Terminal Exhale

After gaining knowledge about the history and techniques of verbatim theatre, the Carthage College Verbatim Theatre Class of 2024 conducted interviews with ten healthcare workers. Over 28 hours of interviews were gathered and transcribed by the class. Then the process of editing began. Students identified the most impactful stories and collected them into a rough draft. From there, weeks were spent reading and editing to bring the script down to about 90 minutes. Editing continued over the summer, as well as the addition of an eleventh interview. After fifteen drafts, the production script was pared down to 90 minutes.

The play was soon adapted for the screen, reinterpreting the script into a docu-style drama.