Gem Of The Ocean Play Summary

On October 12th, I attended a fine arts event which was a play called “Gem of The Ocean.” The play was a drama reenacting the African-American experience in the twentieth century. It was sponsored by the theatre department at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. In order to attend this event, I had to give up going to a haunted house with some of my friends in St. Louis. I attend this event for two reasons. Those reasons being I am very interested in theater and I also had to watch a play for my theater course. I saw a play that was set in 1904 at 1839 Wylie Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Aunt Ester who lives on 1839 Wylie Avenue with Black Mary, Aunt Ester maid, welcomes Solly Two Kings and Citizen into her home. Citizen is from Alabama is in search for a new life and is asking help from Aunt Ester. He is in need of redemption from his past. In the play, Aunt Ester takes him to a spiritual awakening to the City of Bones. The play was about two hours long with a ten-minute intermission between act one and act two. I heard ragtime music in between scene changes. After the performance, you were able to interact with the different characters that came to life on stage. I actually knew someone who was in the play and did not even realize it, because they
The value that it most like is excellence. The play showed high-quality learning beyond the classroom. Taking the way people retain information to the stage is remarkable. Having outstanding public service within the campus community, but also having outsiders coming in to see the play, showing what SIUE strives for. Inclusion is also another value that was incorporated into the play. It had a diverse understanding of humankind in the early 1900 on how African-Americans lived. After the play, you were able to freely voice your opinion on how you thought the play went, which is another way of getting the audience involved