This past Tuesday was our first week back at Higher Achievement after Thanksgiving break. We had a pretty good number of students there and they seemed excited to see us. Kesha had called all of the students parents in order to get confirmation that they would be there on Friday and our head count right now is 11 students and we determined finalized characters. At rehearsal we did a full run through of our act. We had the students line up and walk “onto stage” (the front of the class) and say their name and what character they are playing. They then all exited the “stage” and the characters from the first part walked back onto the stage and recited their lines. It took about 30 minutes to get through the whole rehearsal so we cut down the script a lot, especially the very long parts.

While we have practiced a lot of acting skills at rehearsals and encouraged the kids to be entertaining, I’m not sure how good their acting skills are going to be. Most of them seem excited for the play but some of them might get nervous or get stage fright. Right now we are going through the props and are assigning the specific props to the characters. I am excited about this because I think the kids will get really into the play once they get dressed and get their props.