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Teacher reaches innerâ€"city kids through theatre arts Continued from page 10 by taking part in various plays, from Shakespeare‘s "King Lear" to Canadian playwright George Walker‘s stage hit "Tough". â€" But Haff said the producâ€" tions are given a special touch, relevant to the stuâ€" dents‘ lives and attitudes. "We translate each play into (language) students can understand and relate to," Haff explained. "We use quite a bit of Spanish and street slang, which a lot of the kids are used to speaking. "In doing so, we are repâ€" resenting real people‘s lives on stage in an honest way. The students don‘t pretend to be anybody other than who they are." During a recent field trip to Toronto, three Bushwick students â€" Cinthia Candeâ€" laria, Gladys Jimenez and Albert Young â€" performed their translated version of "Tough" for Walker himself. "And the kids learined so much from the Canadian students they met. There were some differences, but they have the same emoâ€" tions and the same struggles in many ways." With risk of his school closing at the end of the year looming, the teacher said he‘s ungure of the fate of his theatre group. "He loved it; said of the playwright‘s reaclion. "I‘ve been fighting it," Haff said. "But the question is, where am I going to be? I‘m doing what 1 can to make sure I stay in the area. But right now, everything is unclear." But Haff fears, the end is near for similar opportuniâ€" ties. If the school closes, Haff said he‘d love to rent space somewhere in the area and continue the drama group. "I‘mJooking for grants so L could fund at least a salary for myself," he said. 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