<p>DrJohn and others: My daughter called me Saturday night close to midnight, which is usually NOT a good sign. But this time it was because she was walking home after seeing “Caucasian Chalk Circle”, and she was bubbling over with excitement from the experience. She had so many good things to say…about the excellence of the cast, about the original music, about the staging, and about Brecht. During our 20-minute “conversation”, I think I only managed a few words (although I did manage to slip in an “I told you so”…I’ve been encouraging her to read Brecht for years). Kudos (albeit second-hand) on another excellent Otterbein production.</p>
<p>DrJohn, my daughter is intending to take the theatre INST course next year, but are there any other courses open to non-majors which would provide a theatre-hungry student with exposure to scripts and/or script analysis?</p>
<p>mezzomom:</p>
<p>I’m very pleased that your daughter enjoyed “Chalk Circle”. We were very proud of the production. </p>
<p>As for courses, our entire Theatre History sequence is open to non-majors, and all are acceptable substitutes for the INST Arts requirement. I also teach a course in Script Analysis which she would be welcome to take.</p>
<p>Thanks, DrJohn. I passed the word along to my daughter; she had already highlighted the Script Analysis class as a “want it if I can find the time [free credit hours] to take it” course. She’ll be at Africa U in Zimbabwe next fall quarter, so if it’s only offered in the fall, she’ll have to wait until her senior year…better late than never!</p>
<p>She’ll have to wait until next year, but the class can’t hold a candle to the Zimbabwe experience. One of our majors went there just last fall, and it changed her life.</p>
<p>My daughter met with your major early this quarter to discuss the ins-and-outs of studying at Africa U, and <em>**s eloquence about her experience fueled the excitement my daughter had begun to experience. And </em> was gracious enough to answer the “mommy questions” I had given to my daughter…while my daughter is naturally more interested in the cultural and educational aspects, I asked the more mundane logistical questions. I think at this point I’m almost as excited about the opportunity as my daughter is!</p>
<p>So upset I didn’t get to see this show.
I’ve heard nothing but good things about it.
I was fortunate enough to hear a little bit of the rehearsal when I had some down time during my audition day.
It was incredible!</p>