Leader of the group

As part of a class, all of the first year grads have been divided into 3 groups to create a hypothetical theatre company. In general, the whole "group project" idea kinda annoys me. But at least we are given alot of creative free reign, and I am working with a group of interesting people.

We have been hashing out a mission, which is an interesting indicator of people's personal "aesthetics". It was funny to see how divisive the idea of "musical" is. Overall, we liked the "re's" of reinvent, reimagine, etc. But too quickly people started launching into tangents, which turned some sort of arts academy. When we brought in articles, that seemed to refine what we wanted to do. And the more we talked in specifics, the more exciting it got. As a dramaturge, and generally dominant personality who is most picky about language ("performance" rather than play is more inclusive and more "trendy" term in the journals and reviews), I was selected to compile the thoughts into a single mission. This plays to my strengths as a composer, as well as allow me to keep the line about "democratizing theatre". As it stands our performance piece is something about how a thing is misconstrued. Commentary on media, and the "breaking news" addictions. With projections and a ticker!

While we are thinking big exciting, youthful thoughts, the director got a bloody papercut, which required a band-aid. I'm not sure what this says about me, but I didn't even realise I was fishing them out of my green bag until she asked for a second one. Girl scout instinct? Hypochondria? Mothering? Secret addiction to things adhesive?

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