Steven asked Sally Kilpatrick:

Hi Sally! Love your work from the Choir to the Creek and it got me wondering about something. Shakespeare in the Park is something that has become a warm weather staple years after the great one has passed... Ever wonder what Kilpatrick in the Park would look like and what would you want to see as part of the performance? Thanks for indulging the question and can't wait for Better Get to Livin!

Sally Kilpatrick I love this question. I love this question so much that I'm wondering if Shakespeare in the Park may need to come to Ellery one day. I can see Romy translating early modern English to current country-folk speak and having her students perform. Hmmm, I think Kilpatrick in the Park would require more props. For one thing, there would have to be beer--both for the cast and the audience. I'm also thinking there would have to be a piano because I keep putting music into these books. And cows. Definitely cows and horses for Bittersweet Creek. We'll have to keep Better Get to Livin' on the stage, but we can be minimalist with that one--maybe bourbon, a casket, a cat, and a hearse.

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