re: UM students, football players allegedly distrupt play

Yes.

It wasn't just the more controversial plays. It was every single one. The gay plays seemed to just bring more out of them.

That's not to say that some didn't really get into the shows though. I did "A Cry of Players" a number of years ago and Trindon Holliday really liked it. Stayed after the show and talked to me and some actors about it. Herman Johnson too.

Who gives a shite. The fact that they aren't supposed to say anything during the play is just a western convention. I think these guys were going against that and illustrated how important the audience is in Theatre and that they really challenged the idea of realism with postmodernism and the conventions that control someone. What is theatre about? showing a theme or a lesson and a story and to have an audience respond to it. They responded in a non-traditional way but a response none the less. They should be able to take criticism that's what art is about. I'm no theatre guru, but I know from my theatre class that this is the way plays were and still are performed with a very interactive audience.