Interdisciplinary Arts 0256 - Money Play Ensemble Based Thea

"Nowadays it is fashionable to talk about race or gender; the uncool subject is class. It's the subject that makes us all tense, nervous, uncertain about where we stand." bell hooks Money and class divides define and splinter our national dialogue. How are these divides lived, embodied, and voiced? And how can the act of embodying one another's stories help us envision more equitable, common ground? Money Play is a two-semester course; students can take either semester, or both. In the fall, you will create original theatrical material through physical exploration, writing exercises and a community engagement process that involves the broader Hampshire community. In the second semester, we will produce and perform an original play from this material - in partnership with students in theater design and production. Central to this exploration will be the lived, embodied experience of our individual histories, and how class cuts across all our identities - particularly race and citizenship status. Theater experience is recommended for the course, but not required. Essential is your willingness to share stories across a wide-range of economic backgrounds and to engage in a process that is highly collaborative, vividly theatrical, and grounded in the radical potential of deep, generous listening.

Arts, Design, and Media Independent Work Multiple Cultural Perspectives In this course, students are expected to spend at least six to eight hours a week of preparation and work outside of class time. This time includes reading, writing and outside meetings with fellow students.