"Friends to this ground."

"Shake It Up After School" is proud to present its talented group of debuting actors and actresses at Taft Elementary. Their first-ever acting project will be William Shakespeare's Hamlet presented in the style of Greek chorus. This means that the children will be working closely with one another on their lines in order to have one collective voice emphasizing the dramatic action in the play. It also means that there will be extra acting techniques throughout the performance such as pantomime. To help gear the children toward the idea of following one another on stage and keeping together, they have been playing theater games which allow them to mime and mirror each other, as well as those that help them work on their voice projection in unison. So far, the chorus is giving the children, as actors and actresses, a better understanding of Hamlet because it is helping to identify and express the main characters' emotions. The participating audience will surely benefit from this as well when the time comes!