awesome with the kids!! Maybe during the summer, we will take the kids on a road trip up to New England and see one of your outdoor plays - They seems so magical!!;-)
ReplyDeleteOf course we have to get O and A home first from Estonia, but we are hoping for April or May court date!!
Awesome pictures and I could see the excitement in their faces.
ReplyDeleteJust another single-adoptive-mama to a Russian delight who also delights in directing Shakespearean productions with schoolchildren. ;> I wonder how many of us there are out there? I've been doing it in Russia (musicals, too) but am heading home. Hmmm...maybe Rebel Shakespeare needs me? In a year or two?
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