Date of Award
Spring 2021
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Department/Major
Theatre Arts
First Advisor
Joe Stollenwerk
Second Advisor
Raimondo Genna
Third Advisor
Dallas Doane
Keywords
Play, Gun Violence, PTSD, Mental Health, Therapy
Subject Categories
Playwriting
Abstract
What comes next and how do you move on from something that seems all-encompassing? These are just a couple of the questions author Carter Hoffer asks within his original play, Chimeric Ideals. Inspired by a nation rife with gun violence and no plan to reign it in, Chimeric Ideals follows the story of Percy, Adam, Jed, and Henry immediately after the most traumatic experience of their young lives, exploring the difficulty of healing in a world where mental health is a taboo subject, and its' sufferers sometimes refuse to admit to even having a problem. Originally conceived as a short play in 2017, and sadly still relevant today, the author urges audiences everywhere to ask themselves what they can do to be part of the solution.
"But young? Youth? That is long ago. We are old folk." -All Quiet on the Western Front
Recommended Citation
Hoffer, Carter, "CHIMERIC IDEALs" (2021). Honors Thesis. 149.
https://red.library.usd.edu/honors-thesis/149