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Response For ROE (Draft#1)

The document provides a review of a play titled "IA-0138: (Re)Telling the Tale | Mohammad Abdullah Kawish" that was performed using video conferencing and editing technologies during the pandemic. The review commends the cast and crew for adapting the production to a digital format. It highlights how the play told the story of the landmark US court case "Roe v. Wade" about legalizing abortion through creative staging techniques using screen splitting and interactions between characters on video calls. The review enjoyed how the actors embodied their roles and brought passion to conveying the historical events, though some scenes dragged. Overall it appreciated how the play transformed from in-person to digital medium while engagingly exploring the subject

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Response For ROE (Draft#1)

The document provides a review of a play titled "IA-0138: (Re)Telling the Tale | Mohammad Abdullah Kawish" that was performed using video conferencing and editing technologies during the pandemic. The review commends the cast and crew for adapting the production to a digital format. It highlights how the play told the story of the landmark US court case "Roe v. Wade" about legalizing abortion through creative staging techniques using screen splitting and interactions between characters on video calls. The review enjoyed how the actors embodied their roles and brought passion to conveying the historical events, though some scenes dragged. Overall it appreciated how the play transformed from in-person to digital medium while engagingly exploring the subject

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Response for ROE

by Lisa Loomer
IA-0138: (Re)Telling the Tale | Mohammad Abdullah Kawish

During these uncertain times, the need for theatre has become even more prevalent than before.

And keeping our current circumstance in perspective, I want to commend the cast and crew for

going forward and carrying out this production. I believe that this production was very successful

in utilizing video-conferencing and editing technologies to produce this play. And having used

these modern technologies, it was apparent that the director and crew explored this digital space

to reimagine the production and distribution of a play in contrast to the pre-pandemic, traditional

theatre methods. At several points, however, I found myself getting pulled out from the story due

to the sub-par audio quality of the production. Though a minor issue, at certain points I would

not be able to hear the dialogues or have a character’s voice pop. Yet at the same time I found

myself staying engaged with the story due to the smart use of these digital media texts. One

instance that I particularly enjoyed was the use of screen splitting to show two characters on the

phone with one another; or when the similar technique was used to show the scene where the

characters were placed on a fictional TV screen with another character interacting with it.

Apart from this, I believe the staging of this play really benefited the storytelling. A particular

scene that stood out to me was when the Justice characters were first introduced at the supreme

court; this staging of the actor’s “zoom” recordings aided the illusion that the actors were located

at one place. Furthermore, I really enjoyed how this technique was used for secondary

characters. As in one instance where the actor who played a maid would appear on the top and
bottom corners of the screen and interact with the four other characters by serving them “tea,”

and who would be interacting with one another. Personally, I found this to be a very smart and

creative approach to the staging of this play on two dimensional space.

Other than these drastic technicalities, I found myself very engaged by the content of this

production. At first, I was a bit confused by the set-up of the play but this I believe is because the

play takes its bases on a legal case “ Roe v. Wade (1973),” a landmark case that legalized

abortion in U.S.A. and the fierce debate that followed. Though I was quick to catch on to the

story once Norma and the lawyers were introduced. As an outsider to this play, I understand this

play takes place on actual events that have taken place and keeping this in mind, I found it very

interesting how the play was able to convey the events of history in a way that a global audience

might be able to understand the story. With this, I really enjoyed how each of the actors were

able to really embody the character as it brought passion to the play; Particularly I really enjoyed

the character arc of Norma. Her sudden changes in beliefs and the developments towards it, were

definitely shocking, dramatic and at times hilarious but ultimately brought soul to the play. At

certain points I would find myself distracted or zoning out as some scenes in my belief were a bit

stretched out and that the play explored many discourses regarding the subject of reproductive

justice, leaving the play to be very long. However, the playwright was able to pull back my

attention as I believed the play was able to slide in enough wit and character developments that

would be poignant, dramatic or critical to the story and would make the story engaging again.
In conclusion, I really enjoyed the general narrative and the adaption of this play. Specifically I

really enjoyed how this production was able to explore and transform a three-dimensional,

physical medium into a two-dimensional and digital medium. Other than that, I commend the

actors who were able to memorize and embody the characters so well given the time they were

given for rehearsal. I truly enjoyed their performance and the way this production was packaged

in terms of its production and distribution.

Abdullah,
Where is the summary of the play? What was it about?
Refer to the guidelines please.
Djola

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