Sahuarita’s newest Shakespearean troupe is composed of children, ages 3-12. They have named themselves,

The Sonoran Shakespeare Players

Gideon, Tristan, Alfred, Virginia, Paige, Daniel, Timothy, Mark, Emma, Benjamin, & Hannah

I don’t have a lot of pictures because I was busy helping the kids read and act.

The Ghost of King Hamlet appeared, via an overhead projector and transparency drawn by Daniel.

We decided to bring the ghost back over and over again. Great fun.

It was a day full of surprises. The excitement for the play was bigger than I thought. The reading and expression of the kids was more animated than I expected. Their understanding of the plot, characters, and themes was great. We didn’t make it through the whole play in a single reading; we’ll finish over the next few weeks. We also created a timeline of Shakespeare’s life, played a sequence game using events from the play, and ate pop rocks. I was supremely entertained.