Word: mcgee
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...took intervention from Illinois' Republican Governor George H. Ryan and state school superintendent Glenn W. McGee to get the board to reduce the expulsions from two years to one and to let the youths enroll in an alternative-education program. The board has not agreed to McGee's proposal, which Jackson supports, that they consider re-admitting the boys midway through the year if their performance in alternative school demonstrates that they've learned their lesson. To make matters worse, the local prosecutor overreacted, getting four of the boys indicted for "mob action," a felony. Jackson fired back by urging...
...Mourning After, which opened at Harvard last weekend is an original adaptation by Ryan McGee '98 of two literary pieces, "Shattered Skulls," a chapter from NYU professor Peggy Phelan's book Mourning Sex and Tony Kushner's poem "The Second Month of Mourning." Taking place in only two scenes, the play focuses on complex mourning processes by allowing the audience to witness the private monologues of the characters which are directed towards those persons whom they mourn...
...this bold attempt to adapt complex issues of death and mourning from the written page to the stage, the talents of director Ryan McGee and the cast of The Mourning After triumph over the difficulties and confusion created by such an ambitious undertaking. At times, the viewer who is unfamiliar with the works of Phelan and Kushner may feel lost, but the skill McGee employs in producing such a complex work, the talent of the actors and the universal themes of mourning effected through the bold monologues make seeing this play very worth while...
...McGee's directorial skills sparkle in the play's first act, in which he successfully exhibits the complex issues and themes presented in Phelan's work. Great challenges are posed, clearly relating to an audience one woman's intricate mourning of her husband's death. She becomes obsessed with the images of death in Holbein's painting "The Ambassadors" and the Rodney King incident as they relate to her loss. Such challenges are met by McGee's decision to divide the woman's voice into three distinct roles: the grieving wife, the part of her consciousness obsessed with the painting...
...displaying issues of death on the live stage and by exploring and expanding the voices of the living, The Mourning After exposes the audience both to loss and life. McGee's decision to represent the mourner through multiple voices propels a unique and creative production. If you are interested in unconventional student drama that uses the stage to explore issues in a new way and displays amazing directing and acting talent, The Mourning After should be included in your weekend plans...