There was a time when the sheer joy of a Shel Silverstein rhyme made our school days feel more like play. Like many others, I grew up on these poems that were meant to be spoken. It seems that Anna Kimmell, Mill Mountain Theatre’s director of education, did too. She has conceived, directed and choreographed a delightful tribute to and celebration of the work of Silverstein. Kimmell explains, “I grew up with Shel’s books on my bedside table, and fondly remember using his poems in elementary theatre classes as text for memorization, character work and team building.” “Shel’s World,” her fast-paced, 30-minute staged reading of Silverstein poems, “opened” Saturday at 10 a.m. Smiling kids with pa
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