Bersama, that's part of it

Senior Honors: Meghan Rose Donnelly

Honors Projects are for theatre majors who have been admitted into the Honors Program. Honors Projects may be artistic or scholarly in design and execution, and they grow from each student’s experience within curricular and extra-curricular offerings in the department. These projects build on previous academic achievements or venture into new territory, depending on the needs and goals set forth in mentorship with the theatre faculty.

In Indonesia, there is a saying “suka-duka bersama-sama” which means “we all like to suffer together.” In our culture there is the same feeling: it is not good to be alone – we need someone else to share the journey. But is that all a friend is? One year, two continents, and nineteen artists later, here is a play that asks you to step outside yourself, into someone else, around the pair of you and back again to answer the question: what is the point of friendship?