As for the differences between performances that offer some kind of (new or newly clarified) truth versus performances that strive for documentary “verbatim” or naturalistic reality, I think that there is a difference in execution between the two but the idea of the two are the same. The reason why the ideas are the same is that both ideas are trying to present something that is part of reality. Verbatim is is using words to present the truth, and a performance that offers truth is presenting a truth within that performance. I clearly understand that a new or newly clarified truth and verbatim are the same. I really believe that truth lie with people, and what they hold as well as express.
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Truth!
A production that hit really close to home is Swine Palace's production of Rising Water. This production took me on an experience rather that create a new truth for me. I can relate to the the feeling and thought of water rising in my home after a hurricane or the possible thought of water rising in my home. And relate to the experience of not knowing what is going on outside while you wait thinking of the worst that can happen. Even though I didn't experience the disaster in the capacity of the production. I felt the reality of the events that were taking place by how the production was executed. I was involved in a production about race. LSU Theatre's Dionysus of the Holocaust clarified a truth or rather a question. There is a scene in the play where the Caucases (white people) are dividing the gift of cultures. And the question that arrived was why is ask on a form your race or ethnicity in America? Why cant we just clarify simply American?
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I didn't see the show "Rising Waters," but I can relate to the experience of being in a hurricane even though my house is high enough not to be flooded. That is a play I could see and really relate to as far as not knowing what will happen next.
ReplyDeleteJanessa, did DIONYSUS OF THE HOLOCAUST have the same effect on you as RISING WATER? I'm interested in hearing what kind of experience you had working on that show as compared with the experience watching RISING WATER. DIONYSUS was somewhat of a stylized show compared to the realistic production of the other.
ReplyDeleteWhat I loved the most about "Rising Water" was how truly honest it was. Its realistic approach to telling the story was necessary to creating the desired feeling the play was trying to emote. I believe that you really got a genuine feeling that you were stuck in the midst of a hurricane's aftermath and the unfortunate cost one experienced for not evacuating. Having been a part of Hurricane Katrina and greatly impacted by the event I found its realistic approach greatly impactful and excruciatingly emotional. It brought back feelings and emotions I experienced because so many of the images presented were unbelievably familiar.
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