Exploring The Voices on Blackwell Island
Hello and welcome to Signature in the Schools! We invite you to explore the world of the Signature in the Schools production for 2022-2023, The Voices on Blackwell Island. Each of the resources below provides a full multimedia experience: Articles, videos, playlists, images and more! This online guide will help you dive deeper before, during and after the experience.
The World of the Play
Over 120 years of social and economic changes have swept the United States since the founding of systems of mental healthcare on its shores. Although things look a bit different now, some things are more the same as ever. Explore the production and parallels present in this world premiere production and American history.
A State of Mind
A nation built upon an unstable foundation, wheeling and dealing and selective listening is no doubt likely to shift physically and mentally drastically over time. Dive into the engaging multimedia content as well as the past, present, and future world of mental health in America.
To Believe in Women
“Truth”, and what we define is and is not “correct”, has been a complicated subject politically, socially, and morally for a very long time and it shows no signs of simplifying itself anytime soon. Explore your own relationship to the truth of the past, truth in the present, and visualize what might truth look like in the not so distant future for all genders. “
Exercising Self Civic Power
Doing work for the communities one finds oneself in and doing said work for the good of the whole group can be hard. Explore the tools you might not realize are at your disposal regardless of age, experience and background and see how you can plant seeds of progress for the future.