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Drama, "Unfair trade"
(30 minutes) or, Alternate connection
activity
This short drama spotlights a session theme: that “What’s
fair?” can sometimes be determined by those who make the
rules. This leaves out those whose lesser power and makes them
 vulnerable to the self-serving will of those who have greater
power.Ask those participants who have
accepted the roles of the characters in the drama, “Unfair
Trade,” to come forward and to offer the drama for the large
group. Introduce the drama simply by its title, with the
introductory teaser, “In the first part of the drama you get
to hear the question, ‘What’s fair?’ asked by a number of
people. Your answers to that question will be the second part
of the play.”
When the drama has finished, thank the
actors and the audience for their work in presenting and
attending to the “first part” of the drama. Now they must
complete the drama. Distribute copies of the script, one copy
per participant.
The drama will be “finished” when
participants have the chance to “answer” the question, “What’s
fair?” as though they are part of the drama. Invite
participants to think of themselves as friends or onlookers of
the people in the drama, and to come forward, introduce
themselves with a Spanish name, their own on others. (Robert
becomes Roberto, Alice becomes Alicia, Michael
becomes Miguel.)
Once onstage, their job is to explain or defend the “what’s
fair” viewpoint of one of the characters in the drama. So,
for example, someone may come forward as Bonita Suarez, the
wife of El Gordo, and explain that his wages are fair because
he protects the coffee company owners from dangerous
bandidos (bandits) when Señor Somoza travels out in the
countryside. After a few participants have joined the
characters onstage, conclude this experience by noting that
“justice” is another way of talking about what’s fair.
Next: Travel journal: Two
Nicaraguan poems
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