Some Other Kid By A. Rey Pamatmat: Performance Activism

Abstract

My senior project at SUNY Purchase is acting in Some Other Kid by A. Ray Pamatmat. The ten-minute play tells the story of three teenage kids, Andre, Elissa, and Owen, entering adulthood. Performance activism embodies a new modality that draws upon the human capacity to play, create, and perform. The premise is that people, even if and when their economic, social, or political interests conflict, can create new relationships, activities, and ways to move forward together. Theater is a branch of performance activism and within theater there are different types such as political, experimental, and educational.