So it has been a week since I gave the kids their scripts. It has been a grueling process, saying each word a hundred times, taking thirty minutes to an hour with each kid to learn each individual line, but alas the lines are learned. There are of course the few stars that I mentioned in my previous blog, but every kid takes his/her role very seriously, and they are all doing extremely well.
Yesterday and today I worked with the stage hands to show them when and how to move the set to create the different scenes, etc. I spent only about an hour or so yesterday, and I was afraid that they would have forgotten what and when they were supposed to change the set. But once again, I underestimated these kids. They did have a few slip ups, and they were a little late, but they remembered! I was so impressed.
Also, today we began the “acting” party of the play. They can each read their lines well enough, but they speak them in a monotone, without movement, or emotion. Well, that is beginning to change. I now have a few of them fake crying, snickering, and growling. It cracks them up. It’s really quite funny.
The moral of this blog is that these kids astound me. Everyday I am impressed by how much they retained from our brief encounter the day before, and how quickly they pick up new ideas and actions.
Its so sad to think that if Tendol had not found them they would have never had the chance to show, to prove, to use their incredible abilities. But they can and they do, and it is wonderful.
And you all helped make it possible. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.
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