so we had to trust Decky’s vision. And at the (fi rst) freshman orientation show there were 1,200 people and all
the sudden, all this work we’d done… the whole thing came to fruition. I think aſt er that, it was a much diff erent culture and feeling. But for me, I was sort of riding out the summer like, “T is is fun, talking about stuff and making jokes and we’re going to do a show…” And then all of a sudden it was, “OK. T ese shows are gonna do stuff .”
DEREK
I think that show was kind of a snapshot of what you’re going to encounter (on campus). What we were trying to do, at least from my viewpoint, was to provide somebody with kind of a quick snapshot of “Hey, you’re gonna encounter racial issues, gender issues.”
MARY
I really appreciated that even though we worked hard at something, we didn’t tell people how to feel, we didn’t tell people what was right or wrong, we asked them to question whatever the issue was. We didn’t expect people to land on the same side. We just expected them to fi gure it out for themselves.
DEREK
I still think the fi rst show was one of the most monumental moments of my life, standing in front of that crowd. And just scared out of my mind, but not realizing, not seeing the impact that it would have on people… not just at that orientation show.
APRIL
For a lot of people, it was an escape from class and just from the day-to-day. Just to be able to see into other people’s lives, like, “Why do you think the way that you think?” And for somebody to actually say, “Well, I believe this way just because I believe this way…” or “T is is the way I was brought up.”
MARY
You get to see people; not only the folks in the Troupe, but also the folks in the audience, and the conversations aſt erward that we got to participate in… changing the culture on a micro and a macro level. I’ve been here for 18 years. And I honestly can say that CloseUp changed the culture of Eastern with that orientation show.
April
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