Ought to Be a Musical

“Anger” is the song that I think best conveys the musical’s disarming, tongue-in-cheek approach to a topic that has many of us wringing our hands. “Biased” is important in a different way. It opens our weCourse on navigating the news toward truth and it features a song battle between the editors of two rival newspapers, each of which is blind to their own bias but quick to point out the bias of the other.

Ira Spornova is a villain on a mission This week, Summit Stages is launching its first contest! When we officially launch our Eyes Wide Open we-course (a hybrid learning model where you take an e-course together, as a group), we want to have some swag – starting with a T-shirt and some decals.. The we-course is important in and of itself, and we want to build buzz around Eyes Wide Open, The Musical. Our plan is to bring the musical to some school and community stages in the f

Meet Samuel Carter, 25, the newly hired history professor at Hallelujah College. It’s 1950, and Hallelujah is expanding to meet the demands of educating young WWII veterans. Samuel, a Quaker, served as a medic. His heroic record, impressive academic credentials, clean-cut appearance, and quiet charisma all make him a no-brainer choice for filling out the faculty. But that’s because nobody bothered to read his master's thesis.

The workshop is on navigating modern media, because media has long been one of the forces that’s contributed to the polarization of our society. Lately, as we’ve retreated into information silos, it’s gotten worse. This is broadly understood. And it is also generally believed that it’s our neighbour’s media, not our own, that’s the problem. But what if that’s not an accurate reflection of reality? What if our media is also less than trustworthy? How would we know?