What news headline speaks to your heart? Are you passionate about the topic? What do you need to say to convince others that this is a compelling and universal story? This is a story that you will want to spend some time developing with your group, after your group selects one headline to expand into preliminary story form.
Find a news story. Post a link or copy the original source into the first discussion post. Cite any sources used.
Remember Lin Manuel Miranda? He created a musical around his own experience and used actual events to tell his story and we all could see the authenticity of the narrative.
Post your conviction that this “headline” an incredible topic to be used as the basis for a play, a performance, a musical. Post a link to the original story.