Things we tried
- The “Mythic Triads” as pause questions:
- Pause One (after: “I did the math” – jason, “I have kids, hopelessness is simply not an option” – clara, and “Let’s party like it’s 2099″- april)
- Choose One to marry
- One character to send to a desert island
- One to dance with in a graveyard until dawn
- Pause Two (after: “What will the future think of me?”- jason, “Bring it on!” – clara, and “Defend this ground” – april)
- One character took you to the top of a mountain
- One character took you to a dark cave
- One threw you in a raging river
- Pause Three (after: “It’s gonna happen – but to somebody else” – jason, “The apocalypse is my gravy train” – april, and “Better to be hopeful” – clara)
- One character brought you a Gift of fire
- One brought you a Gift of water
- One Stole from you
- Pause Four (after: “This means war” – april, “Despair is our only hope” – clara, “I want a better catastrophe” – jason)
- One character brings you a handful of feathers
- One brings you a handful of sand
- One brings you a handful of worms
- Pause One (after: “I did the math” – jason, “I have kids, hopelessness is simply not an option” – clara, and “Let’s party like it’s 2099″- april)
- spectrogram
- inviting participants to share with one another before starting the monologues
- singing led by Clara before we began and after we ended
- opening poem – “Grandfather” Sara Jolena Wolcott