Students at Montessori International School to Perform Shakespeare

MESA, Ariz. - March 20, 2013 - PRLog -- Students from Montessori International School will take the stage 4 p.m., Saturday, March 23 to perform William Shakespeare’s classic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Mountain View High School Auditorium, 2700 E. Brown Road in Mesa. Admission is free.
    The cast will consist of two-year-old tots portraying flowers and forest creatures, to eighth grade teens portraying the key speaking roles of Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius, Helena, Theseus, Titania, Oberon, Bottom and more. A member of the Southwest Shakespeare Company has been working with the older members of the cast to hone their diction and acting abilities.
      “Shakespeare wasn’t an academic snob, he was a literary genius who wanted the audience to truly enjoy his plays,” said Prabha Nair, language and literary teacher of the upper elementary division.   “Following in that vein we thought a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a delightful comedy set in a forest, would provide the perfect setting for all of our Montessori community, from the very young children to our upper elementary students, to experience a Shakespeare classic.” <
ABOUT THE PLAY

    A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Athens), Theseus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theseus), and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta.  These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors, who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.

    For more information about Montessori International School’s elementary, preschool or toddler programs call 480-890-1580 or visit www. http://montessori-intl.org.

ABOUT M.I.S.  

    MIS is an AMI-certified Montessori school in Mesa. The school currently occupies two campuses located on Gilbert Road and Brown Road, a toddler community next to the Brown Road campus (opened in 2003), and classrooms in Gilbert on Gilbert Road south of Elliot Road.  

  Hundreds of children have grown and developed through MIS’s programs, and many now contribute as adults in the community.

    The MIS teaching staff is led by Therese Kestner, B.A., M.Ed, AMI certified and specializing in learning disabilities. She has taught and directed Montessori schools for the past 40 years.

    Since 1982, our classroom has been a place where children are given the opportunity to explore their full academic and personal potential. The goal in these environments is to encourage the development of a love for learning.