Our class will be putting on a play again this year! Last year, we had a huge success with our production of Shakespeare's As You Like It. This year, we're not doing Shakespeare; we'll attempt, instead, the Mahabharata, one of the great Indian Hindu epics. The class has been listening to the stories that compose this myth since before our winter break, and it is a long story all together! We'll have to compress it for our production, and to that end we will be incorporating both puppets and live action, and even masks.
We began the real work of the play in the first week of January, deciding which scenes to include, discussing the design of the production, trying out scenes and characters and designing puppets. Although parts aren't assigned yet, today we had our first scripted rehearsal, with everyone trying out the same scene in different ways. There was some beautiful acting on display!
We don't have a fixed venue or performance date yet, but Joanna and I are working on it. Our goal is to perform before the SK midwinter break begins on February 20th.
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