THE CRAFTSBURY FUNNERY
2020 was different. We all know why! No scrums like the one you see below. Sad! Still, we met in a magical online space. We created, as we always do, a pulsing and powerful center of the known universe.
One big surprise last year: Vermont HUMANITIES leaped big time into sponsoring our work. We knew that Merchant of Venice would give us an opportunity to dialogue about hate speech and bigotry in general. And then the pandemic hit. And then George Floyd was killed. Our discussions were awesome, life-changing. The characters in the play were our guides. We all wanted to talk about what was going on with our lives. You can start learning more about these issues on our YouTube Channel. It's up and running; take a look!
One big surprise last year: Vermont HUMANITIES leaped big time into sponsoring our work. We knew that Merchant of Venice would give us an opportunity to dialogue about hate speech and bigotry in general. And then the pandemic hit. And then George Floyd was killed. Our discussions were awesome, life-changing. The characters in the play were our guides. We all wanted to talk about what was going on with our lives. You can start learning more about these issues on our YouTube Channel. It's up and running; take a look!
"Thank you for giving me the best two weeks of my year. When I came to Funnery this summer I was tired and stressed, I just wanted to lock myself in my room and sleep for 100 years. When I left camp, I had discovered who I was outside of who my school had made me be, and I was stronger and confident and ready for a new start in life. " ~A Camper
Sometimes a pandemic can yield an unexpected benefit. Our taking the camp online in 2020 enabled a pure collaboration with the Thespo youth theatre company in Mumbai, India. Check out the AWESOME video about them on their homepage. We made new friends; we loved each other and worked well together, and learned so much. It was a HUGE foot in the virtual door, till the time we can all be together in person.
Last summer, we tackled head on the themes of bigotry, hate speech, scapegoating, & violence.
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Our partnership with actors from India just went a whole lot deeper. With the rise of anti-Asian violence and hate speech in the USA, we convened a conversation to talk about it. Here's the PRESS RELEASE about it.