On Tuesday, March 22, the talented actors of the Gestic Theatre Company put on a moving dramatic dialogue session for in the MSC ballroom. GTC’s performance consisted of a series of skits with a college setting and open discussions between the host and the audience after each skit. But these skits did not have the average boy-meets-girl girl-likes-boy plot.
The short plays touched on some hot topics that college students could relate to and probably had experienced at one point in their college careers.
Issues dramatized were homosexuality, sex, infidelity in relationships, and discussing what it means to be black in America.
Topics with so many different viewpoints guaranteed an ongoing banter between opinionated audience members and the characters during the open discussions.
What was very impressive, though, was how the actors stayed in character after they had finished their skits during the open discussions; even getting angry and offended when certain members of the audience made insulting comments toward their character. The audience almost became a part of the actual performance.
In some ways, it was a rude awakening for the narrow-minded. Bringing such delicate topics to the forefront served to enlighten and demystify the audience (society) of the so-called taboos and “hush-hushs” of the world in which we live.
Exiting the show, one student exclaimed, “Everyone in PV needs to see that.