If you’ve been living under your bed for the past three weeks, perhaps you DIDN’T hear that PVS freshman Jake Mule, English Speaking Union Shakespeare Monologue Riverside region winner, took his Launce monologue and his sonnet to New York’s Lincoln Center. HE WAS ONE OF THE NATION’S 10 FINALISTS!–and the only freshman in a field of 55 national contenders. The ESU has released video of the finalists. Here is Jake’s final performance: his cold reading from Romeo and Juliet, his prepared monologue from The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Sonnet 55.
On Saturday, May 14, the local English Speaking Union welcomed Jake and his parents, Mr. David and Mrs. Manny Mule, to their May luncheon at Seven Lakes Country Club. Jake described the experience of performing at Lincoln Center, his ventures into New York and NYU; then he performed his monologue and sonnet. Pictured below: Mr. David Mule, Jake, Bill Gaye (ESU Boardmember and former Shakespeare Monologue Competition Chair), and Mrs. Manny Mule. Mr. and Mrs. Mule also spoke. They described the experience from the parent vantage, sitting in the audience, watching the impressive talent gathered from around the nation.
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