Gidion's Knot

TheatreUSF presents Gidion’s Knot.

By Johnna Adams
Directed by Professor Fanni Green

April 9-11 & 16-18 at 8 p.m.
April 12 & 19 at 3 p.m.
Theatre 2, USF Tampa Campus

Pre-show performance every night starting at 7:40 p.m.

Post-show discussions with guest panelists from USF College of Education, local educators, teen counselors, teen poetry group Heard 'Em Say as well as the director and cast after the shows on April 10, 12, and 17.

A male character is reading aloud from a book.

A woman stares down right into the distance as she has a hand placed on top of a shelf. She looks upset.

A teacher reads a document aloud to a woman, who is seated in a chair with her jacket underneath her as she has her face buried in the palms of her hands.

A teacher is seated at a desk, holding a CD case in one hand and is reading something on her phone, which is in her other hand.

A woman reads a document aloud to a character dressed as a teacher in the background.

Lovely short documentary about the process of creating our production of Gidion's Knot by two USF Zimmerman School of Mass Communication students Kaitlyn Lanius and Grace Huston

USF Office of Community Engagement interview by Bonnie Silvestri with Professor Faani Green and cast member Selena Frey

Great preview article by Mark Leib in Creative Loafing!

Great article by Frank Drouzas in The Weekly Challenger!

If you want to learn more about the teen poetry group Heard ‘Em Say or support their endeavors click here!

A parent/teacher conference begins as a mystery, with a mother seeking answers as to why her son, Gidion, has been suspended from his 5th grade class. The teacher is apprehensive, but starts to reveal the cause for Gidion's suspension. Their discussion develops into a dramatically charged collision of blame, freedom of expression, the failure of our school system, suicide and personal responsibility.

PLEASE NOTE: Gidion’s Knot is an 80-minute play performed without an intermission, comprising a parent/teacher conference in which themes of freedom of expression, bullying, responsibility and suicide are discussed. Recommended for high school and up.

This show is double cast.