What’s a mother to doWhen children grow upAnd awayFar away from their mother’s protecting arms?
WSV Scene 12 – Nurturer+Caregiver+SisterhoodElizabeth, Mary, and Jochebed
The power of Weaving Our Sisters’ Voices is the integrity of the women it honors. We live this integrity by performing and watching WSV, but also through reflecting and discussing its content and experience. At Gonzaga, this is part of the Jesuit tradition, and we were blessed in the Theatre program to have our chaplain Father George Morris to guide the production's spiritual focus.
A major element of Weaving Our Sisters' Voices is the conversations that we hope the stories and performances illicit. Giving the audience a pause at the end of the performance for reflection, and then discussing the issues and questions that Weaving Our Sisters’ Voices raised is part of the entire experience.
While we provided expert professors from Women & Gender Studies, Religious Studies, or a professional theatre company for those conversations, what was particularly exciting in 2015 was the way the student artists engaged in the discussion. Audiences always want to hear from the performers, but the level of thought and perspective presented by these young artists was particularly inspiring.