1. Content: What is the issue, need, idea or opportunity addressed by this project?
The particular people discussed were Rodney King and Claudette Colvin. The different characters interact with one another to cover the general history of the civil rights movement.
2. Form: What medium and techniques were used to embody the content?
This is a play that uses the "Joker System," which basically means that there is a character that directly addresses the audience and debates various issues that involve a particular historical event. In addition, the lesser known Claudette Colvin ends up being a more important character to argue that Rodney King was actually a less significant figure in the civil rights movement.
3. Context: What are the circumstances and setting that frame our understanding of this project?
The kids who are working on this project primarily come from low-income, Latin American house holds. Many of these children have witnessed racial oppression and can relate to the historical and social context of the play.
4. Stakeholders: Who can affect or be affected by this project?
This project is primarily put on by young members of the community. In addition, adults who help guide the children helped put on the production and learned from the children's reactions to learning about these historical issues.
5. Audience or communities engaged: For whom and/or with whom was this project created?
The play is shown to all members of the community who see the play.
6. Engagement strategies: How were the stakeholders, audiences, and community members engaged in this project? How were the goals of the project advanced?
During the preparation period of this play, the youth got to talk with one another to discuss how fear and rage develop through racial violence. During the actual show, the audience is involved by getting to think about the questions posed by the joker and think about the meaning of race on all scales of communities.
7. Resources: What tangible or intangible resources were used to pursue the project's goals?
The children's personal experiences helped develop a significant portion of the content. They each did a fair amount of research on their characters and used conversation during the production development to exchange their ideas and opinions to develop a captivating story to present.
8. Goal: What are the project's objectives?
The point of this project was for the youth to pick two historical figures whom the children wanted to learn more about. Then, the young community members work with a playwright to develop a play. The children should learn a lot about the characters they portrayed.
9. Outcomes: What were the results and the impact of this project? Did they match the goals?
The Rodney King example made a strong impact by relating this story to modern problems of racism and violence in our country. In addition, the youth joined together to brainstorm and help write a story about these issues. There were some challenges regarding the fact that most of these kids were confused by the fact that one actor was playing a different character throughout the play.
10. Values: What were this project's guiding values and/or core beliefs?
This project gave the children the opportunity to express their own feelings about widespread social topics such as racism and racial violence through the art of performance. They wanted to deal with deep and somewhat horrifying issues and felt that the kids were mature enough to handle the content.
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