Storytelling: Community Theater Analysis

Storytelling is a social and cultural art of telling stories through generations. Theatre allows the act of storytelling to connect the actors, director, playwright and the audience all as one. This connectivity forms a communication between the original artist's intent and the interpretation of those who read and observe the play. Theatre is a way to interpret a literary work from a person’s unique cultural background and develop a refined intellectual and artistic appreciation for it. This form of the arts allows artists to connect to their emotions in a positive way and through this positivity of expression their emotions unite the audience to the craft of the theatre piece.
I am attracted to theatre because of the empowering nature of the performing arts. The arts have a structure to uplift and connect people through creativity and sense of community. In my neighborhood the community theatre has been an active force of bringing connectivity …show more content…
Until my school produced The Wiz. Even though I was in the ensemble there was still so much emotion from me acting in my first play. The Wiz included representation of my people that I have never seen before. My goal in theatre is to provide a representation for other young African-American children to show them that the arts is way to make a living. I want to show the youth that the arts are a positive way of expression. When I was in the musical production of High School Musical we performed for a school of elementary children. At the end of that performance some of the children told the director of the show that seeing the diversity of the production made them want to do theatre more and also join the drama club at their own school. This experience made want to continue to do productions and continue to make young children of color feel like they have a sense community and an outlet for their