The Fulton School
On Thursday, I helped with the Covenant Christian School’s production of ”MacBeth.” They are all 4th / 5th graders, so it was interesting to see their and Hannah’s approach to a very dark play, that quite frankly, even disturbs an adult cast. To do this project, Hannah’s big focus was less on the violence and more on the idea that you are faced with countless choices in your life and sometimes we choose the wrong things for the wrong reasons, i.e. Macbeth choosing to murder the king for his own benefit and to satisfy his own and his wife’s hunger for power. The space we were in was much smaller and there was no stage, on top of that there was a pole in the middle of the floor that went to the ceiling, so it was a difficult area to work within. The kids had three performances today, one in the morning, and then two back to back in the evening. They did a really great job of working within the space and bringing their characters to life. I helped with the evening shows. After hanging up props, sweeping and mopping, and setting up chairs, I then handed out programs to guests.
Tomorrow, I will be coming back to Covenant Christian in the morning, however, there is no performance, I was just helping Hannah clean up the space and pack up the set. There likely won’t be a whole lot to say, so I am just posting tonight. I will help Hannah for about 3-4 hours, then I will have the rest of the afternoon to re-coop, before working opening weekend of World’s Fair. I have heard that this week was quite hectic at the museum. There was also a visit from a celebrity to check out the World’s Fair exhibit this week— John Goodman! I was sad that I missed this celebrity encounter because my dad loves him, but I loved helping Hannah and you can’t win ’em all!
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