'SLAVEY' ILLUSTRATES POWER DYNAMICS.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - A staged reading of ``Slavey slav·ey n. pl. slav·eys A household servant, especially an overworked one. Noun 1. slavey - a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work skivvy Britain, Great Britain, U.K. ,'' an original work by Sigrid Gilmer, will be presented at 8 p.m. Dec. 3 and 4 in the Ensemble Theater I on the campus of California Institute of the Arts California Institute of the Arts known as CalArts U.S. private institution of higher learning in Valencia. Created in 1961 through the merger of two other art institutes, it was the first in the U.S. . The reading will be directed by Bart DeLorenzo. Gilmer is a third-year graduate playwriting play·writ·ing also play·wright·ing n. The writing of plays. student at CalArts. ``Slavey'' is a glimpse of a world inhabited by just two types of people, those who serve and those who rule. Gilmer used his play to prove the theory that regardless of how power is attained or how one becomes a servant, both servant and master must maintain a strong mental psyche in order to be obedient to the system and allow it to function effectively. ``Slavey'' is a comedy about the power struggles between the ruler and the servant, the mental conflict within themselves, and the battle to belong to or escape a community of servitude servitude In property law, a right by which property owned by one person is subject to a specified use or enjoyment by another. Servitudes allow people to create stable long-term arrangements for a wide variety of purposes, including shared land uses; maintaining the , according to Gilmer. The play was created as part of the A.S.K. Writing For Performance Program at CalArts, a three-year master of fine arts Noun 1. Master of Fine Arts - a master's degree in fine arts MFA master's degree - an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree program within the School of Theater. CalArts is at 24700 McBean Parkway in Valencia. Admission is free; reservations are recommended and can be made by calling (661) 291-3035. |
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