CCM Scene Shop

The CCM Idea Lab's “Still I Rise” is an exploration of perspective. What happens when we see one thing with our eyes and another thing via an interpreter and a screen? In this case, a live camera operator shows us the stage in black and white. We realize how our perspective is very dependent on where we are viewing a particular situation from, and how much reality and what we see can diverge according to how we are able to see it.

This project features live camera interaction that integrates a camera operator as a character into the storytelling. The very act of observation changes the outcome; Do we look at the camera feed or do we look at the live person? Or, do we look at the camera operator? The production team used touch designer to create the live capture and black and white filter. Actors perform an excerpt of Maya Angelou’s poem "Still I Rise."

Acting and Directing Team:

- Richard Hess, Acting and Directing Faculty Advisor
- Leonard Peterson, Acting student
- Amanda Nelson, Acting student
- Frankie Chuter, Acting student
- Rin Wallace, Acting student
- Sydney Miles, Acting student
- Carlee Coulehan, Acting student

Theatre Design and Production Team:

- Sharon Huizinga, Theater Design and Production Faculty Advisor
- Hannah Gruneisen, Lighting Design and Technology student
- Natalia Carlson, Lighting Design and Technology student
- Justin Levine, Technical Direction student
- Monica Walker, Technical Direction student
- Sedona Isch, Technical Direction student
- Ethan Fleek, Lighting Design and Technology student
- Mallory Bruno, Stage Management student
- Vishal Sharma, Lighting Design and Technology student

E-Media Team:

- Donald Hancock, E-Media Faculty Advisor
- Clark Comstock, E-Media student
- Paul Fierst, E-Media student
- Eric Richmond, E-Media student
- Tyler Parker, E-Media student

CCM Idea Lab is made possible by funding from UC Faculty Forward.