Story

After reflecting upon the discussion from our last class, I've been thinking about the story for this show. I understand that we are endeavoring to reach out to both the theatre and sports communities with messages of understanding, but should we go about it in such a heavy-handed manner? By heavy-handed, I mean that, as of the last discussion, my understanding (and I may have misheard an item or two) is that we will be going to each of the realms and deal with a particular issue, with some sort of story to weave them all together. While that does enable us to convey the messages to the audience with all due meaning, will the manner in which we extol these ideas be misunderstood? In my opinion, a great story should be written, something that the audience, be they sports or theatre, will find compelling. The messages, "things about which to think", or whatever one may deem them, should, in my opinion, be subtle. Going with the ideas that Amy e-mailed us this morning, perhaps we should portray not only the theatre kids, but also the athletes. This way, the idea of coming together would come much more naturally since the audience will be able to see both communities. As for the ELP exercises, their implementation should be subtle as well. Instead of stopping the show to display the interview and performance of the interview, perhaps they should come into play at some point during the show. Sometimes the appearance of Serendipity is a good thing, in that if it appears that the realization of some great message comes organically, in my opinion, the audience will be much more likely to take it to heart. Again, these are just a couple of opinions of mine.