I have a lot of writing projects in the hopper, and many of them are in that phase when they need a little more articulation. By writing about them here, I’m hoping to get some feedback and possibly meet new collaborators. This first one will be incredibly interactive soon, so I look forward to exploring that territory.
Indy Convergence March 9-19, 2011
MYTHistory: the mythology of history
Umbrella Project for the 2011 Indy Convergence
Workshop, partially devised work revolving around how mythologies and histories are made, and where they intersect. I am taking parallel stories from mythologies, religions, histories and essentially just having fun with them, playing with the ways they are told and by whom. I’d like people in the piece and watching/contributing to separate themselves from their own beliefs in order to see how every story is shaped by the telling.
Multi-platform theatre piece. I plan to kick this piece off at The Indy Convergence in March allowing our audience and collaborators’ ideas to inform the platforms through which we can tell these stories.
Follow the Twitter account @MYTHistories (@MYTHistory is in use but stagnant and I’m trying to obtain it) for now and more information coming soon.
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Gedaly says:
February 21, 2011 at 11:12 pm (UTC -0.5)
Reading this post for some reason reminded me of a cool moment in a workshop about the relation of myth and history.
I was studying Greek theatre and chorus acting with some classical theatre actors from Greece, we were working with the story of Iphigenia. The teacher referred to the story at one point as a historical event.
A fellow student asked “But this story isn’t true. It’s just a myth, right?”
To which he replied, “If you believe it, then it’s true.”
That stuck with me. Our histories, our stories are told for a reason. Whether you believe the events in the story or not doesn’t make it true or false, the lesson learned is the point.
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