Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Theatre with Social Justice in Mind
Hello, My name in Jennifer Day. I am a Humanities Masters Student with a Strong background in Theatre. I am also working on my African American Theatre Certification. I am taking Post Colonial Discourse and Theory in Literature and also a class in Culture. I am so thankful to be in Acting, Performance Class. This is a very special assignment for me. I am a supporter of Prop 8 and believe in equality in Marriage. I look forward to the opportunity to interview people about their views both pro and con on the subject of Gay and Lesbian marriage. Freedom of speech embraces freedom to marry. We live in a great time when laws are being over turned and many famous people have gathered on court house steps across the country to marry someone they love. I hope in some small way, our production of A PERFECT MARRIAGE by Charles Mee next March, will have a great impact on the Kentuckianna Community.
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Today I will be interviewing Carter better known as Snap Dragon.
ReplyDeleteHello Jennifer.
ReplyDeleteLets talk about your activism and what it is like to be in the Farie community
ReplyDeleteOk Jennifer let see what is happening now
ReplyDeleteMy character is Julian Mee. I play the part of a wedding planner that comes to conduct the perfect wedding
ReplyDeleteOn Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Jennifer L Day wrote:
ReplyDeleteTell me about what Faerie community is like and how my character would fit in there.
Intentional communities like Short Mountain Sanctuary, Destiny, or Zuni Sanctuary are collective living arrangements where Faeries choose to live with shared responsibility for maintaining the community. The three aforementioned are agrarian, off the gird settlements, using minimal electricity, wood stoves, and less industrial farming techniques. The faes living there want to be away from the industrialized life of cities. Urban Faeries are more likely to be gathered in circles within their city but not in collective living arrangements. The 'community' is built more on shared ideas.
These circles form around a lose association of share ideals, sexual freedom being the most shared concept. Spiritual beliefs are varied; Pagan seasonal rite are often observed but not the exclusive beliefs of all Faeries. Gender non-conformation are present in most Faerie circles, and often are the modern representation of shamanic types from the patriarchal cultures. Other cases are just self-expression. These are types, not absolutes.
Tell me the kinds of projects that the Faeries do such as IDA and arts, social justice any and all things
Creative artists, healers, teachers and activists are present in Faerie circles. I can think of one individual who has work to continue the work with fermenting food, e. g. kimchi, sour kraut, etc. He works to save the art of preserving food in a healthy and nutritious manner lost to some modern processing. There are many musicians and performers among Faeries, some very well known, others working at just the level of success for which they feel comfortable. Idyllic Dandy Acres (IDA) hosts a yearly Queer music festival. Zuni Sanctuary host a Shamans gathering in August of each year. I can think of Faeries who are very involved in 'social justice', either working in American politics, and in communities of under-privileged persons, and some in health advocacy for gay men. A small group went to the School of the Americas protect at Fort Benning, Georgia this weekend.
Prop 8 and the whole marriage thing. Is what this play deals with. There is a lesbian wedding, Gay marriage and a bi racial wedding all at the same time.
I like what they have in France, the state recognizes the civil ceremony held before a government official. If you want a religious ceremony that is your business, but a religious ceremony cannot be recognized by the state.
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Jennifer L Day wrote:
ReplyDeleteTell me about what Faerie community is like and how my character would fit in there.
Intentional communities like Short Mountain Sanctuary, Destiny, or Zuni Sanctuary are collective living arrangements where Faeries choose to live with shared responsibility for maintaining the community. The three aforementioned are agrarian, off the gird settlements, using minimal electricity, wood stoves, and less industrial farming techniques. The faes living there want to be away from the industrialized life of cities. Urban Faeries are more likely to be gathered in circles within their city but not in collective living arrangements. The 'community' is built more on shared ideas.
These circles form around a lose association of share ideals, sexual freedom being the most shared concept. Spiritual beliefs are varied; Pagan seasonal rite are often observed but not the exclusive beliefs of all Faeries. Gender non-conformation are present in most Faerie circles, and often are the modern representation of shamanic types from the patriarchal cultures. Other cases are just self-expression. These are types, not absolutes.
Tell me the kinds of projects that the Faeries do such as IDA and arts, social justice any and all things
Creative artists, healers, teachers and activists are present in Faerie circles. I can think of one individual who has work to continue the work with fermenting food, e. g. kimchi, sour kraut, etc. He works to save the art of preserving food in a healthy and nutritious manner lost to some modern processing. There are many musicians and performers among Faeries, some very well known, others working at just the level of success for which they feel comfortable. Idyllic Dandy Acres (IDA) hosts a yearly Queer music festival. Zuni Sanctuary host a Shamans gathering in August of each year. I can think of Faeries who are very involved in 'social justice', either working in American politics, and in communities of under-privileged persons, and some in health advocacy for gay men. A small group went to the School of the Americas protect at Fort Benning, Georgia this weekend.
Prop 8 and the whole marriage thing. Is what this play deals with. There is a lesbian wedding, Gay marriage and a bi racial wedding all at the same time.
I like what they have in France, the state recognizes the civil ceremony held before a government official. If you want a religious ceremony that is your business, but a religious ceremony cannot be recognized by the state.
Today I interviewed Robert Wheel. He is a radical farie from Short Mountain, Tennessee.
ReplyDeleteWhat would you like to know about the faeries? We are a very devirse group. I would saw we are more like gay hippies in a way. I would also have to look at Woodstock and the range of people that went there from flower children to collegiate types.They were mostly against the war. I think as a whole we are less government, live lightly on the land and be free to accept who you are. I think we are more rural gays as a whole. I am getting married in the spring to my boyfriend and he is an Amish guy. I am also a bus mechanic. Alot of the short mountian guys are more rural and rugid types.
Sincerely,
Robert
Wheels
I will keep in contact with him and find out the plans for his perfect wedding.