Adam Frelin

The Reunion

multimedia photo essay
production stills
2011-ongoing

Two years before my 20th reunion I discovered two former high school friends who find themselves in the same prison: one as an inmate the other a guard. Through visits and written correspondence the three of us have separately been recounting our shared, small town upbringing as well as our hopes, needs, and regrets. As we look into our past to better understand who we've become, I asked three 18-year old theater students at the rural high school we graduated from to play our roles in an improvised reenactment. Presented as a recorded slide show with dynamic sound design, "The Reunion" replicates an experience akin to the incomplete yet inventive act of remembering.