Today we met with our group of students for the first time. St. Joseph’s has several different schools on their campus, and the students in our group were pulled from each school. This has made the group a bit challenging to work with because each student has a unique, and sometimes difficult background story. We are going to be working with approximately nine students. Some seem eager to begin and are very attentive, while others can barely sit still and show little interest in the production. We gave a brief background of the play and Shakespeare, and then explained each role. We began to cast roles but it was somewhat preliminary and will probably change going forward.

I look forward to going back next week. Hopefully we can make some better progress.