The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, July 21, 1993 3 clad Romeo in an impromptu scene from Romeo and Juliet whi Misericordia’s “Shakespeare for Kids” program Friday, July 16. POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE “HI! MY NAME’S ROMEO!” — Cecelia Byrne stars as Juliet, while Paul Santarelli is her baseball cap- ch they performed during College Youngsters get close look at the Bard By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Back in the old days when people spoke funny English, Shakespeare wrote a play about a guy named Romeo who fell in love with a chick named Juliet. And he actually kissed her on stage. In front of 38 kids. E-e-e-eeww! College Misericordia presented a morning of “Shakespeare for Kids” Friday, July 17, for 38 chil- dren from the Back Mountain, Mt. Zion Baptist Church's sum- mer camp and Project REMAIN, a program for children living in the Boulevard Townhouses in Wilkes- Barre. Part of the college’s Threatre on the Green presentation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, “Shakespeare for Kids” introduced children between six and 12 years old to the bard and his work through games, crafts and actual experience acting in a real Romeo and Juliet scene. Abriefintroduction and expla- nation by King's College English professor Dr. Millie Lawson of the masquerade scene, in which Romeo and his friends crash a party atJuliet’s house, was punc- tuated with giggles and wisecracks when the children found out that the couple fell in love at first sight and actually kissed on stage. As the actors performed on the college's outdoor stage, the kids watched raptly, oblivious to the warm, sunny day. “Those two boys with Romeo acted like my brothers,” said Vir- iginia Smith, who is visiting the Back Mountain for the summer. “This was good. I would like to see the whole play,” said Paul Oliver, 9, who recently moved to Dallas from Sayre and has seen Cats and Phantom of the Opera. Whitney Rozelle of Orange liked Juliet’s neat dress. “It was cool. I saw it last night,” said Dallas resident Andrew Volpetti, 11. “After a while you get used to the way that they're speaking, and it doesn’t seem so different,” said Danny Davis, 10, of Dallas. “It’s like someone having a differ- ent accent. You can always watch what they're doing and under- stand what's going on.” Later, as the children formed small groups to make their own masks and rehearse anotherscene from the play, they good-naturedly argued which role was better. “I want to be one of Romeo's drunk friends,” said Paul San- tarelli. Later he jumped ata chance to be Romeo - “as long as I don't have to kiss anyone.” Whitney Rozelle had wanted to be Juliet, but settled for a role as one of Juliet's friends when an- other little girl got the lead part. Other kids appeared as friends, Romeo's and -Juliet’s parents and trees. Questions like “Hey, what's my line?” and “Was Romeo a real boy?” echoed around the stage as kids practiced their lines, the girls trying to keep their conical Eliza- bethan hats with trailing scarves from falling across their eyes in the breeze. Finally it was time to go on stage and rehearse the Big Scene, in which Romeo and Juliet walk in the woods and their parents think that they're lost. “Hi! My name's Romeo. What's yours?” hammed Paul Santarelli, prancing across the stage, black Bugle Boys baseball cap pulled over his face. “Juliet,” Byrne. “Want to go climb trees?” Maybe Will Shakespeare would have phrased it this way if he had been born several centuries later. Certainly he would have en- joyed the budding thespians trying out serious theater for their first time. answered Cecelia TOP SCHOLAR - Awarding Heather Wright her Remington Scholarship are, from left: Judge Hugh Mundy, Board of Directors, Commission on Economimc Opportunity; Gene Brady, Executive Director, Commission on Economic Opportunity; Mrs. Dorothy Remington; Heather Wright, Joy Purcell, Heather's mother; and Monsignor Andrew J. McGowan, CEO Board President. Dallas grad earns Remington scholarship The Commission on Economic Opportunity presented Scholar- ship Awards to local students who have achieved academic distinc- tion during their high school years. Heather Wright, a 1993 graduate of Dallas High School, was among the recipients. The Awards, funded by the Northeastern Re- sources Development Corpora- tion, were established by the Commission as a memorial trib- ute to F. William Remington, a former Board Member and Presi- dent of the Organization. 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