{"id":368,"date":"2020-08-21T04:57:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T04:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/?p=368"},"modified":"2020-08-23T08:15:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T08:15:54","slug":"happy-mess-dramaturgy-packet-mattering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/2020\/08\/21\/happy-mess-dramaturgy-packet-mattering\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Mess\u2013Dramaturgy Packet\u2013Mattering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Elaina_watertower4wee.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-316\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Elaina_watertower4wee.jpg 960w, http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Elaina_watertower4wee-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Elaina_watertower4wee-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Happy Mess<\/em> by Ian Paul Messersmith<br>directed by Sarah Campbell<br>dramaturgy by Ariana Burns<br>packet prepared Summer 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:10px\">(Moscow Idaho\u2019s Rotary Park water tower photo by Elaina Pierson)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Happy Mess<\/em> is in development at the University of Idaho Theatre Arts Department through the Fall 2020 semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TOPICS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/dramaturg\/happy-mess-dramaturgy-packet-water-tower\/\">Water Tower<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/dramaturg\/happy-mess-dramaturgy-packet-lgbt-ceos\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"360\">LGBT+ CEOS<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/dramaturg\/happy-mess-dramaturgy-packet-coming-out-after-30\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"350\">Coming out after 30<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/dramaturg\/happy-mess-dramaturgy-packet-small-town\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"398\">Small Town<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/dramaturg\/happy-mess-dramaturgy-packet-mattering\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"368\">Mattering<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/dramaturg\/happy-mess-dramaturgy-packet-lbgt-aa\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"391\">LGBT+ &amp; AA<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">An important part of the human condition is the need to matter. A team of writers in 2004 writing for the journal <em>Self and Identity<\/em> defined mattering as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u2026the perception that, to some degree and in any of a variety of ways, we are a significant part of the world around us. Surely, it is central to our sense of who we are and where we fit in to be able to say that others think about us (at least occasionally), seek our advice, or would care about what happens to us (Elliot).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the <em>Happy Mess<\/em> script, Tommy is initially dismissed by his teacher, Ms. Harvey until she discovers his artistic skill. She begins nurturing that talent and supporting him. When he sees that he is important, that he matters, his self-esteem improves (Elliot). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Studies have found that people demonstrate a lower level of depression, fear, anxiety, and academic stress when they feel valued. They have higher levels of self-esteem and social support. This in turn results in healthier and happier lives (Lemon, Paputsakis).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It may seem to a simplistic concept but it is woven into the heart of <em>Happy Mess<\/em> which is a meditation on sacrifice. Mattering will power much of the motivations and how the characters connect and support each other through the challenges they face. Not to mention the delight they share in being together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stocksnap-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-370\" width=\"419\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stocksnap-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stocksnap-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stocksnap-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stocksnap-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stocksnap-1200x800.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/stocksnap.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 85vw, 419px\" \/><figcaption>stocksnap from Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Elliot, Gregory C., Suzanne Kao, Ann-Marie Grant. \u201cMattering: Empirical Validation of a Social-Psychological Concept.\u201d<em> Self and Identity<\/em>, 3: pp 339\u2013354, 2004. Psychology Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Lemon, Jan Cummins. \u201cAn Investigation of The Relationship Among Wellness, Perceived Stress, Mattering, And At-Risk Status for Dropping Out Of High School,\u201d dissertation, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Paputsakis, Rachel Jo. \u201cAdolescent Gender Differences In Perceived Interpersonal Mattering,\u201d dissertation, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Mess by Ian Paul Messersmithdirected by Sarah Campbelldramaturgy by Ariana Burnspacket prepared Summer 2020 (Moscow Idaho\u2019s Rotary Park water tower photo by Elaina Pierson) Happy Mess is in development at the University of Idaho Theatre Arts Department through the Fall 2020 semester. TOPICS Water Tower LGBT+ CEOS Coming out after 30 Small Town Mattering &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/2020\/08\/21\/happy-mess-dramaturgy-packet-mattering\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Happy Mess\u2013Dramaturgy Packet\u2013Mattering&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11],"tags":[10,27,9,38,34,13],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dramaturg","category-theatre","tag-dlpanotherfinemess","tag-dramaturg","tag-dramaturgy","tag-happy-mess","tag-ruminating","tag-theatre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":406,"href":"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions\/406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nwhellcats.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}