HENRY V WAS MY FIRST SHAKESPEARE SHOW AND IT SURPRISED ME HOW MUCH I CAME TO LOVE SHAKESPEARE. I HAVE ALWAYS STRUGGLED WITH READING, SO PERFORMING SHAKESPEARE WAS DAUNTING AT FIRST, BUT OUR DIRECTOR, EVA ST. CLAIR, WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE AT WORKING WITH OUR CAST TO TELL THIS STORY. IN OUR COLLEGE MANY OF US WOMEN FELT THAT THERE WERE FAR MORE ROLES FOR MEN IN OUR SEASON THAN THEIR WERE WOMEN, BUT THERE WERE FAR MORE WOMEN IN OUR PROGRAM SO IT REALLY DID NOT FEEL LIKE WE HAD A FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM. EVA ST. CLAIR, A STUDENT AND MY ALPHA PSI OMEGA BIG,  BOLDLY DECIDED RATHER THAN COMPLAIN ABOUT IT WE SHOULD PUT ON OUR OWN FEMALE HEAVY SHOW. SINCE SHAKESPEARE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN, WE FULLY GENDER SWAPPED HENRY V AND IT WAS SUCH A LOVELY REHEARSAL SPACE TO BE IN. WE GOT TO COSTUME OURSELVES, LEARN A LOT OF STAGE COMBAT, AND GIGGLE AT THE TWO MEN IN OUR SHOW THAT PLAYED PRINCESS KATHERINE AND ALICE. I PLAYED LORD SCROOP OF MASHAM AND CAPTAIN GOWER AND I LOVED THEM BOTH. I KNOW THAT EVA ST. CLAIR WILL BE AN INCREDIBLE DIRECTOR IN THE FUTURE.