Sifting through the writing

Another week of rehearsal has passed, and we find ourselves reading the voluminous amount of material written by the school community for the play.  Writing on three different topics, students from all the groups shared with us their ideas about what is wrong with the school and their neighborhoods, and what they could do if they had the power to fix things. Students also discussed their personal "trigger lines" - things that provoke them to anger, and maybe even violence.  At the freshmen parents' meeting, adults also wrote for the play - contributing a grown-up's perspective about the issues facing the people in our neighborhoods.  Reading their hopes for the future and for their children has been a moving experience for us.  The community has been incredibly generous in participating in the writing sessions for the play.  Now to the work of assimilating what has been written into some coherent forms for the play.