SLIDESHOW: Walsh Theatre Wins Silver Medal For Esperanza Rising

Walsh Middle School students competed in the state’s middle school drama festival, sponsored by the Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild on Saturday.

Walsh traveled to Bromfield Middle School and came home with a silver medal said director Sheron Douncette.

All-Star Awards were presented to Walsh students:

• Amanda Fawell as Esperanza
  
• Max Connor as Miguel
  
• Maya Puffer as Isabel
  
• Ethan Kerr as Alfonso

Walsh sixth grader Caitlyn Doucette was recognized for her winning logo design for the entire state festival, yesterday.

Esperanza Rising is based on the novel by Pam Muñoz Ryan, said Doucette.

The novel is read by our sixth graders as part of their Survivor Unit.

It is the story of a wealthy girl, 13, in Mexico in 1924. After the death if her father she is forced to leave Mexico without much more than the clothing on her back to become a migrant worker in California. This happens as the migrant workers were attempting to unionize. Esperanza overcomes numerous obstacles on her journey.

The play is written in both English and Spanish.

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Thanks to Charlie Pasewark of Photography in Motion in Framingham, who supplied the photos for the slideshow. Click on the thumbnails to view 20 photos from Friday night’s performance by Walsh Middle at Fuller Middle School. Photos are available for purchase by Photography in Motion.

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