{"id":854,"date":"2015-03-03T11:05:01","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T19:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guysreadingpoems.com\/?p=854"},"modified":"2015-03-03T11:10:02","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T19:10:02","slug":"introducing-blake-sheldon-as-the-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guysreadingpoems.com\/grp_wordpress\/2015\/03\/introducing-blake-sheldon-as-the-kid\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Blake Sheldon as &#8216;The Kid&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Blake Sheldon as &#8216;The Kid.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_861\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/guysreadingpoems.com\/grp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/GRP-Press-Photo-Blake-Sheldon-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-861\" class=\"size-large wp-image-861\" src=\"https:\/\/guysreadingpoems.com\/grp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/GRP-Press-Photo-Blake-Sheldon-3-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Blake Sheldon as 'The Kid.' Photo by Michael Marius Pessah.\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guysreadingpoems.com\/grp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/GRP-Press-Photo-Blake-Sheldon-3-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/guysreadingpoems.com\/grp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/GRP-Press-Photo-Blake-Sheldon-3-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/guysreadingpoems.com\/grp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/GRP-Press-Photo-Blake-Sheldon-3.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blake Sheldon as &#8216;The Kid.&#8217; Photo by Michael Marius Pessah.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Of his role, Mr. Sheldon says, &#8220;The greatest challenge was getting back to that place of youth and insecurity, redefining what that means to me and realizing just how fragile that is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_858\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/guysreadingpoems.com\/grp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Infant-Sorrow-CORRECTED-choice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-858\" class=\"size-large wp-image-858\" src=\"https:\/\/guysreadingpoems.com\/grp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Infant-Sorrow-CORRECTED-choice-1024x466.jpg\" alt=\"'The Kid' (Blake Sheldon) lounges around in 'Guys Reading Poems.' Photo by Michael Marius Pessah.\" width=\"640\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guysreadingpoems.com\/grp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Infant-Sorrow-CORRECTED-choice-1024x466.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/guysreadingpoems.com\/grp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Infant-Sorrow-CORRECTED-choice-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/guysreadingpoems.com\/grp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Infant-Sorrow-CORRECTED-choice.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;The Kid&#8217; (Blake Sheldon) lounges around in &#8216;Guys Reading Poems.&#8217; Photo by Michael Marius Pessah.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Director Hunter Lee Hughes says of Mr. Sheldon, &#8220;Blake&#8217;s aura of intensity and danger flows forward from a wounded but resilient spirit. It&#8217;s exactly what we needed for &#8216;The Kid.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_859\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/guysreadingpoems.com\/grp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Time-for-Everything-choice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-859\" class=\"size-large wp-image-859\" src=\"https:\/\/guysreadingpoems.com\/grp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Time-for-Everything-choice-1024x604.jpg\" alt=\"'The Kid' (Blake Sheldon) considers his past. Photo by Michael Marius Pessah.\" width=\"640\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guysreadingpoems.com\/grp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Time-for-Everything-choice-1024x604.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/guysreadingpoems.com\/grp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Time-for-Everything-choice-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/guysreadingpoems.com\/grp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Time-for-Everything-choice.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;The Kid&#8217; (Blake Sheldon) considers his past. 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