Crew--Streets of America

Instead of being able to perform while we're Freshman, we are able to be on crew. Well not exactly able to be on crew, we pretty much have to. It's a class, so we get credits, but we get graded as well--so pretty much if your late your screwed. I may seem a little cross about it, but I'm actually not at all. I'm actually really excited! For two reasons: one, I think it'll be fun to help put together a show; and two, the show I have is actually a world premiere! It's called "Streets of America." Written by Michael Rupert, who is currently performing and in the orginal cast of "Legally Blonde" on broadway.
We started crew last night and we got to watch a full run of the show. Amazing. It deals with three brothers that all have different stories to tell about their life during the Vietnam War and their views towards it. It is wonderfully written because it's all kind of like a rock concert. Well here's the description from our web site:

MUSIC.ART.POLITICS.WAR. San Francisco, 1969. What does it mean to be an American? How far are you willing to go for what you believe in? STREETS OF AMERICA is the story of three radically opposed brothers, each struggling to come to terms with their own definition of patriotism amidst the most turbulent decade in our nation’s history. Set against a three day rock festival, protesting the war, this original musical explores the costs of war, the explosion of the media and the consequences of betrayal. At a time when half-way around the world a war raged out of hand, here at home events were moving at the speed of light and we were searching for salvation on the STREETS OF AMERICA.

SO cool.