Spiritual Unity

In this article President Eyring talks about unity: unifying the family and the church in order to be able to be more prepared and be able to accomplish more. Both of those things are a necessity for the theatre classroom. The class has to be working together and united for a common goal in order to get work done and do the projects assigned. All the projects should be leading up to a show, and if everyone working on that show is doing their own thing without any regard to the group as a whole, the show will be a mishmash of things that don't fit together. In directing that's one of the director's key jobs: creating unity for a show so it makes sense. I loved the example that President Eyring gave about the church members who are always first to arrive on the scene of a disaster. They are organized and able to accomplish more than anybody else, quicker than anybody else. This is because they are united in their common goal and everybody focuses on that goal. As they do their part, they recognize how important their individual work is and how it contributes to the group as a whole. They feel the satisfaction in this and work harder to accomplish more. If the students in a class or cast are able to accomplish this same feeling of unity, the show they put on, and the environment in the classroom, will be amazing. So much can be done when everyone is focused on the same goal and objective. I think by promoting how much more can be done, and the importance of trusting your peers to do their part, will bring about that spiritual unity without having to ever explicitly talk about it. Promote from day one the absolute necessity for people in groups to work together, or else the show will be a disaster.