Post-Show Activity: A New Beginning

The students should reflect on their understanding of Making Gay History: Before Stonewall and contemplate what comes next.

Option A: Narrative or Dramatic Writing

Each student is asked to think about a possible extension to the play, and is given some time to write a narrative or short scene of their extension.

Option B: Improvisational Acting

The class is broken into groups and each group is responsible for improvising (that is, making up a scene without a script) some event or personal narrative that follows the end of Making Gay History: Before Stonewall.

The students should share their work. For the narrative activity, small group sharing is best. For the improvisational options, they can show their scenes to the class. Use the discussion questions that follow to reflect on the activity.

Discussion Questions

• Do the extensions seem reasonable? Why or why not?
• Are there other possible extensions that we have not heard? What might they be?
• Why do you think the play ended where it did?
• What might the artists who created this play want the audience to do after seeing it?

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