Syracuse, NY: On Sunday, April 6, six Syracuse Seeds
participated in a playwright workshop led by Gloria Heffernan, Director of
Service Learning at LeMoyne College. The workshop introduced the Seeds to the
idea of using playwright as a tool for advancing the mission of Seeds of Peace
and challenged Seeds to think of their stories as subjects of playwright.
The Seeds were very engaged, thoughtful, and had a lot of fun writing
and acting out small improvised scenes. Gloria Heffernan engaged the Seeds by
starting from their knowledge of dialogue toward reflecting on questions that
would aid them in the script writing. Amidst the often tragedy-centered
playwright, the emphasis on ‘playwright centered in conflict’ and on ‘conflict
not ending in violence’ provided the Seeds with refreshing outlook to
playwright.
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| From Left to Right: Anna, Michael, Cimone, Ranya, Raiss, Gloria (workshop leader), and Abdinoor. |
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| From Left to Right: Abdinoor, Anna, Cimone, Raiss, Ranya, and Michael. |
