Gidion鈥檚 Knot
TheatreUSF presents Gidion鈥檚 Knot.
Gidion's Knot
By Johnna Adams
Directed by Professor Fanni Green
April 9-11 & 16-18 at 8 p.m.
April 12 & 19 at 3 p.m.
Theatre 2, USF Tampa Campus
Pre-show performance every night starting at 7:40 p.m.
Post-show discussions with guest panelists from USF College of Education, local educators, teen counselors, teen poetry group Heard 'Em Say as well as the director and cast after the shows on April 10, 12, and 17.
Lovely about the process of creating our production of Gidion's Knot by two USF Zimmerman School of Mass Communication students Kaitlyn Lanius and Grace Huston
USF Office of Community Engagementby Bonnie Silvestri with Professor Faani Green and cast member Selena Frey
Great by Mark Leib in Creative Loafing!
Great by Frank Drouzas in The Weekly Challenger!
If you want to learn more about the teen poetry group Heard 鈥楨m Say or support their endeavors !
A parent/teacher conference begins as a mystery, with a mother seeking answers as to why her son, Gidion, has been suspended from his 5th grade class. The teacher is apprehensive, but starts to reveal the cause for Gidion's suspension. Their discussion develops into a dramatically charged collision of blame, freedom of expression, the failure of our school system, suicide and personal responsibility.
PLEASE NOTE: Gidion鈥檚 Knot is an 80-minute play performed without an intermission, comprising a parent/teacher conference in which themes of freedom of expression, bullying, responsibility and suicide are discussed. Recommended for high school and up.
This show is double cast.