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Interviews with Morgan, Erin and Miriam Moore, volunteersInterview with Morgan Moore and Erin Moore, volunteer youth ushers, after viewing premiere of "Southern Discomfort" by S.T. Shimi Keith Hennessy: So, tell me what your name is and tell me what you are doing here. Morgan Moore: I’m Morgan Moore. My mom dragged me here and I didn’t think I would like it, but I ended up absolutely loving it. KH: How old are you? MM: I’m 15. KH: And you are still in high school obviously. Do you study drama or anything? MM: Yes. I’m in theater arts. KH: Great! So, tell me what you thought of the show. MM: I thought it was fantastic. I heard that she wrote it and choreographed it herself and I thought that was awesome. KH: What are some of the images or some of the things that she said that kind of stick out for you? MM: I am an atheist as well, and I thought that what she said and what she went through was just so true. KH: Have you seen other shows at Jump-Start? MM: Yes. I saw "Big, Bad and Beautiful." I saw something else, but I can’t remember what, though. KH: What do you think about Jump-Start as a project? MM: I think they have some of the best performances. They are the most interesting. I’ve been to other theaters and they just don’t have this. KH: The same juice. And if you could get Jump-Start to do a project that would be really following your interests, what kind of project have they not done? What kind of project would you come to and bring your friends to? MM: Science fiction. Aliens. KH: Alien performance art. That would rock. That’s good. thanks. And tell me your name, how you ended up being a volunteer here. Erin Moore: Same as her. I’m her sister. She drug me here. KH: How old are you, Erin? EM: Almost 14. KH: How’d you like the show tonight? EM: It was awesome. KH: What are some of the ideas or images that are going to stick with you? What do you remember? EM: I liked the part when she said "When I die, I am not going to be judged. It is just nothingness." That was deep. KH: Have you seen other shows at Jump-Start? EM: Yeah. I saw "Big, Bad and Beautiful" and something else. KH: What was your favorite so far, of everything you have seen here? EM: This one. KH: And how about you, if there was a project that was like your ideal project to come to what should they tackle? EM: Something medieval. More gothic. KH: You guys are great. One alien performance art piece and one really gothic medieval piece.
Interview with Miriam Moore, volunteer usher, after viewing premiere of "Southern Discomfort" by ST Shimi KH: So, can I just ask you a couple questions? Tell me your name and tell me what Jump-Start is for you. Miriam Moor: Miriam. It’s an opportunity to see performers do work that I would never get to see anywhere else — for free, ’cause they let me volunteer. Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to afford to go. KH: That’s important. MM: No. It is. We wouldn’t be here right now if we weren’t volunteering. KH: Tell me about the actual work here, what brings you to this work? MM: It seems to be real genuine and it seems to be about what people are thinking about and exploring in this city. The work that is coming out of their artistic expression, discipline, storytelling — really. KH: And what are some of the best works that you have seen here? MM: Shimi’s. She really delves into it and she uses body language to tell her story. She has themes and variations on a theme. She talks about intangible things in a real physical way. The expression, the intensity of her face. She’s talking about, then how her body is moving in such a way that — you know, who else is saying it in quite the same way? It’s really an artistic masterpiece. Her expression is mind-boggling to me. She does that. KH: How about you? Is there anything that you would like to see from Jump-Start that you haven’t seen yet? Any topic you want them to tackle? Any form you want to experience? MM: I like the idea of experimental theater. I would like to see more really weird things done by teenagers. Like poetry, dancing, kind of combining different expressions in new ways. Sort of catalyzing storytelling. Keith Hennessy is a Canadian-born, interdisciplinary artist choreographer and community arts organizer living in community in San Francisco. Hennessy's solo work has been produced throughout the U.S., in Canada, New Zealand and Australia, including several gay and lesbian performance festivals. Since 1998, he has performed with Cahin-Caha, cirque bâtard, a French/American, mongrel circus based in France. Hennessy was a member of the performance collective Core and was a founding member and principle collaborator in Contraband, a San Francisco-based performance company. Hennessy co-directs 848 Community Space. He is a member of Alternate ROOTS, a service organization for community-based artists, and serves radical cultural agendas as a consultant, director, teacher, curator and agitator. |
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