The play, The Pueblo, is actually an in-progress piece– something I hadn’t realized until I went to see it last night. Like HartBeat’s previous in-progress play News to Me, the audience gets to give comments that may impact the way that the final version is delivered next year.
The questionnaire form was surprisingly like the forms I have students fill out when taking part in peer review. Was I able to follow the play? Was anything too confusing? What makes this approach interesting is that HartBeat Ensemble is, well, an ensemble. Their work is created through collaboration. This “new play institute” opens the plays up even more, giving the public a chance to collaborate with them.
As for the details of the play, I don’t want to give anything away, especially anything that may change, but I will say that I enjoyed their creative use of an overhead projector.