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In mid-April, audiences at Goodhart Theater were treated to a staging of 媒体/美狄亚改编自欧里庇得斯的希腊悲剧 美狄亚, re-envisioned for the 21st century from a Black perspective. 一周后, 第二组表演开始了, this time in the Black Box Theater at Community College of Philadelphia (CCP).

给学生演员和技术人员, this was not only a chance to participate in the premiere of a play by Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright 詹姆斯Ijames—of 脂肪含 fame—but also an opportunity to interact with peers from a different educational setting. Half of the students in the production were from 布林莫尔 and Haverford and half from CCP.

The staging of the play marked the finale of Greek Drama/Black Lives, a larger yearlong collaboration between the institutions.

作为古典文学教授Catherine Conybeare, who was principal investigator for the American Council of Learned Societies grant that funded the project, 解释了, a key goal of Greek Drama/Black Lives was to “strengthen the connections between CCP and 布林莫尔 and also to shine a light on what we can learn today from the classics.”

The play was produced by the Theater Program at 布林莫尔, led by co-PI and Chair of the Arts Catharine Slusar, 是谁带詹姆斯来的. “剧院, 分享观点的能力, 是作为人类的核心吗,Slusar说. “This project uses theater to draw a line from the classics to the present, 一路上挑战着我们.”

In addition to the play, the Greek Drama/Black Lives project included a 剧本创作类这是一个与E.M. 斯坦顿 School in South Philadelphia, and a theoretical and experiential 研究生研讨会.

“詹姆斯Ijames is at this point a playwright of extraordinary distinction and he is also one of the most generous and collaborative people with whom I have ever worked.康尼贝尔说.

媒体/美狄亚 follows the character of 美狄亚 (Monet Debose) as she grapples with her husband Jason’s (Akeem Davis) betrayal and explores how the couple’s teenage children respond to this upheaval in their lives.

在更换 美狄亚 在现代背景下, Ijames, an associate professor of theatre at Villanova University, 从流行文化中寻找灵感. 合唱团, 希腊悲剧的支柱, 仍然起着主导作用, but this time they are part of the social media rumor mill. For the character of 美狄亚, Ijames was inspired by Norma Desmond, the protagonist of 日落大道和来自 《推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜》.

“It’s great to see somebody who’s coming from the same space as me, 尤其是从黑人的角度来看.” — Michael Mclaughlin, Community College of Philadelphia student

“媒体/美狄亚 is not simply an adaptation; it is a transformation,” says Slusar. “Ijames has taken the text and reset it in our time, 把孩子们置于悲剧的中心. 他问, 当一对著名的夫妇离婚时, 每一分钟都被社交媒体捕捉到, 孩子们怎么了?”

The adaptation resonated deeply with the student actors. “无论是在古希腊还是在现代美国, 某些主题经久不衰,奎因·伊莱说, 中国共产党戏剧课程协调员.

“When you’re talking about the impact of revenge and betrayal and dislocation on a family,伊莱说, “who among us can’t easily imagine the impact that would have on our own family? And then you add the element of social media and that kind of cultural scrutiny, and you’ve got something that continues to resonate.”

迈克尔·麦克劳克林, 中共戏剧专业, agrees: “I responded immediately with such excitement because he has th真的是 interesting way of writing very simple language that says so much. It’s great to see somebody who’s coming from the same space as me, 尤其是从黑人的角度来看, and can really figure out how to say a lot without a lot of words.”

“To watch these students from each institution be challenged by each other, 互相庆祝, 真的是, 非常激动人心.——导演瑞尔·迈里克-霍奇斯

For Regan Riehl ’24, an English major minoring in theater, engaging with 媒体/美狄亚 with the rest of the cast proved to be a fascinating process of investigation. “你读得越多, 有更多的东西可以从中抽出来看,Riehl说, 谁扮演了格劳克?, 伊阿宋为了她抛弃美狄亚的公主.

“Every time a group of humans gets to work on a brand-new something, 它是神奇的,雷尔·迈里克-霍奇斯说, 费城阿祖卡剧团的创始人, 导演 媒体/美狄亚, adding that what made this especially magical was the collaboration between 布林莫尔 and CCP.

“To watch these students from each institution be challenged by each other, 互相庆祝, 真的是, 非常激动人心,她说。. “And what they’re bringing to the table is a new understanding of an author’s work, because you have 15 people who all think differently.”

首席美术师阿基姆·戴维斯, a Barrymore- and Haas Award-winning actor who has taught at both CCP and BMC and plays the part of Jason, 是否同样被合作所鼓舞.

“I think the students recognized that they have had very different college experiences to this point,戴维斯说。, “and so the process was a lot about them learning that their lives may be very different and also not that different and being able to appreciate both realizations.”

Eli指出，在CCP 媒体/美狄亚 project has spurred collaboration not just with 布林莫尔,

but also among different disciplines at the college. 就这样, our theater students are engaged in a complete academic experience, one that equips them to pursue a career in the arts by emphasizing the value of critical analysis, 人际沟通, 专业发展.”

The project has revived and strengthened the connections between 布林莫尔 and CCP at a time when both, 根据新冠肺炎实施的限制, 是否处于“极具挑战性的时刻”,康尼贝尔说.

“To collaborate together so fully on a project that is centered on a Black family and that is so richly creative in its use of an ancient Greek story is exhilarating,她说。, “and it has proven profoundly beneficial to both institutions.”