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''Invisible Thread'' (formerly known as ''Witness Uganda'') is a musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews. Based around the true story of Matthews' humanitarian trips to Uganda, and his work to fund his Uganda Project. The musical, in its current form, made its world premiere February 4 at Cambridge's American Repertory Theater, running til March 16, 2014. From the A.R.T. website, "When Griffin, a young man from New York City, volunteers for a project in Uganda, he finds himself on a journey that will change his life forever. Inspired by a true story, this rousing new musical, staged by Tony Award-winning director and A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus, exposes the challenges confronted by American aid workers and the complex realities of trying to change the world." ==Production history== The creation of the musical started around 2008, when the economy was suffering, Gould and Matthews needed money for their nonprofit Ugandaproject. Griffin asked, "Why don't we write a musical about aid work?", to which Matthews replied "That's the worst idea I've ever heard!". Unbeknownst to Matthews, a few days later Gould recorded Matthews ranting about how frustrating it can be to raise money. Gould set music to it and the project had officially begun.〔 p. 3〕 Once they had a couple of songs, the pair rented out a theatre and sold out two shows. Sadly, after paying to rent the theatre and the lighting designer, they made no money. They did however make an impact: people came up to them emotionally telling them that was their story. They were invited to Disney ASCAP〔 and did a twenty five minute show the first night and a fifty minute show the second night (to which they both said they didn't have fifty minutes and had to write a lot to put up the next night). Gould said of the experience, "The show was a mess at that time, but we knew what the heart of it was".〔Friedman. pp. 3-4〕 After the second performance, composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz (''Wicked'', ''Godspell'', ''Pippin'') said to them, "Boys, this is a musical. Just figure out what story you want to tell.〔Friedman. p. 4〕 This musical came to Diane Paulus' attention after it won the 2012 Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater (it also won the 2014 award as well).〔http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_popup.php?abbrev=rodgers〕〔http://www.theatermania.com/boston-theater/reviews/02-2014/witness-uganda_67557.html〕 She was impressed and noted it was like nothing she ever heard or read before. While she was working on ''Pippin'' at the American Repertory Theater, Schwartz mentioned there was a musical about Uganda that would interest her. Paulus said, "Needless to day, it felt like fate". The title was changed and as of 2015, there is a production in Second Stage Theatre in 43rd St. 〔 p. 7〕 The show is based on Matthews' experience in Uganda, as well as Gould's Peace Corps experience in Mauritania and other similar experiences. Other members of the creative team had foreign aid experiences as well. Choreographer Darrell Grand Moultrie taught dance in South Africa, and even the interns (mostly from Harvard University) had volunteered in Indonesia, Tanzania, and Uganda.〔 p. 1〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Witness Uganda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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