John Silver is His Name

The "Miracle Play", as Jared called it, came together beautifully tonight.  Officially the play was an adaptation of "Treasure Island" and thusly named.  The ACTT Theater group Jared joined to participate in the play met for 10 days, 6 hours a day to get ready for tonight's play.  The first day I dropped him off he was thrilled to see a friend and the friend was equally thrilled; so I knew things would go well from there.  He told me over and over again this was the best theater group he had ever been apart of,  just a wonderful group of kids working hard and having so much fun.  Jared grew in his acting skills and made new friends; what a perfect experience.

Jared called it a "miracle" tonight since they had only had the script for 7 of those 10 days and only gotten through the whole play for the first time earlier in the day.  However, no one in the audience would have guessed the students hadn't been though the play many, many times.  Jared was Long John Silver, so thrilled he finally had a lead part in a play.  He rose to the opportunity as never before dazzling the entire audience.  We were so thankful to have so many friends come to the "barn" support him and confirm to a bias mother's eye that he had really improved dramatically in his theatrical prowess.  Considering the heat and they all stayed to the 2 hour conclusion the play, I wasn't the only one impressed.   

Titus recorded the play and I have posted it on a private Youtube channel for your enjoyment:

Part 1: https://youtu.be/ltEYZ1WuAL4

Part 2: https://youtu.be/ZdiKvHIVdQo