Episode 16: The Invisible Project Audio Documentary
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Something new for Dramatic Impact, an audio documentary. This is also our first episode about a play that was researched and created outside the traditional theatre community. The Invisible Project is a play that was created collectively and researched in Calgary’s homeless shelters. The performances of the play that I recorded last January were at Calgary City Hall and at the Calgary Drop-In Centre, a shelter that can house up to 1250 men and women per night and that serves up to 3500 meals per day. The Drop-In Centre was also where the play’s director and facilitator, David van Belle, assistant director, Aviva Zimmerman, stage manager, Paisley Sim, mask maker, Douglas R. Witt, mask assistant, Carla Ritchie, set and lighting designer, Terry Gunvordahl, and actors Molly Flood, Richard Lee Hsi, and Jed Tomlinson rehearsed and researched the show.
The music in the play was captured from adhoc “performances” given by clients at the Drop-In Centre. I also used snippets of this music for segues in the documentary.
Next Month
- An edited stereo recording of the performance of the play at the Drop-In Centre shelter.
- Recordings of the parts of the interviews not included in Episode 16. The interviews, which you’ll hear in Episode 16 and in later episodes, were with (in order of presentation) Linda Coleman, Drop-In Centre client and volunteer, David van Belle, director and facilitator, and Richard Lee Hsi, actor.
More About The Invisible Project and This is My City
The City of Calgary This is My City Initiative
Douglas R. Witt’s Photos on Flikr
2 Responses to “Episode 16: The Invisible Project Audio Documentary”
By Annie Smith on Mar 22, 2009
This is such an interesting and meaningful documentary. There is “dramatic impact” on many levels. Thanks for making this available – and thanks to all the people who worked on The Invisible Project!
By darrin hartman on Mar 26, 2009
hey Doug,
caught the performance at city hall,
it was great, very moving, it has stuck with me.
Great job.
ps am liking your photos as well, very painterly.
cheers
darrin