BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 12.2//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Alone/Together \nby Michael Alan Herman and Joseph Zettelmaier\ nDirected by Paul Beer\n\nThe play will be available for viewing on YouTub e beginning at noon on Monday\, March 8\, 2021\, and will be open for view ing for a week. This production is approximately 45 minutes long.\n\nView the production: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irUR4-f6QBg&\;feature=y outu.be\n\nAbout the Production:\nHerman and Zettelmaier&rsquo\;s new play \, Alone/Together\, features six stories of coping with isolation and feat ures characters including a Victorian ghost\, an astronaut and others.&nbs p\; The play is performed by Schoolcraft students and was filmed in the Ja mes R. Hartman Theatre on Schoolcraft&rsquo\;s Livonia campus.\n\n&ldquo\; Life in the Time of Corona&rdquo\;\nby Paul Beer\n\nOn March 14\, 2020 &nd ash\; nearly a year ago &ndash\; we completed our tech rehearsal for the W inter 2020 production of It Came From Mars\, written and directed by our o wn Joseph Zettelmaier\, and acted by a talented cast of students and commu nity members. \; Before the weekend was over\, it was clear that our p roduction (along with everyone&rsquo\;s productions across the country) wo uld be cancelled. \; Theatres went dark. \; Restaurants closed.&nb sp\; Students moved to remote learning. \; Professionals turned their living spaces into working spaces. \; \;\n\nIn the meantime\, we w atched as a global pandemic unfolded. \; We cheered front line health care workers and mourned the loss of family\, friends and associates.  \; We learned to wear masks\, socially distance\, and to do nearly everyth ing via Zoom. \; Many cancelled travel plans\, adjusted family gatheri ngs\, organized into &ldquo\;pods&rdquo\; to stay safe from the virus and to avoid spreading it unwittingly.\n\nIn all of that\, we felt what it was like to be disrupted and\, often\, alone. \; While introverts may hav e rejoiced (I know I did for a while\, at least!)\, we all began to feel t he strain. \; Parents wondered if and when their children would go bac k to school\, be able to play sports\, or at least be with friends. \; Students wondered if their education had changed forever. \; Even hol idays like Halloween and Thanksgiving were different under the specter of the virus.\n\nIn the face of all of that\, we at Schoolcraft Theatre looke d for a way to adapt &ndash\; to offer our students a performance opportun ity\, and to offer our audience encouragement and entertainment. \; We were encouraged by large institutions like the Stratford Festival and Lon don&rsquo\;s National Theatre who released filmed versions of their perfor mances. \; While we knew we did not have their resources\, we undertoo k this experiment: \; to take a play written for us\, and to record an d present it to you\, offering what theatre always offers\, namely a chanc e to examine who we are and where we are.\n\nMichael Alan Herman and Josep h Zettelmaier are Michigan-based playwrights with international credits an d reputations. \; We were fortunate to have them write these wonderful stories for us to perform. \; They have captured in six unique storie s experiences common to all of us\, and that is the magic of literature.\n \nBoth Shakespeare&rsquo\;s prologue to Romeo and Juliet\, and his Puck at the end of Midsummer Night&rsquo\;s Dream promise amends for any offense that occurs on the stage in exchange for your (the audience&rsquo\;s) pati ence in the face of our (the company&rsquo\;s) toil. \; We invite you to join our toil to be\, at least for an hour\, Alone/Together.\n\n\n  \;\n\n DTEND:20210308T180000Z DTSTAMP:20240328T223655Z DTSTART:20210308T170000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:March Theatre Production: Alone/Together (YouTube) UID:RFCALITEM638472478155148535 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Alone/To
gether
\nby Michael Alan Herman and Joseph Zettelmaier<
br />\nDirected by Paul Beer
\n
\nThe play will be
available for viewing on YouTube beginning at noon on Monday\, March 8\, 2
021\, and will be open for viewing for a week. This production is approxim
ately 45 minutes long.
\n
\nView the production: https://w
ww.youtube.com/watch?v=irUR4-f6QBg&\;feature=youtu.be
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\nAbout the Production:
\nHerman and Z
ettelmaier&rsquo\;s new play\, Alone/Together\, features six stories of co
ping with isolation and features characters including a Victorian ghost\,
an astronaut and others. \; The play is performed by Schoolcraft stude
nts and was filmed in the James R. Hartman Theatre on Schoolcraft&rsquo\;s
Livonia campus.
\n
\n&ldquo\;Life in the Time of Corona&rdquo\;
\nby Paul Beer
\n
\nOn March 14\, 2020 &ndash\; nearly a y
ear ago &ndash\; we completed our tech rehearsal for the Winter 2020 produ
ction of It Came From Mars\, written and directed by our own Joseph Zettel
maier\, and acted by a talented cast of students and community members.&nb
sp\; Before the weekend was over\, it was clear that our production (along
with everyone&rsquo\;s productions across the country) would be cancelled
. \; Theatres went dark. \; Restaurants closed. \; Students mo
ved to remote learning. \; Professionals turned their living spaces in
to working spaces. \; \;
\n
\nIn the meantime\, we watch
ed as a global pandemic unfolded. \; We cheered front line health care
workers and mourned the loss of family\, friends and associates. \; W
e learned to wear masks\, socially distance\, and to do nearly everything
via Zoom. \; Many cancelled travel plans\, adjusted family gatherings\
, organized into &ldquo\;pods&rdquo\; to stay safe from the virus and to a
void spreading it unwittingly.
\n
\nIn all of that\, we felt wha
t it was like to be disrupted and\, often\, alone. \; While introverts
may have rejoiced (I know I did for a while\, at least!)\, we all began t
o feel the strain. \; Parents wondered if and when their children woul
d go back to school\, be able to play sports\, or at least be with friends
. \; Students wondered if their education had changed forever. \;
Even holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving were different under the spe
cter of the virus.
\n
\nIn the face of all of that\, we at Schoo
lcraft Theatre looked for a way to adapt &ndash\; to offer our students a
performance opportunity\, and to offer our audience encouragement and ente
rtainment. \; We were encouraged by large institutions like the Stratf
ord Festival and London&rsquo\;s National Theatre who released filmed vers
ions of their performances. \; While we knew we did not have their res
ources\, we undertook this experiment: \; to take a play written for u
s\, and to record and present it to you\, offering what theatre always off
ers\, namely a chance to examine who we are and where we are.
\n
\nMichael Alan Herman and Joseph Zettelmaier are Michigan-based playwrigh
ts with international credits and reputations. \; We were fortunate to
have them write these wonderful stories for us to perform. \; They ha
ve captured in six unique stories experiences common to all of us\, and th
at is the magic of literature.
\n
\nBoth Shakespeare&rsquo\;s pr
ologue to Romeo and Juliet\, and his Puck at the end of Midsummer Night&rs
quo\;s Dream promise amends for any offense that occurs on the stage in ex
change for your (the audience&rsquo\;s) patience in the face of our (the c
ompany&rsquo\;s) toil. \; We invite you to join our toil to be\, at le
ast for an hour\, Alone/Together.
\n
\n