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...keeping with this unconventional style of playwriting, “The Harvard Project” has included more creative structural elements–having the same actors play both the group of Harvard friends and members of The Court, for example–in an attempt to emphasize different layers of meaning to the audience...
...road to transforming one of the Ivy League’s best-hidden secrets into a factually-sound, modern play has been a challenging and ever-evolving process. After securing photocopies of the court files from Harvard’s archives, documents—including handwritten notes from the trials—still had to be transcribed. “There were missing pieces, so we looked at the names and tried to create timelines,” Speciale says...
...Harvard alum, Burkle feels he has his own unique responsibility to the accuracy of the play...
...emotional appeal of the play goes far beyond the Yard. “For an entire generation, people weren’t allowed to be true to themselves and live the lives they wanted, and it is as true today as it was then,” says Burkle. “It has been resonating across the board...
With another workshop performance expected next month, the crew of “The Harvard Project” hopes that audiences will soon be cheering on the play along with them...