Invisible Ground

Andrew Jackson Davison Club presents: Athens Westside Neighborhood

Episode Summary

Enjoy this special story courtesy of the Andrew Jackson Davison Club at Athens Middle School about the Westside neighborhood in Athens and its West State Street Cemetery. The students researched, interviewed, wrote their script, and recorded their narration in only a few weeks! This episode is part of a project for Tantrum Theater and their debut play Hotel Berry, and is a collaboration with Invisible Ground, the Andrew Jackson Davison Club, Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society, the Southeast Ohio History Center, and Athens Photographic Project. This project is supported by a grant from Ohio Humanities, and a matching grant from the Ohio University College of Fine Arts Community Fund. Special thanks to Joshua Coy, Angela Hall, Evan Shaw, Nicki Mazzocca, Yaphet Jackman, Chad Reich, Tommy Stumpp, and all of our historians and collaborators for making this project happen. Story by: Carter Boeninger, Cohen Stadler, Simon Foehl, Theo Smucker, and Coltrane Parsons Executive Producer: Brian Koscho Producer: Nicki Mazzocca Editor: Chad Reich Music from: Todd Jacops, Dead Winds of Summer, Disjointed Mike, and Brian Koscho

Episode Notes

Enjoy this special story courtesy of the Andrew Jackson Davison Club at Athens Middle School about the Westside neighborhood in Athens and its West State Street Cemetery. The students researched, interviewed, wrote their script, and recorded their narration in only a few weeks! This episode is part of a project for Tantrum Theater and their debut play Hotel Berry, and is a collaboration with Invisible Ground, the Andrew Jackson Davison Club, Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society, the Southeast Ohio History Center, and Athens Photographic Project. This project is supported by a grant from Ohio Humanities, and a matching grant from the Ohio University College of Fine Arts Community Fund. Special thanks to Joshua Coy, Angela Hall,  Evan Shaw, Nicki Mazzocca, Yaphet Jackman, Chad Reich, Tommy Stumpp, and all of our historians and collaborators for making this project happen.

Story by:  Carter Boeninger, Cohen Stadler, Simon Foehl, Theo Smucker, and Coltrane Parsons

Executive Producer: Brian Koscho
Producer: Nicki Mazzocca
Editor: Chad Reich

Music from: Todd Jacops, Dead Winds of Summer, Disjointed Mike, and Brian Koscho