Duane Roen developed this workshop immediately after seeing a Theater of War production of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play Enemy of the People. Duane had read the play decades earlier in high school, and it made him reflect on the nature of courage.
However, when he saw the production in February 2024, his emotional response was so…
Duane Roen developed this workshop immediately after seeing a Theater of War production of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play Enemy of the People. Duane had read the play decades earlier in high school, and it made him reflect on the nature of courage.
However, when he saw the production in February 2024, his emotional response was so strong that Duane spent the rest of the evening reading about the topic and drafting questions for discussion and writing.
In this workshop we will reflect on our thoughts about courage and our experiences with courage.
Please bring paper and a pencil/pen to class.
Dates of series: November 7, 14 and 21 from 1:30-3:30pm
Meet your instructor: Duane Roen
Duane Roen has been tracing his roots since his teenage years, building a database with more than 32,000 ancestors. He and his wife, Maureen Roen, have also been recording their family history since 1978 by writing more than 19,000 daily journal entries on their children and other family members. Combining his professional and personal interests, Duane worked with colleagues to establish courses on writing and recording family history at Arizona State University. He also is founding coordinator of the Project for Writing and Recording Family History in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at ASU.
