SPECTRUM FINAL PERFORMANCE: Us and Them
Streaming March 12 and 13, 2021, 7:00 pm
Spectrum is a theatre arts education program for queer youth and their allies in grades 8-12. The program is presented in partnership with SPARC, Richmond Triangle Players, and The Conciliation Lab. Through a series of master classes and workshops, students will learn the basics of storytelling, performance, production, and playwriting, as they collectively produce original works.
Oftentimes, telling your own personal stories can be intimidating; the goal of this project is for each ensemble member to express their truth in a safe, supportive, and creative environment with proper artistic training and support. Using performing arts to break down barriers, students will be encouraged to use their authentic voice to promote social justice as well as create systemic change in their communities.
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About the performance, written by the Spectrum Youth Ensemble:
Our Us and Them scenes and short stories were created to highlight the differences and similarities that the queer community has with people who are not in the queer community. Us and Them helps to better understand what we perceive as “our” view versus “their” views. “Us” refers to individuals within the queer community. “Them” are others that don’t see eye to eye with folx in the queer community.
These scenes were written to highlight our differences, and show the oppression of queer folx in relation to non-queer people who aren’t necessarily oppressed for their gender identity or sexuality. For these projects we wrote four scenes, based on moments in LGBTQ history. Topics were chosen to educate our audience and celebrate our victories and our humanity. “Us and Us” are short stories written to show that people in the LGBTQ community are not much different than anyone else, and are still people worthy of respect.
Please note, there is language used in this project that may be unfamiliar or uncomfortable for you to hear but it is important to honor the voices and experiences of the youth who created it.
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Richmond Triangle Players strives to change the community’s conversation about diversity and inclusion through the production of LGBTQ-themed works. A nonprofit, professional theatre company organized in 1993, RTP delivers adventurous and entertaining theater as the leading voice in the community’s explorations of equality, identity, affection and family, across sexual orientation and gender spectrums.