Sheep Hill Memories, Carver Dreams
Creating a Living Newspaper Today
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11664505 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Browder (Virginia Commonwealth University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 73-80 |
| Publication date | 2004-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Public Historian (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-3433 • E-ISSN: 1533-8576 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3379690 |
| OpenAlex | W4244142909 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
In November 2000, the living newspaper drama Sheep Hill Memories, Carver Dreams premiered to packed houses at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond. This documentary play concerns the history and survival of Carver, a historically African- American working-class community bordering VCU which was being threatened by the university’s planned expansion. Performed by a Carver-based theater group with a twenty-seven-year history, in collaboration with TheatreVCU, Sheep Hill Memories, Carver Dreams was the outcome of a two-year collaboration between a grass-roots community organization and the university. As playwright and co-director of the two-year Carver Living Newspaper Project, I present the development of the project, its outcomes, and the challenges we faced along the way in creating the play
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |