Actually I believe the phrase is 'Full Circle'...
Tonight we had our first read-through of Season Ten's opening show, Marisol.
Ten years ago, New World was born through a desire to mount a cutting edge new show named Marisol. A collection of Goshen College students, led by Brian Weaver and Kelli Holsopple founded a new troupe called New World Players. Their first play was met with great excitement, because at long last there was a place for theater that did more than just entertain...it moved people to THINK and TALK with each other.
Fast forward to the current day. The arts are blossoming in Goshen with Artist Guilds of many varieties, multiple schools of music, film festivals, and the wildly successful First Fridays in downtown Goshen. New World has undergone a rebirth as it enters into Season Ten supported by the largest collection of community artists that NWA has ever seen. The life for the arts in Goshen is good.
Ten years ago, who would have thought that people would be using phrases like 'Goshen' and 'Artistic Renaissance?' in the same sentence.
The energy is addictive. Our audiences are selling out. We are attracting artists from near and far to work with us.
So. Ten Years have passed. What have we learned?
We have found that against the backdrop of terrorism, states obsessed with security, looming recessions, illegal immigration, and the battle for abortion/right to life, the need to THINK and TALK is just as important as it was ten years ago.
The subjects are different, but the motivations are the same. Fear of Death, fear of Other, and the fear of the loss of our Way of Life still walk through our daily thoughts.
This is what Marisol addresses. It speaks of Fear. It speaks of Revolution. It speaks of Transcendence.
Let us think. Let us talk. Tonight the discussion has begun.
-Bryan
Tonight we had our first read-through of Season Ten's opening show, Marisol.
Ten years ago, New World was born through a desire to mount a cutting edge new show named Marisol. A collection of Goshen College students, led by Brian Weaver and Kelli Holsopple founded a new troupe called New World Players. Their first play was met with great excitement, because at long last there was a place for theater that did more than just entertain...it moved people to THINK and TALK with each other.
Fast forward to the current day. The arts are blossoming in Goshen with Artist Guilds of many varieties, multiple schools of music, film festivals, and the wildly successful First Fridays in downtown Goshen. New World has undergone a rebirth as it enters into Season Ten supported by the largest collection of community artists that NWA has ever seen. The life for the arts in Goshen is good.
Ten years ago, who would have thought that people would be using phrases like 'Goshen' and 'Artistic Renaissance?' in the same sentence.
The energy is addictive. Our audiences are selling out. We are attracting artists from near and far to work with us.
So. Ten Years have passed. What have we learned?
We have found that against the backdrop of terrorism, states obsessed with security, looming recessions, illegal immigration, and the battle for abortion/right to life, the need to THINK and TALK is just as important as it was ten years ago.
The subjects are different, but the motivations are the same. Fear of Death, fear of Other, and the fear of the loss of our Way of Life still walk through our daily thoughts.
This is what Marisol addresses. It speaks of Fear. It speaks of Revolution. It speaks of Transcendence.
Let us think. Let us talk. Tonight the discussion has begun.
-Bryan
Great first post Bryan. Thank you for bringing in the importance of not just this show, but of Season Ten to NWA. I could not think of a better show (nor cast and crew for that matter) to start such a historic season.
Our read-through was great, but for some crazy reason when I went home to my nice warm king size bed to dream about rainbows and frogs, all I could dream about was apples and salt.
I know!!!
In Marisol, apples are extinct. I never thought of apples being extinct before last night. Apples have always been around since the beginning of time. TO think of them not being around, EXTINCT!!! Wow, it makes me want to eat them, and eat them, and eat them with salt.
Thats right. I did just that today, and it was fantastic. I never had a big green juicy Granny Smith apple taste so good, and all because one day they could no longer be.
Thank about it.
Go eat an apple!!!
much love
heather