Theater Adventure

Last evening we went to a production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in the "Theater Adventure" program of the New England Youth Theater. This is a very unique program which has the philosophy that literally no disability should prevent you from participating in theater. A remarkable panoply of very creative forms of support are used to implement this philosophy. One of them used last night was to have two actors playing the same role on stage at the same time. Thus, for example, there were  two "Duke Orsino"s, two "Cesario"s, two "Sir Tony Belch's, etc. In a play in which identity confusion is at the heart of the plot (and the comedy), this just added to the fun. Four young people from our church (Katherine, Josh, Nathan and Evan), which is very "disability-friendly," were in the production. I think they had a great time. We certainly did. We live in a very special community!

     Two Sebastian's and two Cesario's

           Two Orsino's  (in center)

Here is an NEYT photo of the entire cast: