A directorial approach to new work : The ones who jumped by Carolyn Barry

The Ones Who jumped is a play first written by Carolyn Barry as her Undergraduate Honors Thesis in 2012. The play chronicles the relationship of two lost souls who meet in a coffee shop shortly following the tragic events on September 11, 2001. In collaboration with other theater artists, I directed and produced the first fully staged version of this play after work shopping the script throughout the rehearsal process. Performances took place April 18, 19, and 20 at 7:30 pm on the stage of the Art Museum Recital Hall, AR217 at Ball State University. This thesis is a record of the process of working on the production from start to finish.