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BY KEVIN DUGGAN
It was supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Aspiring actors at a Marine
Park middle school
brought the house down
with their back-to-back performances
of “Mary Poppins”
this month.
More than 30 PS 207 students
took the stage to show
off their thespian talents on
Jan. 10 and 11, performing
an adaptation of the beloved
1964 fi lm with more than a
spoonful of professionalism,
according to the teacher
who directed the show.
“I was beyond proud of
the students — they even
put on a British accent,”
said Kim Simek, an educator
at the Fillmore Avenue
school, who also runs its
drama club.
Many of the sixththrough
eighth-grade students
in the cast had never
acted before, according to
Simek, who said the show
featured other students’
fi rst performances in leading
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roles — including seventh
grader Ava Ercolino,
who starred as Mary Poppins,
and her classmates
Frank Capiello and Kristy
McDonough, who played
the titular nanny’s young
charges, Michael and Jane
Banks.
And another seventh
grader, Grace Gillen,
charmed the audience as
chimney-sweeper Bert, delivering
an endearing rendition
of “Chim Chimney”
as part of her dazzling performance,
the director said.
The kids started rehearsing
back in September, dedicating
time to practice after
school as many as three
times per week, according to
Simek, who said the show’s
plot — which alternates between
realism to fantasy —
presents a challenge to seasoned
performers, let alone
amateur actors.
“You’re going from lifted
spirits and skipping around
to being angry, upset, and
serious,” she said.
But the kids kicked any
lingering nerves as soon as
the curtain went up, according
to the teacher-director.
“All of them seemed so
happy to be there, so excited
and passionate to be up on
stage,” Simek said.
Another educator who
built the show’s set credited
the performances’ success
to its cast’s camaraderie.
“What I loved was the
teamwork of the cast members,
how they supported
each other and cheered each
other on. It was so amazing
to watch them be so supportive
of one another,” said
Antoinette Spada.
BRUSH WITH FAME: Grace Gillen, playing Bert the chimney sweeper,
delighted spectators with her rendition of “Chim Chimney.”
Photo by Steve Solomonson
PRACTICALLY PERFECT IN EVERY WAY: The cast of talented students
included seventh-graders Frank Cappiello, left, who played
Michael Banks, and Ava Ercolino as Mary Poppins.
Photo by Steve Solomonson
‘Poppins’ visits Marine Park!
Kids at local school dazzle in stage adaptation of classic fi lm
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