CREATING SHORT ORIGINAL WORKS
60 hours
Students work with Tectonic instructor(s) to choose a subject matter. Tectonic instructor guides the students in creating a content portfolio which may include: questionnaires, interviews, non-fiction sources, images, music, and original writing. Students then share or present their content for group discussion. Students work individually and in groups to create moments inspired by the content. Tectonic instructor guides the students in constructing a short piece(s) based on their content and moments.
Cost: $10,000
The intial stages of this lab can be conducted remotely. Prior Moment Work training Levels 1 and 2 are encouraged but not required.
If this residency leads to a production, the total number of hours increases to 80
Cost: $14,000
RECENT TECTONIC MOMENT WORK INSTITUTE RESIDENCIES
“CALL MY NAME: THE PLAY”
Scholar Dr. Rhondda Thomas adapts her vast archival research project, “Call My Name,” to the stage. Dr. Thomas has spent over a decade searching for and discovering seven generations of Black history at Clemson, a predominantly white institution built on a former plantatation. Tectonic artists conducted mutiple workshops to theatrically explore this body of research in a laboratory setting, and provided dramaturgical support and playwriting instruction. Recently, a first draft of the play and a collection of moments was shared in collaboration with Clemson’s theater department to mark the 60th anniversary of the integration of Clemson University by Harvey B. Gantt, a Black South Carolinian who sued Clemson for admission, a case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
