Outstanding Final Projects (GenEd 1001: Fall 2019)

The Circus Behind the Mill Karina Cowperthwaite Characters: THE MAN THE RINGLEADER/THE MAYOR THE CLOWN/MRS. POTTS THE MAGICIAN/YOUNG JOHNNY THE TIGHTROPE WALKER/MISS MARY THE FIRE EATER/DR. JAMESON DANCERS/TOWNSPEOPLE Setting: A sleepy, rural town in the continental US. Scene Breakdown: Scene One: The Messenger Scene Two: Revelation Scene Three: The Morning After Scene Four: Truth Scene Five: The Child Scene Six: Liberation Scene Seven: The Rapture Scene Eight: The Woman Scene Nine: Revelation Part Two Scene Ten: Transformation Notes to the Director: While the direction and interpretation of this play lies with each respective director, I will provide some specifics and guidelines of how I imagined certain scenes to be interpreted and received. THE ENSEMBLE: Members of the ensemble are required to play two roles. Each actor should play a member of the circus and a member of the town. The ...

Rea(i)lity Daniel Fu Preface: This is a choose-your-own adventure story about a technology apocalypse. You’ll have to make some tough decisions and grapple with a big philosophical question. Have fun! TITLE: REA(I)LITY CHAPTER 1: Tired after a long day at work, you swiftly gather the papers on your desk and place them in your bag. The chair almost sighs as you get up from it – after all, it had been a long day of the office trying to finish the AURA project before it is released to the public. You walk out the door, scanning your badge with the phrase “Harvey Johnson - Head Researcher/ Developer” in all red, as you join the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Walking out from the steel chamber where you had been working, you quickly grab a London Times newspaper and sit down on the tube. Unfurling the pages, you read the headline article titled “AURA- THE NEXT BIG THING- COMING NEXT WEEK” :             The...