I hope things are becoming a bit more clear as we start doing what we do. Lisa went through and figured out our sites based on the votes - Union Street, Marie Laveau's tomb/cemeteries/voodoo museum/plantation, and Congo Square. The script team is thinking of adding in a Tourist Shop in the French Quarter as a final place for the epilogue (where we can make use of our awesome postcard idea) and Storyville/Rampart St as a connector between sites (playing on the historical reality of Storyville and the idea of storytelling, I hope). I'm not totally sure how this will come together, of course, but I think we will have a better idea once we start drafting scripts for our stops.
I've volunteered to write the prologue for our performance, and am planning to pull some text from a historical document sent to the King of France on NOLA. It speaks about the river and NOLA location to the fine ports to the South, and its promise to be the best city. I plan to interweave some text from contemporary writings on NOLA (and the flooded rivers, and how the flood may save her). As the rest of the script comes together, I will probably add in some lines addressing the major themes we explore. As soon as I have a rough draft of the prologue, I will post it here and relish all the feedback I can get.
The script team includes: Shelley, Bryan, Jayetta Slawson, David Callaghan, Erin Moss, and Susan Russell.
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Wow, we're really doing it! Great script ideas. So glad we're using Storyville as a plot device and the historical hopes for the city will be meaningful too. Thanks, KJ!
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