Mount Union College
 Dear Lois and Jerry, May 1, 2010 I wanted to write to thank you for your work this spring with our students in their production of The Living Theatre Workshop’s A Day in the Life… Our students had a wonderful experience during their three days working with the two of you. From the early exercises to the finished product everything was well organized and thoughtfully approached. You allowed the students to truly take possession of the show and develop a piece that was personal and important to them. Our students have not had much exposure to experimental theatre and as such were a little hesitant as they approached this project. You immediately put them at ease and made the process challenging but not threatening. The way that the two of you led them from the tableaux vivants through to their final performance was professional and engaging. To a person, the students were enthusiastic about the work they did during the workshop. Following the performance there was a short talk back time held with the audience where the student’s were asked to choose one word to describe their experience. Some of their words were: amazing, profound, provoking, unique, silly, cool, sweet, open, risky, problem solving, cooperation and colorful. Here are some additional comments that our students made about their experiences working with the two of you: “The experience definitely gave me a new insight into some creative
I was very pleased with your work with our students and would be happy to teaching ideas, not only about actual theatre exercises, but teamwork and problem solving.” “I was thrilled to learn new theatre related activities. It will be beneficial to me as a future drama educator.” “They wanted to learn just as much from us as we wanted to learn from them.” “I was really surprised at how willing they were to work with a totally random group of strangers on a project that absolutely had to be finished in a few days, which was truly an undertaking.” “They let us create the entire show ourselves. It was truly about what we wanted and they were there for guidance, support and suggestions.” recommend The Living Theatre Workshop to other schools that are looking for a “risky, sweet, cool” experience for their students. Sincerely,  R.H. Roggenkamp, Jr. Professor of Theatre and Department Chair Department of Theatre Mount Union College Alliance, Ohio 44601 |
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