{"id":78,"date":"2021-04-23T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/mother-earths-gallery-of-broken-things\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2021-05-13T17:31:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T21:31:48","slug":"letter-from-the-ocean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/mother-earths-gallery-of-broken-things\/letter-from-the-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter From the Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program Note<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caridad Svich was inspired by the concept of Ecoacoustics in writing this scene. Ecoacoustics is a field dedicated to the scientific study of sound in biological processes, as researchers working in bioacoustics have found that the acoustics occurring during different natural processes are essential to the organisms participating in those processes. With an added understanding of human acoustics, ecoacoustics is born, allowing for a new approach to studying sound in both ecological and human systems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c<strong>The Earth emits geological, biological, and human sounds within the biosphere<\/strong>, creating <strong>a sonic context<\/strong> that characterizes ecosystems at different spatial and temporal scales and has <strong>consequences that can affect many ecological processes<\/strong>\u201d <\/p><p><br>\u201cWe believe that the examples of these aspects of ecoacoustics will provide <strong>an incentive<\/strong> for others interested in ecological sounds, including those <strong>in the sciences and the arts<\/strong>, to pursue their research, <strong>applying sound to solve ecological problems<\/strong> and to educate the next generation about <strong>the importance of ecological sounds to the survivorship of the human race.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p><cite>Farina, A., &amp; Gage, S. H. (2017). Ecoacoustics: The ecological role of sounds. Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1wDoJsWYRQn7s0Lld0xkxi-vDBRZ7ZFeA\/view?usp=sharing\">Soundscape and original music for &#8220;Letter to the Ocean,&#8221; composed and designed by Kevin Woeste, advised by Jason Sebastian<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1wDoJsWYRQn7s0Lld0xkxi-vDBRZ7ZFeA\/view?usp=sharing\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions for discussion:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>What is the \u2018hut\u2019 to you? How do you visit? How do you bring back pieces of the hut into your \u2018city\u2019 life?<\/em><\/li><li><em>How do you think you can contribute to \u201cmake our own songs last?\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/li><li><em>Tune into your rage: where it is directed? Where is the rage coming from? What might the perspective be of the person\/people\/object\/situation that you are so angry with?<\/em><\/li><li><em>What does the ocean mean to you?<\/em><\/li><li><em>How do you respond when someone tells you they love you, but you know you\u2019ve hurt them? <\/em><\/li><li><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Playwright: Caridad Svich<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caridad Svich is a Latinx playwright who has written many plays, often exploring themes of love, gender, and politics. Earlier this year, Svich\u2019s show <em>Theatre: A Love Story<\/em> was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knowtheatre.com\/theatre-a-love-story\/\">performed<\/a> at Know Theatre of Cincinnati, exploring theatre activism itself. In <em>Letter to the Ocean<\/em> (2017), she explores two of her other common themes: capitalism and climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She has won many awards, including an OBIE&nbsp; for lifetime achievement award, and is known for being a theatrical translator as well as being an editor for many works. She has had her shows performed all over the country and in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cast<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Hut Dewllers: <\/em><br>Cody Luketic*<br>Mallory Miller<br>Anna Page<br>Sarah Semon<br>Joseph Sheridan*<br>Emily Stowers*<br><br><em>The Ocean:<\/em><br>Bethany Brown<br>Sydney Cain<br>Katelyn Nevin<br>Tammy Sanow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artistic Team<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ann Elizabeth Armstrong &#8211; <em>Director<\/em><\/li><li>Gion DeFrancesco- <em>Scene Designer<\/em><\/li><li>Ashley Goos &#8211; <em>Choreographer<\/em><\/li><li>Emma Foreman &#8211; <em>Cello <\/em><\/li><li>Maura Kesterson &#8211; <em>Stage Manager<\/em><\/li><li>Meggan Peters &#8211; <em>Costume Designer<\/em><\/li><li>Lilith Rose &#8211; <em>Dramaturg<\/em><\/li><li>Brad Schmitz &#8211; <em>Projection Designer<\/em><\/li><li>Emily Stowers &#8211; <em>Assistant Choreographer<\/em><\/li><li>Kevin Woeste &#8211; <em>Composer and Sound Designer<\/em><\/li><li>Jenna Wrona &#8211; <em>Lighting Designer<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Special Thanks<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Annie Dell&#8217;aria and the Department of Art, <br>Ben Nicholson and the Department of Emerging Technologies in Business and Design, Ricardo Averbach and Emma Foreman (Department of Music)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Program Note Caridad Svich was inspired by the concept of Ecoacoustics in writing this scene. 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