The Class

Today's Quote for Thought: "Truth and untruth often co-exist; good and evil often are found together." -Ghandi

About our class (as written in the course catalog):
215. Theatre and Social Change
A course that investigates how theatre can be used to help communities talk about difficult issues regarding race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, economic status, religion and politics. Writers and/or performance artists studied include Anna Deavere Smith, Moises Kaufman, Tony Kushner, Danny Hoch and Suzan-Lori Parks.
(Stephanie Burlington)

We have just recently finished reading Anna Deavere Smith's "Fires in The Mirror", about the Crown Heights riots in the early 1990s. The work is a collection of monologues taken from actual interviews conducted by Smith, expressing both sides of the "Truth"--the Blacks and the Lubavitch Jews.

We are now diving into a project on "My Name is Rachel Corrie", which will be available on Podcast in the next couple of weeks.

We are all excited about working on this Blog and we hope that you all are as well!

Thanks,
The Students