Playbill: “Theatre history is a way of understanding of what’s going on in the world,” says Dr. Eric Colleary, the Cline Curator of Theatre and Performing Arts at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. “It’s a snapshot. You can look at a play or a musical, and you can understand what’s going on in the country and world in that moment. You’re able to read a broader sense of social and political history.”
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This time capsule is actually a really good idea. I think that it will be great to be able to look back on everything that thespians were doing during this time to keep each other safe and to entertain themselves and each other. I think that some Carnegie Mellon students should add some of their work to this time capsule because it would showcase how theatre education had to change to adapt to the pandemic. Looking back at all of our projects, all of mine would have been totally different if I were in person. Showcasing all of these changes that we needed to make to future generations so they can understand how we all persevered. I also like how they included a lot of the social issues that the theatre community has been tackling in the time capsule. I honestly think that is the most important thing that the theatre community has done during this entire pandemic.
I have found that time capsules, disposable cameras, and taking a bunch of photos that I forget about and can look back on is one of the simplest pleasures of life. I love to see what I've worked on, moments in theatre that I would have completely forgot if I didn't take a photo. To look back on everything I've created would be really entertaining, and honestly this article has made me consider starting to print out my theatre photos and putting them in a box so that when I am older and my phone breaks and I lose all my memories I can see them again. Especially during pandemic theatre, they could be a piece of history and be in a theatre history book, because what we have been doing specifically weird pandemic related theatre during covid at Carnegie Mellon. We have been one of the most authentically hybrid program of anything I've seen. I'm really excited to get back into real theatre and make more memories.
This is such an interesting project and it is the perfect time to do it. I like how Dr. Colleary said it’s about why and how theatre has changed coming out of it. It’s so true that theatre has changed so much. Me two years ago would have laughed at hearing that I would be doing a zoom production, maybe I would just be confused because zoom wasn't really a thing but still. I think it’s interesting to see how people have shifted their idea of what a production is. Even looking at the Carnegie Mellon season this spring every show had a different approach to handling a COVID safe production. Even beyond the physical act of putting on a production, I think theatre will be very different from what it was before, especially with the rise of We See You White American Theatre and other activists. People are starting to not put up with the more toxic part of the industry.
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