Lee UniversityLast summer, five Lee University theater students were commissioned to work with assistant professor of theater Dan Buck on a first-of-its-kind project at the Cleveland, Tenn., campus.
The culmination of their time together is an original theater production written by Buck and his young collaborators: Michael Bachman, Natalie Brouwer, Jordan Davis, Jillian Spears and Jonathan Swindle.
“Lessons” opens today, Feb. 14, and runs through Monday, Feb. 18, in the Edna Minor Conn Theatre.
According to Buck, who directs the production, this was the first time Lee Theatre students had explored devised theater. The group’s efforts formed nontraditional narrative structure, music and projections to convey the overlapping stories and ideas.
“Lessons” follows the lives of four individuals taking music lessons with the same teacher. As they wrestle with their respective instruments, they also find themselves entangled with obstacles to true joy in their lives.