Writing the Drama of Documentary Performance
Posted in UNC Blog on Dec 13th, 2010
Our purpose in creating Franklin Street: An Experience was to not only give people a look at one of the most distinctive aspects of the UNC Chapel Hill campus, but to also give an inside view of some of inner workings of the famous street. We wanted to go beyond the one-sided perspective that students [...]
Posted in UNC Blog on Dec 5th, 2010
The purpose of creating this play was to explore a place that most students are very familiar with, on the surface. We see Franklin Street, eat many of our meals there, travel down it on the p2p, and walk across it on our way to various destinations. Most people, though, know Franklin Street superficially. All [...]
Posted in UNC Blog on Dec 3rd, 2010
Using theatre as a medium, we are reaching out to the community. We are showing the people involved what the issue looks like from different perspectives and informing others about a broader social concern. Perhaps some who watch this play will be inspired to become more involved. I agree with some of the people who [...]
Posted in UNC Blog on Dec 3rd, 2010
The purpose of the creation of the Franklin Street play was to provide an interesting, and initially humorous look at life on Franklin Street, which acts at the connection between UNC and the Chapel Hill Community. The group expected to learn the history and some interesting facts about Franklin Street, but the play evolved into [...]
Posted in UNC Blog on Dec 2nd, 2010
Backlash is a play to not only document a real backlash, but to incite one. Despite having a well balanced viewpoint, I think it is clear that our play supports the bussing policy, or more specifically, a focus on equitable education. I also think our play exists in order to highlight just how complex the [...]
Posted in UNC Blog on Dec 2nd, 2010
During this semester in Drama 85, I have learned a substantial amount of information regarding the effort and work required for creating a play. I must admit that the process was far more difficult than I believed it would be. With a focus on portraying the Wake County School System controversy, the project was very [...]
Posted in UNC Blog on Dec 2nd, 2010
The purpose of creating the Franklin St. play was to capture the essence of what Franklin St is like. Franklin St. has been a part of Chapel Hill for many years and my group thought it would be nice to show people how Franklin St. has incorporated into the lives of students on campus, the [...]
Posted in UNC Blog on Dec 2nd, 2010
When Alex first proposed that we do a play about wake county schools, I was on board. It was an exciting and controversial topic that was going on the county right next to us. This was a pretty heated issue. This topic had something the other proposed topics lacked: controversy. People involved in this issue [...]
Posted in UNC Blog on Dec 2nd, 2010
Creating this play has served and will serve many purposes. It has not only expanded our knowledge regarding the bussing issue in Wake County, but also given us the skills to research and construct a documentary play in the future. As first-year students, we have become involved in our surrounding community and are more in [...]
Posted in UNC Blog on Dec 2nd, 2010
Because this class focuses on Documentary Theatre, the purpose of the Wake County play, Backlash, should be to represent the issue from both sides, using pre-existing documentary material such as newspaper articles and reports, but personal interviews as well. Since there are some in the class that have not had personal experience with this issue, [...]