Event Title
Faculty Sponsor
Jackson Miller
Location
Jereld R. Nicholson Library
Date
5-17-2013 3:00 PM
End Date
5-17-2013 4:30 PM
Subject Area
Theatre
Description
This work is part of the student-faculty collaborative research project Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City. This facet of the project, which began in the summer of 2011 and continued through the fall of 2012, aimed to collect and preserve the oral histories of the Dory Fleet of Pacific City, Oregon. The team interviewed dory fishers and their families in order to learn about their experiences as commercial and recreational fisherman. Drawing inspiration from the oral history stories and artifacts compiled through the project, the Linfield College Department of Theatre and Communication Arts created an original, fictional theatrical production in November 2012. This presentation focuses on the creative process the playwrights, Dr. Jackson Miller and Chris Forrer, engaged in to compile material from the oral histories, write, and edit the theatrical script that culminated in the multimedia production entitled Kickin' Sand and Tellin' Lies.
Recommended Citation
Forrer, Chris, "Kickin’ Sand and Tellin’ Lies: Writing a Play" (2013). Humanities and Creative Projects. Event. Submission 12.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/studsymp_cr/2013/all/12
Kickin’ Sand and Tellin’ Lies: Writing a Play
Jereld R. Nicholson Library
This work is part of the student-faculty collaborative research project Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City. This facet of the project, which began in the summer of 2011 and continued through the fall of 2012, aimed to collect and preserve the oral histories of the Dory Fleet of Pacific City, Oregon. The team interviewed dory fishers and their families in order to learn about their experiences as commercial and recreational fisherman. Drawing inspiration from the oral history stories and artifacts compiled through the project, the Linfield College Department of Theatre and Communication Arts created an original, fictional theatrical production in November 2012. This presentation focuses on the creative process the playwrights, Dr. Jackson Miller and Chris Forrer, engaged in to compile material from the oral histories, write, and edit the theatrical script that culminated in the multimedia production entitled Kickin' Sand and Tellin' Lies.
