Notes on Camp: Day Five

And we’re back. In days past, this would be a restart, greeting new campers for the second week, beginning a second-week lesson plan which tracks the first week, but not entirely the same because many campers took both weeks.

So, instead of restarting, we are resetting – taking this opportunity to revise expectations based on the personalities of the players involved. As our Crows and Mechanicals are full of clowns, he have assigned two cuttings from Shakespeare’s comedies to compliment the “Battle Royale” which now surrounds a third scene, one from Henry IV, part 1.

This took up a great part of the day, which was fine. We have that time to spare. We were still able to spend time running our short plays, stage combat, and concluding the day with musical practice.

Are we doing too much? I do not know. Are they up for the challenge? Yes, they are!