On April 3, Sinclair theatre presented the Jason Robert Brown production of \u201cSongs for the new world\u201d. Originally produced off-Broadway in 1995, Brown has said the show is all about \u201cThat one moment. Hitting the wall and making the choice to either make a stand or turn back\u201d.
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\nDirecting the play is Kimberly Borst; a Sinclair theater teacher who has directed such shows as \u201cPride and Prejudice\u201d, \u201cAlmost, Maine\u201d and \u201cGodspell\u201d. Borst said that it is \u201cAn enjoyable challenge because the show can be left up to audiences interpretation.\u201d
\n \u201cThe challenge of directing the play came from it being all song with no connecting stories. When I directed other plays, they had a connecting story that made them easier to follow. In \u201cSongs for the New World\u201d, none of the songs or characters are connected in any way.\u201d
\n\u201cSongs\u201d, which is entirely in song, is about the different decisions made by the characters and the struggles made when it comes to making those decisions. \u201cThe decisions made range from silly to very serious. One of the characters sings about religion and while the subject may still be touchy, it was not a big deal for the actor performing the song\u201d.
\nThough \u201cSongs\u201d was a challenge for Kimberly to successfully conquer, it was the not the first time she had to face challenges of a production. \u201cWhen I directed \u201cPride and Prejudice\u201d, the challenge was the cast. With school productions, the cast tends to be small but with that show, the cast was of 26, the largest I have ever directed. But again, that story had a connecting story\u201d.
\nWhen asked what does she want the office to get from \u201cSongs\u201d, Borst said, \u201cWhat I want the audience to take away from the show is knowing that they are not alone. The last song of the show, \u201cHear my song\u201d is about the characters of the play not giving up and I hope the song\u2019s message stays with the audience.\u201d
\n\u201cSongs for a New World\u201d will be presented in the Black Box Theatre, located in building 2. General admission tickets are $15
\nTimes for shows are as scheduled;
\nApril 3, 4, 10 and 11 at 8 p.m.
\nApril 8, 9 at 7 p.m. with wraps and soups available before the show on April 9.<\/p>\n
Jimaur Calhoun On April 3, Sinclair theatre presented the Jason Robert Brown production of \u201cSongs for the new world\u201d. Originally produced off-Broadway in 1995, Brown has said the show is all about \u201cThat one moment. Hitting the wall and making the choice to either make a stand or turn back\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4535,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[2053],"class_list":["post-11514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tartan-news","tag-jimaur-calhoun"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5s3vR-2ZI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4535"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11514"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11516,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11514\/revisions\/11516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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