Memory/Nostalgia
STORY 4: Short Term Memory – John
STORY 2: Easter, 1996 – Gabrielle
STORY 2: A Summer of Sisterhood – Kimmy
STORY ? : (Spy Kids) – Bailey
JUXTAPOSITIONS: A Star Fell and Nobody Remembered – Kimmy
JUXTAPOSITIONS: Hotels Across The Country – John
SHOW DON’T TELL – Phoebe
SHOW DON’T TELL – Molly
Love
STORY 4: Once in the Highlands – Kimmy
STORY 1: A Kiss for the Heart to Grow – Kimmy
STORY 1: Three Dated and a Wedding – Gabrielle
STORY 4: Us – Paige
STORY 5: The Origin of Love – Molly
JUXTAPOSITIONS: Love Is – Gabrielle
Creation/Universe
STORY 3: Adam & Eve – Molly
STORY ? : Cosmogeny – Sophia
JUXTAPOSITIONS: The End of The World – Molly
SHOW DON’T TELL – Sarah
Magic AND/OR Stars
STORY 5 – Everything Sparkles – Gabrielle
STORY 5 – Like Magic – Phoebe
STORY 4: Short Term Memory – John
Failure
STORY ?: FAILURE: Carina
STORY 2: Adventures in the Osaka Red Light District – Omar
JUXTAPOSITIONS: The Job Hunt of David Carter
JUXTAPOSITIONS: David’s Quarter-Life Crisis/Panic Attack
SHOW DON’T TELL – Carina
2 – 3 Things I’ve Made:
SHOW DON’T TELL: The Black Panther Party
For me, this was the first of my pieces where I felt every element really informed each other, even though the could (technically) all stand on their own. I think that made the piece even more powerful.
STORY3: Don’t Forget Your Mission (Thanks, Yonce)
I like this story, because I feel like an instructional guide 21 year old Kimmy would give to 11 year old Kimmy. It’s also a story about maintaining confidence, which is definitely something I did not have as an 11 year old girl, so something like this would have been helpful. (i.e. I would have been my own fairy godmother.)
3 – 5 Things Made By Others:
SHOW DON’T TELL – Carina
The struggle in this piece was incredibly fascinating. There was a lot of failure involved which produced a both physical and audible reactions from the class as a audience
- JUXTAPOSITIONS – Enraged Edibles – Omar
The great thing the these performances is that Omar was able to take 2 very basic food items (like a raisin or a corndog) and address real systemic problems in the U.S. At the same time, he made the outlet for which he did that (slam poetry), seem like a farce.
- SHOW DON’T TELL – Bailey
This piece was the creepiest performance piece I have ever been apart of. The act of 14 disembodied heads looking at each other felt extremely unnatural. Moreover, we were all fed by this almost naked man and told to not hiccup. Everything felt so ritualistic. I LOVED IT! (And also is a connection to his other 5 Senses piece)