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The Project
Role: Media Designer
Director: Andrés Alcalá
Playwright: Eric Coble
Producer: Childsplay
Venue: Tempe Center for the Arts
Summary: The Giver is set in a dystopian future where peace has been maintained by sanitizing citizens of strong emotions, assigning social functions to each person at age 12, and euthanasia. Jonas on his 12th birthday is chosen to inherit the role of ‘Receiver’ which involves receiving memories from before society became peacful. As he receives more memories from his mentor ‘The Giver’ he gains the ability to feel emotions and also see beauty while simultaneously awakening to the horror of euthanasia being carried out to remove the uncooperative. The production called for the virtual presence of several characters as well as a reflection of all the memories Jonas receives throughout the play in black and white, then eventually color.
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The Giver, Childsplay, Tempe Center for the Arts, AZ
The Giver, Childsplay, Tempe Center for the Arts, AZ
The Giver, Childsplay, Tempe Center for the Arts, AZ
The Giver, Childsplay, Tempe Center for the Arts, AZ
The Giver, Childsplay, Tempe Center for the Arts, AZ
The Giver, Childsplay, Tempe Center for the Arts, AZ
The Giver, Childsplay, Tempe Center for the Arts, AZ
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