My reflection:

• I think one of the most successful parts of the event was the beginning. Bringing the whole audience into the communal experience of being blindfolded set the stage (excuse the pun…) for the entire performance. However, after taking the blindfolds off, people were unsure of what to do next for a really long time.
• I loved the museum aspect of the whole thing. It probably went on for a little too long though. We had to adjust the timing to drive things forward.
• What were we (the class) supposed to be doing? Are we performers even when we’re not performing? How much do we guide people versus letting them just do their thing?
• This was a radically different experience for the audience doing these things (being blindfolded, being fed bread, etc.) with people that they know than it would have been if the performers were total strangers.
• My albinism performance ended up happening on the opposite side of the elevator because everyone got in the elevator with me. The performance felt like total chaos to me but everyone I talked to found it really interesting.

Questions people had:

• Is part of it improvisation?
• How much were we allowed to break the rules? Should the rules exist at all?
• Was there an ending?

Things that stuck out to people:

• Bailey’s piece
• Kimmy’s bark
• Omar’s performance – dealt with substantive things in a quick amount of time and was so funny
• Being masked and applauded for
• Sophia’s piece about all the sad things that happened to David Carter
• Paige’s video in the closet – “Woodbridge: A Love Story”
• Scott Lewis trying to help Carina
• How far away Carina was from us
• The elevator door opening and closing
• The albinism piece passing through the elevator
• Albino character was sexual (having participants represent my parents, mentioning testicles) but also sincere…
• Connection between genetics and identity