{"id":17609,"date":"2015-11-05T06:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=17609"},"modified":"2015-11-05T06:12:18","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T11:12:18","slug":"khs-presents-i-hate-shakespeare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=17609","title":{"rendered":"KHS presents &#8216;I Hate Shakespeare!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Nancy Weber makes her KHS directorial debut\u00a0next week<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The bard will hit the boards next week as Kennett High School presents its version of <em>I Hate Shakespeare!<\/em>\u00a0Friday and Saturday, November 13 and 14.<\/p>\n<p>The comedy, written by Steph DeFerie, is billed as \u201ca hilarious and fast-paced introduction to Shakespeare &#8212; with a modern twist.\u201d The work has proven incredibly popular with a plot that features allusions to Shakespearean classics <em>Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello<\/em>, and more.<a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/shakespeare3-150x150.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1215529\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/shakespeare3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"shakespeare3\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Nance Weber, parent of Kennett grads A.J. (class of 2013) and Jack (class of 2015), is an accomplished director, though she makes her KHS directorial debut with this production.\u00a0 Christy Wyatt and Missy Wyatt are in charge of costumes and properties; teacher Michael Anastas is supervising light and sound; and, Weber will also provide her expertise with makeup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no specific lead roles in this play, so it gives all the kids an opportunity to shine. It&#8217;s a wonderful script that uses outrageous humor and silliness to draw attention, and at the same time brings clarity and understanding to many who might think Shakespeare&#8217;s works too difficult and complex to understand,\u201d said Weber.\u00a0 \u201cAnd, working with Kennett kids has been a wonderful experience.\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/shakespeare2-150x150.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-1215528 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/shakespeare2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"shakespeare2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both the cast and stage crew include students from all grades.<\/p>\n<p>Curtain time is 7:30 PM for both shows. Tickets can be purchased at the door; $5 for students and senior citizens, and $8 for adults.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nancy Weber makes her KHS directorial debut\u00a0next week &nbsp; The bard will hit the boards next week as Kennett High School presents its version of I Hate Shakespeare!\u00a0Friday and Saturday, November 13 and 14. The comedy, written by Steph DeFerie, is billed as \u201ca hilarious and fast-paced introduction to Shakespeare &#8212; with a modern twist.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,25,4],"tags":[6773,79],"class_list":["post-17609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-community","category-featured","tag-i-hate-shakespeare","tag-kennett-high-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17610,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17609\/revisions\/17610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}