West Pullman Park TRACE puts an
emphasis on the performing arts and theater. The first few days were spent
doing team building exercises and trying to get everyone acquainted with each
other. We set a few ground rules and created an environment where everyone is
comfortable giving their opinion. We tapped into our inner thespians and brought
to life Gwendolyn Brooks We Real Cool
poem, an authentic account of the youth in Harlem. Mama Zahara helped with the
staging and in no time we were on stage and had characters singing sin and thinning gin. On Thursday TRACE saw the play Broke-ology.
Broke-ology explores the relationship between two brothers, one who went to University
of Connecticut and the other who worked at Lord of the Wings. While the
brothers are sorting out their difference they try to unite to find a solution
for their father suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. Friday we saw two different
interpretation of the one act play Rock, Sword , Firecracker. It was amazing to
see how each group envisioned different ideas for the same play.
“ The first week of TRACE was
different, it was different in the sense that I never opened up to a group of
people so quickly.” Kassidy
No comments:
Post a Comment