I think so few kids rarely see theater anymore, especially Shakespeare. When they see it performed well, they realize it's not a boring story, and they can understand it.

That is detrimental to the 135,000 good people who are fighting right now in theater and who need their leadership and need a focused leadership,

The scores were a little lower that what the kids are used to getting. But they were lower for everybody. The bars were fine, the vault was tremendous and the floor was good. The performances were where they have been all season.

We came out strong, and our second group played well also. We had a lot of kids who made plays.

There are a lot more kids now than when we moved in.

I was one of those kids, who...well let's just say that theater really saved my life. It has always been an outlet for me. I really wanted to be an actor.