Everyone Who Has Any Sense of Civic Duty Must Go

Practicing Democracy

Tonight, at Kat's recommendation, Rachael and I headed up to the Croatian Cultural Centre and watched/performed/participated in this interactive play and forum.

The play runs 25 minutes. Six actors portray life on Vancouver street and in the East End. Some gritty but very human stories about six people at the end of the system. It sounds a lot darker than it is.

After the play is finished, the actors reset to the beginning and perform the half dozen or so scenes again. This time audience members will yell "Stop" and take an actors place to change the path of the play (for that scene).

After each scene, the audience is asked for policy solutions. The best part? This is actually going to City Hall. A lawyer is presnt and recording all the suggestions and ideas presented. A report is being made and will hit Vancouver city hall's desks in order to make policies. And this just adds to my belief that your city's elections are more important than your provincial and most certainly your federal.

I acted in two scenes. And I ROCKED. I won over a couple characters with my sweetness and charm.