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Carnegie Mellon News - Carnegie Mellon University: Carnegie Mellon University alumnus and Tony Award nominee Rory O'Malley (A'03) is returning to his alma mater to participate in a one-night-only reading of "8," a play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California's Proposition 8.
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Timothy Sutter
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Sadly I was not able to attend the reading of "8" last night, however I do have to appreciate level of support that Carnegie Mellon gives to, not only alumnis, but to the important issues of our time. CMU always talks about the alumni network and how close knit they are, this proves it. The fact that CMU was one of the first to sign up for a reading of this play goes to show that that close association we keep with our school after graduation, still exists. As for the content of the play, while it may be a little close to home for me, this is the defining issue of my generation. This issue is telling of how compassionate and open minded we are as a race and I feel that with plays like this, the word will reach people around the world to the injustice that is taking place.
It was really great that Carnegie Mellon brought the reading of "8" to campus to really try to facilitate a discussion. O'Malley was fantastic about hosting a talkback that was open to anyone in the university. The name and the link to Book of Mormon draws in a greater campus community since it is not only the School of Drama that is affected by the gay marriage debate and the ongoing efforts to repeal Proposition 8.
Last night, I had the pleasure to be a part of the audience of the reading of "8." As great as it was to have Rory O'Malley come back to CMU to do this reading, I felt that just having the experience to listen and take in all of the information spoken during the reading was much more important. Knowing that a large LGBT community is being discriminated against saddens me and I feel that getting the information out to the public will show people what truly matters on this subject.
I was really sad to miss this cool event because I was in production call last night. It would have been very interesting for me if I had attended because since I am from California, I heard a lot about the proposition 8 and it became issues in my village and school. Also, it would have been very interesting and special event that I could get to meet notable alumni of our school of Drama. I hope to attend the upcoming events next time.
While I did not attend the reading, I did hear a few people talking about it. From what I understand, the writing of the script was a bit biased. While I tend to agree with the bias, it seems like if you are trying to facilitate a discussion, then you should try to present it in a strictly factual manner and not throw a bias in, or right off the bat the discussion is going to lean a certain way.
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Sadly I was not able to attend the reading of "8" last night, however I do have to appreciate level of support that Carnegie Mellon gives to, not only alumnis, but to the important issues of our time. CMU always talks about the alumni network and how close knit they are, this proves it. The fact that CMU was one of the first to sign up for a reading of this play goes to show that that close association we keep with our school after graduation, still exists. As for the content of the play, while it may be a little close to home for me, this is the defining issue of my generation. This issue is telling of how compassionate and open minded we are as a race and I feel that with plays like this, the word will reach people around the world to the injustice that is taking place.
It was really great that Carnegie Mellon brought the reading of "8" to campus to really try to facilitate a discussion. O'Malley was fantastic about hosting a talkback that was open to anyone in the university. The name and the link to Book of Mormon draws in a greater campus community since it is not only the School of Drama that is affected by the gay marriage debate and the ongoing efforts to repeal Proposition 8.
Last night, I had the pleasure to be a part of the audience of the reading of "8." As great as it was to have Rory O'Malley come back to CMU to do this reading, I felt that just having the experience to listen and take in all of the information spoken during the reading was much more important. Knowing that a large LGBT community is being discriminated against saddens me and I feel that getting the information out to the public will show people what truly matters on this subject.
I was really sad to miss this cool event because I was in production call last night. It would have been very interesting for me if I had attended because since I am from California, I heard a lot about the proposition 8 and it became issues in my village and school. Also, it would have been very interesting and special event that I could get to meet notable alumni of our school of Drama. I hope to attend the upcoming events next time.
While I did not attend the reading, I did hear a few people talking about it. From what I understand, the writing of the script was a bit biased. While I tend to agree with the bias, it seems like if you are trying to facilitate a discussion, then you should try to present it in a strictly factual manner and not throw a bias in, or right off the bat the discussion is going to lean a certain way.
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