Writing the Drama of Documentary Performance
Posted in UNC Blog on Nov 30th, 2010
I agree with Deepti that the purpose of our play was to explore both the facts and the emotions surrounding the issue, in order to give voices to the multitude of people that are involved, especially to those who have never seen the “limelight” or publicly spoken about it. I feel it was important for [...]
Posted in UNC Blog on Nov 30th, 2010
This experience of creating a piece of documentary theater based on the opinions of a neighboring community is completely new to me. Prior to this class I have had little experience with any type of theater let alone documentary theater. Therefore it was exciting yet intimidating that I was going to learn about both documentary [...]
Posted in UNC Blog on Nov 30th, 2010
The purpose of creating this piece of documentary theater was to stage the issue of the recent WCPSS debates by underlining its factual basis rather than the fabricated aesthetic side. Our goal was to get as many different perspectives as possible from both sides of the issue, and weave the voices of students, teachers, PTA [...]
Posted in UNC Blog on Nov 30th, 2010
I think the purpose of creating this play is to give people a snapshot of life on Franklin St. As a group of freshmen new to the university, it was important to us to learn something about our university and share it with others. Franklin St is a link between the town and the [...]
Posted in Creative Reality Festival on Nov 29th, 2010
Duke folks, This is the place where your under-construction and final project posts for your film/theater festivals should reside. –Dr. James
Posted in NEWS of interest on Nov 26th, 2010
Final details have been set for the performances of The Parchman Hour a piece conceived by Mike Wiley and students in his “Performing History” course hosted jointly by Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The details about extra credit can be found on your revised course calendar. The details below [...]
Posted in Duke Blog on Nov 22nd, 2010
Documentaries hold promises; a promise may be to open people’s eyes to what their fellow humans are experiencing. Advocating or filtering understanding through personal stories is one of the great promises of documentary theater and film. Janelle Reinelt, a leading scholar in theater and performance, reminds us of what Jane Gaines calls “political mimesis”. “There [...]
Posted in Duke Blog on Nov 18th, 2010
Documentaries hold promises; a promise may be to open people’s eyes to what their fellow humans are experiencing. Advocating or filtering understanding through personal stories is one of the great promises of documentary theater and film. Reinelt reminds us of what Jane Gaines calls “political mimesis”. “There is an “experience of political struggle in film [...]
Posted in Duke Blog on Nov 18th, 2010
All documentaries seek to establish some kind of relationship with the truth. In this sense all documentaries carry with them the promise of reality; the promise that the film or play is giving a glimpse of the truth. Both my documentaries, Doin’ Time Through the Visiting Glass, a play written by Ashley Lucas, and A [...]
Posted in UNC Blog on Nov 14th, 2010
To show that they are students, they could be wearing a backpack or carrying a bag. Maybe they could be standing next to each other waiting for a bus to come pick them up, but they are not talking to each other, they are talking to the audience. Laurie-Beth: I mean I’m not vehemently opposed, [...]