The 400 year old novel became the vessel for the stories of these children and their teacher. So that's where the shift happened, from we're translating this book in our own way to we have a story to tell. The collaboration between cervantes and these kids is what is on stage. That's what they show to people. They have a scene in the play where they debate a word choice in translation. In the middle of that whipping scene, the the abusive owner, stops the action of the play, and i actually, i play that part. I'm the abusive owner in that scene, and i stop and i ask them about one particular choice in translation. And the group reacts
Stephen Haff is the founder of Still Waters in a Storm, a one-room school serving mostly Spanish-speaking immigrant children in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Previously, he taught English at a public school in Bushwick for nearly a decade, before leaving to recover from the effects of extreme psychological stress that led him to re-evaluate how he would return to serve kids as an educator and activist. In his new book, Kid Quixotes (https://amzn.to/34zxPit). Stephen shares a powerful story about the kids and an incredible 5-year project to translate and perform a modern version of Don Quixote. He earned his MFA in Theater Studies at Yale, and has made a living directing plays and writing essays for the Village Voice and other publications.
You can find Stephen Haff at: Website: http://www.stillwatersinastorm.org/
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