Trying the Play and Playing the Trial

On Thursday Oct. 28th - Saturday Oct. 30th, we held three public readings of The Halifax Hearings: Globalization on Trial. The play reads just under an hour, and the story is clear. Our audiences participated in guided, post show Q&A periods, providing useful prods and inroads towards revising and strengthening the script. The two longest scenes, the Court Room Scene and the Post-Now, gave rise to the most specific points of discussion. Regrouping on Saturday afternoon, we were able to identify a few rewriting challenges for the next two weeks.

Depicted here from top to bottom: JOGGER (Kristi Anderson); CHILD JUDGE (Kristi Anderson), RAPPER JUDGE (Keelin Jack), STUDENT (Jackie Hanlin); BUM (Andrew Chandler); PROSECUTION (Clara Bullock), JESUS (Zach Faye) and DEFENSE ATTORNEY (Amy Reitsma). Photos by Trevor Poole.