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A Journey Together
by Dennis Bush |
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I'm a lucky man. All of us who create and perform theatre are lucky. We get to explore the lives of people who are often quite different from us. If actors tallied up all their movements during rehearsals and performances, they'd realize that they have, literally, walked a mile in someone else's shoes.
Through my writing, I've examined a wide variety of subjects and situations. While working on my play, Drift, I spent time with homeless people in New York. My research has taken me to fascinating places around the country and allowed me to probe the depth of mental illness (in Asylum) and emotional stability (in Nightmare), along with all sorts of relationships.
As far back as ancient Greece, theatre has been a way to convey life lessons and help people understand complex social issues but take a journey with people they could relate to and with whom they could empathize. Live theatre, more than film or television, allows audiences to connect with performers and with each other in an immediate, personal way. We take audiences on veritable rollercoaster rides with us and we see, hear and feel their response to our efforts. Theatrical performances are precious. They exist in only one moment in time. Like life, the performance of a play can't be rewound, repeated or replicated in exactly the same way.
Theatre educators are the masters of cross-curricular experiences. No one teaches more about collaboration and cooperation than a drama teacher. Rehearsals are filled with examples of critical thinking lessons and differentiated instruction. And because young student-actors are exploring the world through a variety of perspectives and with enhanced awareness, sensitivity and understanding, theatre educators aren't just training better performers, they're inspiring their students to be better people.
That's not hype. It's the power of theatre.
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Drift
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Among the shadows of the bright lights of New York City's theatre district, nine homeless people search for hope and meaning. They're not movers and shakers, they just get moved and shaken. In a world that's been turned upside down, they find poetry and pain, with no pity and no shame.
| | Free eScript Downloads | | Drift by Dennis Bush
Among the shadows of the bright lights of New York City's theatre district, nine homeless people search for hope and meaning. They're not movers and shakers, they just get moved and shaken. In a world that's been turned upside down... Read more
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Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here: The Story of a Prom by Bradley Walton
She calls herself Gor. She's an antisocial Goth who hates people, social events, and any color that's not black . . .and she just got put in charge of the prom. Read more
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Once Upon a Grapevine by Thomas Hischak
Rumors and gossip spread quickly through a fairy tale forest in this delightful look at how the story of Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf gets blown out of proportion each time it is retold by a different character... Read more
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Or, Gabby Hayes, Where Are Ya When We Need Ya!Legendary western hero Skipalong Rafferty needs a new sidekick. His last three have died under unusual circumstances. So Skipalong has his personal secretary, Netti Buntline... Read more
Exposed by Dennis Bush
The residents of an 8-unit apartment building in New York City's Hells Kitchen have been exposed to a viral agent. Tensions flare, secrets are shared and chillability is increased while the eight residents are quarantined. Read more
Last Summer by Monica Flory
August, 1987: the last summer of camp for sixteen hopeful soon-to-be ninth-graders. Things are not going as planned--it rains every day, cabin-mates are fighting, and the counselors are nowhere to be found. When a prank goes wrong... Read more
Anchorwoman -- Rise of the Mango Queen by Paul DiLella
A crisis hits KDST-Channel 6 News when former station manager Tiny Spinoza returns with his Filipino wife, Exasperanza. Tiny makes his wife the new program director. She changes the set, the theme music, adds Filipino costumes and make-up... Read more
Royal Woes and Scandalous Clothes by Edith Weiss
The fences are falling down, the cook is reduced to making cream of beak soup, and the King's Printer has run out of H's and E's, (The sign 'we love his Highness' is reduced to 'We Love is Ignss.') The oblivious and clothes-loving King is counting... Read more
Escape From Central Park by Nikki Harmon
Ozzie, a Canadian Polar Bear, who, after many failed plans, escapes from the Central Park Zoo with Budi, a Singaporean parrot, and runs away to join the circus. Along the way they meet up with Semta, a Balinese monkey in a tutu... Read more
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