Hello! My name is Omar Shammaa, and I am Pascal in Illinois State University's production of Anon(ymous). Over the next month or so, I will be giving you some insight on our production and rehearsal process.
The past few days we've begun the rehearsal process with a real emphasis on the themes and culture in the script. For example, one of Anon(ymous)'s biggest questions is "Where is home?" The cast has had that word redefined for them recently, with each of us interviewing each other about what we think is home and where we come from. The refugees in the play come from vastly different places and situations, and exploring these new definitions of "home" has been a challenge that the cast has excitedly embraced. In addition, we've begun exploring randai, which as Wikipedia so eloquently states is "a folk theater tradition of the Minangkabau ethnic group which incorporates music, singing, dance, drama and the silat martial art."Although we're still very early in the process, we're eager to begin looking into how our production may benefit from this art form we're being newly exposed to.
As we dig into the culture and world unknown to many of us, we embrace the thrill with our whole selves in our collective effort to do justice to this story.
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