ARTISTIC VISION STATEEMENTS

Emma Holmes

MY AT PROJECT BRINGS TOGETHER FOUR SHOWS I LOVE TO ILLUSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THEATRE AND THE MAGICAL EXPERIENCES THE ART FORM HAS BROUGHT TO MY LIFE I CHOSE THIS PROJECT TO SPEND MORE TIME WORKING WITH SHOWS THAT I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT – EVEN IF IT IS ONLY FOR A SCENE OR TWO ALSO, I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME EXPLORING GENRES OF THEATRE THAT I ENJOY WATCHING BUT HAVE NEVER GOTTEN THE CHANCE TO DIRECT OR ACT IN. THROUGH THIS PROJECT, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE STYLE OF EACH OF MY PIECES AND GAIN COMFORT AS AN ARTIST WORKING IN THESE DISCIPLINES I HOPE THAT THIS PROJECT CAN INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO THE JOY THAT THESE SPECIFIC SHOWS HAVE SHOWN ME, AND WILL DEMONSTRATE THE VARIETY OF THEATRE AND THEATRICAL GENRES THAT EXIST I BELIEVE EVERYONE CAN CONNECT TO AT LEAST ONE PLAY OR STYLE OF THEATRE, THE SAME WAY I HAVE WITH EACH OF THE PIECES I AM SHARING OF COURSE, THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY FOUR PLAYS THAT I LOVE (OR ARE WHOLLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THEATRE AS AN ART FORM), AND THERE ARE MANY SHOWS THAT ARE NOT MATCHES FOR ME OR THIS COMMUNITY TO BE THE ONES TO SHARE I AM LISTING A FEW MORE OF MY FAVORITES BELOW, THAT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT!

"HOW TO CATCH CREATION," BY CHRISTINA ANDERSON

"INDECENT," BY PAULA VOGEL

"CAMELOT," BY LERNER & LOEWE – BOOK REWRITTEN BY AARON SORKIN "NATIVE GARDENS," BY KAREN ZACARÍAS

Ellis Brehme

I HAD A DREAM ABOUT GOING TO THE KINGDOM OF ETERNAL LIGHT AND SAVING IT WITH THE HELP OF A GIRL WHEN I TOLD MY MOM ABOUT THIS DREAM IN RELENTLESS DETAIL, AS I USUALLY DO, I THINK TO GET ME OFF HER BACK, SHE SAID, “WOW, THIS SOUNDS INTERESTING YOU SHOULD WRITE A BOOK BASED ON THIS ” AND SO I DID WELL, I WROTE A PLAY, BUT CLOSE ENOUGH I WROTE THE CHARACTER ELDE BASED OFF OF MYSELF I FIRST MONOLOGUED ABOUT MY INTERNAL CONDITION IN A FANTASY LAND, CREATING THE FOUNDATION OF ELDE’S WORLD. I BUILT ELDE’S HOUSE AND THEIR MOUNTAIN AND THE WIND THAT EBBS AND FLOWS AROUND THEM AND THEN I BUILT THEIR COMPANION, OCHRE BECAUSE IN THE DREAM, THE GIRL BETRAYED ME IN THE END, I WAS CONSIDERING CREATING A CHARACTER WHO WOULD BETRAY ELDE, BUT I REALIZED THAT WHAT ELDE NEEDED WAS A FRIEND, SO I GAVE THEM THAT INSTEAD FUN FACT: I WAS INSPIRED BY A BOOK I READ IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS CALLED SASSAFRAS, CYPRESS, AND INDIGO, AND I LIKED THE IDEA OF COLOR NAMES OCHRE CAME EASILY ENOUGH, A WARM COLOR FOR A WARM PERSON ELDE WAS HARDER, PROBABLY BECAUSE I HAD A LARGER PERSONAL CONNECTION TO THEM, SINCE AT THAT POINT, THEY HADN’T COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM ME. BUT AFTER GOING THROUGH LOTS AND LOTS OF COLOR NAMES, I FOUND ELDERBERRY, AND SO I CUT OFF THE “RBERRY,” LEAVING ELDE ELDE IS PRONOUNCED EEL-D I KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY NARCISSISTIC TO WRITE AN ENTIRE PLAY ABOUT HOW I WAS THE START OF THE SHOW, CALLED BY A HIGHER POWER TO SAVE THE WORLD, WHICH IS HOW ELDE BECAME THE ASSISTANT TO OCHRE, HELPING OCHRE SAVE THEIR KINGDOM WITH THE TWO CHARACTERS SET, THEIR STORIES BEGAN TO FALL INTO PLACE I HAVE TO SAY, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WERE REALISTICALLY STICKING TO DEADLINES, AND ALSO NAMING CHARACTERS AND COUNTRIES