A European couple is coming the first two weeks of November to produce “Romeo and Juliet” with the kids. For the month of October, an acting coach has been working with the kids to teach them acting skills and read through the script.
On Monday, auditions were held. The process was a bit different than I imagined it would go. First off, the teacher opened the floor to nominations for parts. Then, each nominee had to read off from the script to the cheers or boos from his or her fellow pequeños.
The acting coach seemed to give the part to the more talented actor. But then, when the last role was given, someone said that the girl who received Juliet had an “ugly voice and looked bad” with who was chosen to play Romeo.
Instead of standing her ground, the acting coach took the comment to heart, and gave the girl with the “prettier voice” a second chance. Supposedly, this time around, pretty-voice-girl read better. Maggie became stripped of her part and the short period of happiness in which she thought she was going to play Juliet disappeared.
Life at NPH is brutal.
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