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46 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 11.17 Lucy Hickerson Age 12, seventh grade, Newburg Middle A lover of theater, Lucy has acted in Kentucky Shakespeare's Theatre Camp for the past two summers, playing roles in Henry V and A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 2014, she attended the Kids' State Dinner at the White House after winning the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge for Kentucky. She has also been awarded a Bronze Award from the Girl Scouts and won third place in a contest by the Kentucky State Poetry Society. What do you do with Kentucky Shakespeare? "My first play was Henry V. I was King Henry V. This summer we did A Midsummer Night's Dream, which is a lot of people's favorite. I was Helena, one of the Athenians. We do a lot of exercises in the first few weeks, and then we start working on the script. The first two, we worked Star Wars into our theme. We would do part Shakespeare, and every now and then we'd throw in a lightsaber." At the Frazier History Museum you got to perform for Jennifer Lawrence, whose foundaঞon supports Kentucky Shakespeare. Did it make you nervous? "Yeah. We did a mash-up of a bunch of plays. We had Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and all sorts of other plays." How did you get interested in musical theater? "My mom sort of talked to me about old movies and musicals. My friend introduced me to my first Broadway obsession, which is the musical Hamilton. I'm not even going to get started on that. I'd be talking for four hours." Tell us about the Healthy Lunchঞme Challenge. "I made a dish that was an eggroll wrap with rice and pineapple and chicken, and all sorts of cool stuff, and some kale. I actually was born in Washington, D.C., and lived there for the first six years of my life, so (going to the Kids' State Dinner) was like coming home. I got to meet Michelle Obama. She's a really good person and a hugger. She hugs people a lot." Jocelyn Marables Age 17, 12th grade, J. Graham Brown This past summer Jocelyn completed her three-year program at Phillips Academy Andover in Massachusetts, where she spent her time doing an intensive math and science curriculum. She shadows local doctors, volunteers at Norton Hospital and the Kentucky Science Center, and maintains a 4.1 GPA. On top of that, she won a speech contest with the Rotary International Club and is a senior class officer and president of the Black Student Union. Tell us about your sash. "I participated in a three- year math and science program. They choose from hundreds of students across the U.S. and from there only like 32 are chosen. Phillips Academy is a prestigious school with George (W. and H.W.) Bush and numerous other graduates being from there. The education I get there is like what I would get at Brown or MIT. During the summer at Andover, they have students from all over the world, every continent. Pretty much every country. It was neat making friends. They always know so much about America, which always shocks me. They have more cultural awareness than I do." What do you do when you shadow doctors? "I've gotten the opportunity to get real experience with patients. I want to be a pediatric neurosurgeon." What are your study habits? "I love music and poetry, so I do a lot of acronyms. Drawing pictures. Making songs. I remember things in chemistry by making beats." What do your friends think about how you spend your summer sort of going to school? "Most of my friends are nerds, so they're cool with it." What's on your bucket list? "Skydiving. That's something that I've been wanting to do, even though I have a fear of heights."