Mr. Locke’s Classroom

Ok, my two and a half remaining readers have been bugging me, so here’s the news: I got the part of Friar Laurence, and have been very busy with rehearsals (every weeknight from 7 to 9). Fortunately, I’ve had about five years to memorize the lines, and am doing quite well in that regard. Blocking [...]

For the past five years, I’ve taught Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet–and loved it very much. Right around this time of year, I think my freshmen would have recently finished their “Romeo & Juliet Projects,” in which various students re-enacted scenes from the play, memorized, costumed, and completely staged, of course. It was one of my [...]

I had the honor of watching the first Romeo & Juliet Performance Projects today. Several were very good, a few were hard to watch, but all were worth the while…Among my favorite moments were: Daisy and Joe with a “cool, mellow, laid back” Balcony Scene Gisela, Olivia, Maribel, and Janet with a “street brawl” fight [...]