华盛顿，宾夕法尼亚州(10月. 29, 2019)—Ty Greenwood ’17 doesn’t shy away from difficult conversations; he invites them. While the young playwright and former 华盛顿 & 杰佛逊学院&J) communication arts major writes works some may consider controversial, Ty is successfully challenging perspectives and using his art to change the status quo.
Ty first put up a show of his own at W&J，他在哪里玩 这种仇恨 served as his senior capstone and the live production was his Honors Project. The work focused on black identity in America and Ty’s perspective as a black man on timely issues, including police relations with the black community.
毕业后, Ty enrolled in a program with a focus on theatrical research at Miami University of Ohio, but quickly found it wasn’t the right fit for him. The creator in him was itching to return to writing, and he applied to Carnegie Mellon University’s playwriting graduate program using 这种仇恨 as part of his application, earning a spot in the program.
His work has been experimental in style, including choreographed and poetic movements, and focuses on the black experience. His choice of topics have been bold and compelling, ranging from a 10-minute play about two teenagers struggling with addiction to a three-act work on a future dystopia where nearly all non-white people have been wiped out in a genocide carried out by the Klu Klux Klan.
“I always try to make thought-provoking things. I want to start conversations and encourage action,” Ty said. “A lot of my work is political in some ways, but it’s about being unapologetically black as well and what that looks like in the theater space. That’s a hot topic in theater right now—diversity in the space.”
His work at CMU has culminated in his senior thesis play, 黑鬼,跑题了, a five-part examination of a theoretical all-black space with movements on pain, 愤怒, 肯定, 祈祷, and a celebration of the black spirit.
Ty is aware that the play’s title—and potentially, a surprise moment in the fifth part—may cause discomfort in audience members, 但这就是问题的关键.
“I’m interested in hearing everybody’s experience—including white people. You have to learn how to be in a room with a lot of people who don’t share your experiences. You try to show them a different lens through which you see the world and hope that they respect that although it’s different from their own, 这是真实的,他说. “I want you to feel what this is like and go through that journey. 这是大胆的, 这是激烈的, 它是具有挑战性的, but it’s definitely something I think is good for everyone to experience and talk about.”
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