Week Four at Karamu

Wow guys senior project is seriously going by faster than I ever thought it would. Its like I'm really comfortable and loving it here and we only have one more week left. Anywho...

Today is day sixteen of my and I just wanted to let you guys know what has been going on around here at Karamu. Yesterday, we finally performed SPEAK at Warrensville Library and it was definitely the most memorable experience of this project thus far. Just to be up on a stage with professional actors and actresses just showing them my own talent was incredible. I even got to sing in the show which just made it all the more exciting. Performing poetry and writing it as well has always been a passion of mine so to be able to pay homage to all the great African American writers was a very rewarding experience. I got lots of good feedback and they have even invited back to perform it again with them sometime which was great. It was just nice to have people come up to me and tell me how great of a job I did and to really accept my talent. I have some footage that I will be showing the day of presentations so that should be pretty cool as well. Moving on, today has been a lot of phone calls because Karamu is getting ready to set up their Reality Theatre program and so what they do is get the kids from different schools involved so what we have to do is set up interviews and things. We do that because Reality Theatre is essentially a play that deals with different topics every year but we interview teens because their voice is what makes the play. For example, this years play deals with identity and knowing who you are so we are therefore going to interview the teens about who they are and the things around them that can get in the way of who they are and based on those things the playwright here at the Karamu House will write a play using those voices and then when school starts they will go back to those schools where they interviewed the kids and perform the play for them followed by workshops and discussions so its actually really cool. I'm really sure what the rest of the week has in store but I will be sure to keep you guys posted. Hope all is well with everyone's senior project!