An Assignment. A Big One. An Opportunity. An interview with an up-and-comer, whose work is all but guaranteed to catapult her to stardom and the interviewer tasked with getting truth from her. Or is it a story? Or is it perhaps both? The Call of the Greater Public draws on Sophie Treadwell's Machinal for an expressionistic and absurdist exploration of the nature of interviews, celebrity, and the careful ways we present and hide ourselves.

 

Submission Date: December 13, 2023  

Advisor: Dr. Ian Walsh