Theater Response
1.Going into the theater, I was expecting a fairly accurate performance directly scripted from the essays. When I realized that the college level performers loosely used the stories from the book in order to inspire their piece, I was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed how the actors and actresses made their performance uniquely about them and how their stories relate to those of “Reluctant Citizens” and “The Lonely Death of George Bell”. Watching and listening to each of the performers’ experiences and interpretations kept the audience much more attentive and pondering the themes of the stories compared to if they only performed from the text.
This might sound a little out of the ordinary, but the performance I related to the most was the dance segment the girl performed at the end of part 1. I’ve been taking dance lessons since I could stand, and as a dancer, I felt a connection with her movements and the emotion conveyed throughout the choreography.
A second portion of the performance I saw myself in was the story told by the girl describing her fear of mascots. While I wouldn’t consider my …show more content…
Each brought about different emotions and reactions. While reading the essays, I could visualize the original story better and let my imagination paint the picture for me. The theater performance encouraged me to think more about how the stories related to me similar to how they related to the actors whereas in the book, my thoughts focused more on how society as a whole is organized. In particular, while reading “The Lonely Death of George Bell” most of my emotions hovered near sadness. The theater performance had a slightly different effect thanks to the actors making the text more relatable. I walked out of the theater feeling frustrated at the reality of the essay and their experiences, yet empowered to make a difference, even in a small
1.Going into the theater, I was expecting a fairly accurate performance directly scripted from the essays. When I realized that the college level performers loosely used the stories from the book in order to inspire their piece, I was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed how the actors and actresses made their performance uniquely about them and how their stories relate to those of “Reluctant Citizens” and “The Lonely Death of George Bell”. Watching and listening to each of the performers’ experiences and interpretations kept the audience much more attentive and pondering the themes of the stories compared to if they only performed from the text.
This might sound a little out of the ordinary, but the performance I related to the most was the dance segment the girl performed at the end of part 1. I’ve been taking dance lessons since I could stand, and as a dancer, I felt a connection with her movements and the emotion conveyed throughout the choreography.
A second portion of the performance I saw myself in was the story told by the girl describing her fear of mascots. While I wouldn’t consider my …show more content…
Each brought about different emotions and reactions. While reading the essays, I could visualize the original story better and let my imagination paint the picture for me. The theater performance encouraged me to think more about how the stories related to me similar to how they related to the actors whereas in the book, my thoughts focused more on how society as a whole is organized. In particular, while reading “The Lonely Death of George Bell” most of my emotions hovered near sadness. The theater performance had a slightly different effect thanks to the actors making the text more relatable. I walked out of the theater feeling frustrated at the reality of the essay and their experiences, yet empowered to make a difference, even in a small