The Great Journey

The comments below were written after the first full performance of “The Great Journey” for Lower School students on Thursday, June 2.  

Alfredo: I am so relieved! We finally finished the first show. I was so nervous, after my first line I stopped shaking. After that it was fun!”

Beckett: I feel nervous still that I will forget my lines. I feel a lot more prepared for the next sho because I already did this show. Also I feel mature because the four year olds are looking to us for inspiration.”

Cassidy: “I am pretty proud of myself. I didn’t mess up! Someone who was watching the play told me two things that made me very happy. The first thing she told me was she heard three kindergartners say, ‘I liked the play,’ the next one said, ‘I loved the play,’ and the last one said, ‘I didn’t like the play, I loved the play.”

Dennis: “It seems fun and all but all it really is is a pyramid scheme, kids bossing other kids around…there are still some fun parts about it like writing songs and stuff and I like watching other people’s scenes. I like the rap music as well.”

Elijah: “I am proud of myself and my classmates. I am proud of myself because that was the first time I think I did an okay job. I am proud of my classmates because I felt like they did a really outstanding job.”

Ella: “Performing was so fun…I noticed that my group did better in the dance and everyone was much louder. Yay!”

Jett: “When I was performing on stage I think I did a good job performing. My favorite scenes were Vietnam and Mexico.”

Grace: “I am really excited to be in the play. I can’t believe I am actually doing this. I am really scared. This morning Charissa taught me how to yell.”

Kate: …”When I got on stage nothing was going to stop me now, as Grace sang I followed. We felt as nothing was watching us, we were free.” As I watch each friend succeed, if they nailed a note, rapped so fast but still understood, or had emotion. We did it.”

Madiba: “After the play, I felt really really relieved. I did not forget my lines, I remembered.”

Myles: “I was very nervous…I also had fun when I was doing it. The reason why is because I got to perform in front of the whole school.”

Ren: I really feel like I can do it now and I feel like i won’t fail. I think this because we were amazing in front of those kids today.”

Rubie: “I really liked performing for the lower school because I like to know that having an audience means i can get their true opinions… I am really excited for the play tomorrow and performing for my parents because I have never ever performed a play for them.”

Shoshi: “I had so much fun performing the play. It was great! I thought it was so hard to project my voice because once I saw all the people, I realized that I had to speak a lot louder if I wanted to be heard.”

Sofia: “I feel amazing everybody was cheering and clapping and laughing in a good way….It could have been a total disaster but it was the total opposite.”

Tess: “I am feeling scared because I always laugh during my last narrator part. I am also excited because I loved watching the older kids perform and now it is my turn to perform the immigration play.”

Verity: “I think we did a great job on the play even though there were some mistakes and weird spots we all did really really well and worked really hard on it.”

Violet: “As soon as I got off stage I literally wanted to dance I was so excited I thought I did very well.”

Zach: “After the play I felt relieved and sad…I am also really surprised that I did not forget a line and Charissa said I was louder than a lot of other people which I usually am not.”