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Seven Deadly
Six science teachers and one administrator meet to redesign their curriculum in a church. Infighting within the department and a general bad attitude among members of the department cause the meeting to get off to a bad start. After noting the irony of their location, religion becomes part of the discussion, Events spin out of control as the school tries to balance its desire to be progressive with the science department’s competing agendas.
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Ash Sanborn, the playwriting nom de plume of Amy Hillgren Peterson. Playwright, restorative justice practitioner, life force
I was getting the tension and in-humor between Beth and Joanna and then Beth and Rob, then when Beth referred to Grease as a "flashy" Broadway musical I screeched with laughter. First awesome moment. As an aside, this was fun for me because I went to school with a Rob Turner and a Michael Ryan, and had a music teacher named Chris Wicker.
Understand, where I was from names like Czwirka, Biggerstaff, Running Eagle, Van Meeteren, Beaver and Beauchene were much more popular. Don't mind me, I get into the origin of names a lot. I heart the Walford Science countdown and I think we all know a teacher like Ellen. Also as a bit of perspective, my late parents were both school guidance counselors who also taught a fair bit -- my dad, social studies, my mom, English. I heard a lot about school politics, assholes and battle axes around the dinner table so even before we get to the real meat of the play, I am having a fabulous time.
Ellen wants to play a name game. That's awesome! Oh wow! I love how the discussion gets to a science department in a church, and assuming the church is a non-progressive atmosphere. Also, it's amazing how the elders appoint themselves as the "teachers" of the younger teachers and chide them for "on topic" and "language" during the discussion. It's not six, I mean seven, adults on equal footing discussing new curriculum concepts, it's at least two if not three (including Chris) adults lording over the "children."
Are you a teacher's kid, too, or a teacher yourself? You have the patronization and establishmentary sodomy down to, well, a science. Wah! And then Joanna takes the phone call and the discussion gets productive in her absence. That's awesome! Just amazing! Like I said I'm already having a fabulous time! I scrolled more quickly through the science classes, but that's because they were fast paced, especially Mr. Wicker's. Made me nostalgic for Physics 1. Just kidding, I never took Physics. Whaaaaat? Joanna is removing Ellen as head of the science department over the park/church thing without even doing any real sort of investigation? I'd say preposterous and unbelievable, except it IS postposterous and TOTALLY believable. But still...wow. Wow. I love it. I got to the end. Progress. What a human transformation on stage. Maybe Grease will come back through town this summer. :-)
Ash Sanborn, the playwriting nom de plume of Amy Hillgren Peterson. Playwright, restorative justice practitioner, life force