Clobberation: Clobbering through a Collaboratively-Built Touring Show

HowlRound: “I just think they all really need to talk to each other. Like, all three of them,” the eleventh grade girl in the second row called out. “Great. Would you like to show us?” asked our collaborator Teresa Simone. The student stood up and walked to the stage as the rest of the high school students at Arizona Conservatory for the Arts and Academics sat in the theater and clapped and cheered for her. She tagged Ashley Laverty out and took her place in the Forum Theatre scene in the role of Charlotte, a high school girl who felt pulled in different directions by her boyfriend and best friend. Ashley stepped aside and we all watched as the student skillfully navigated an awkward conversation with best friend Bridget (played by Rivka Rocchio) and controlling, clingy boyfriend Dan (played by Haley Honeman).