Eyewitness testimony brought to life through verbatim theater On
May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen occupying the Kent State University
campus fired 67 shots in 13 seconds, leaving four students dead.
This tragedy had a profound impact on Northeast Ohio and the nation
and is credited as a catalyst in changing Americans' views toward
U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Supported by the Ohio Humanities
Council, May 4th Voices was originally written and performed as
part of a community arts project for the 40th commemoration of the
events of May 4th. The text of David Hassler's play is based on the
Kent State Shootings Oral History Project, begun in 1990 by Sandra
Halem and housed in Kent State University Libraries' Department of
Special Collections and Archives. The collection is comprised of
over 110 interviews, with first-person narratives and personal
reactions to the events of May 4, 1970, from the viewpoints of
members of the Kent community; Kent State faculty, students,
alumni, staff, and administrators who were on campus that day; and
National Guardsmen, police, hospital personnel, and others whose
lives were affected by their experience. Weaving these voices and
stories together anonymously, Hassler's play tells the human story
of May 4th and its aftermath, capturing the sense of trauma,
confusion, and fear felt by all people regardless of where they
stood that day. Directed by Katherine Burke, May 4th Voices
premiered on May 2, 2010, on the Kent State University campus. It
offered the Kent community an opportunity to take ownership of its
own tragic story and engage in a creative, healing dialogue. Now,
with the publication of the play and its accompanying teacher's
guide and DVD, May 4th Voices brings to a national audience the
emotional truth of this tragedy, connecting it to the larger issues
of war, conflict, and trauma. A powerful work of testimony, May 4th
Voices offers a new and unique contribution to the literature of
the protest movement and the Vietnam era. **See also the May 4th
Voices DVD (ISBN 978-1-60635-187-1) and A Teacher's Resource Book
for May 4th Voices (ISBN 978-1-60635-166-6).
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