Written Student Responses

Meko
“I really enjoyed all the plays that occurred today. It will help me to visualize how my play should be. I have a splendid idea bout how to do my play now.”

Gonzalez
“I’m inspired by the indecision of Torn Between of what others want you to do and what you think is right.”
“I really liked the plays. They all had really deep meaning to them that many people can relate to. F.A.T. is what most people can relate to because many people are focused on their flaws, but they just need to love themselves.”

Mark
“I thought that F.A.T. was the best one of the plays. It was funny and it had a great message. It said that you have to love yourself no matter what.”

Michael
“I really thought this [Milk and Honey] was the best one because it was a less conventional play. Most plays are very one-sided in their themes and messages. This one wasn’t. I believe this will help my creative juices because I saw how a play is registered and how it is taken by the audience.”

Zheng
“The first play F.A.T. shows a great theme that most people can relate to, it demonstrated how you have to love yourself before you love someone else.”
“The second play Torn Between gives me an idea of how I can use character in the play so I can make it more interesting.”

Boris Ben
“The fact that kids my age wrote this amazing production is what really inspired me to work on my play.”
“To think that a person our age wrote these plays is just amazing. The play was full of surprise and really grabbed the crowd’s attention.”

Natasha
“I think that this will help me write a play because I know what to write about. They showed me that writing about personal experiences is a really good idea. A lot of other people can relate to what your play is about.”

Kiarla
“The monologues inspired me to write what I know.”

Auramit
“Torn Between was fascinating because of, first of all, how the “trolly” made its way on the stage. It’s great how realistic the scene can be made with people. I wasn’t expecting that.”