In this way, the actors would be able to tailor their own play to fit their parameters. In addition, many childrenвЂ™s plays that have already been published are too time consuming to prepare considering the class time available to the Daisy Company actors.ДЇor these reasons, the Daisy Company decided to write their own play as a group, an unprecedented feat in the Hockaday Theater Department. According to Gray, plays aimed at younger children are a niche that remains to be filled. Gray decided that the Hockaday Lower School students would be a fitting audience for the Daisy CompanyвЂ™s next play. вЂњI thought, as a community, we should share what we have and what we do.вЂќ

вЂњIn Upper School, we do lots of different things after school or in the musical, but we rarely share our talents and fruits of our labor with the Lower School,вЂќ Gray said. At the same time, Gray wished to reach out to other divisions of the school. While brainstorming ideas for the Daisy CompanyвЂ™s spring production, Drama Teacher Emily Gray wanted to give the students an opportunity for performance that demonstrated their growth as actors over the course of the year.

However, their performance will be a far cry from the trite, traditional western fairy tale of this well-known princess they will be performing four variations of the вЂњCinderellaвЂќ story from around the globe, all in one play. On April 24 and 25, Hockaday Daisy Company, which comprises six freshman theater students, will perform an original rendition of вЂњCinderellaвЂќ for the Lower School.

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