Romeo and Juliet

Last night's performance of Romeo and Juliet at the Blackrock Amphitheater was awesome. It was the last performance of the 2015 season of the NorthWest Shakespeare Company. It's been fun to see them over the past several years. We recognize many of the actors and participants. It's also been pretty amazing to see the development of our Granddaughter Claire as an actress. For a fourteen year old, she's already gotten quite a theatrical resume'.

This is the scene of the masked party at Juliet's home that Romeo, on the left has crashed. That's Claire as the serving girl with the tray of drinks -

She listens skeptically as Romeo and his cousin plot his campaign to win his true love -

I am so amazed at the way Shakespearean English just rolls off of Claire's lips! Her class will be studying Romeo and Juliet in Freshman Honors English this fall. I think her teacher will most likely be quite impressed at her ability to read Shakespeare's language.

Her mistress, Juliet 's mother, is played by Caroline, one of the veterans of the troupe -

Claire and her Dad went back over this morning to help take down and put away all of the stage and props for the season. It's a big task, but the entire group shows up to make light work of it.

I promised Sister Roxy I would post of picture of Grandson Varick with his short haircut. He was out in the garage this morning crushing aluminum cans for recycling...

After his big day of walking yesterday at the fair yesterday and the amphitheater last night, Forry was really tired this morning - he didn't even get up until after lunch!