Associate Professor Alex Oliszewski co-designed media and narrates The Survivors' Way at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO. Oliszewski brings together personal storytelling and inventive media design to shape a moving exploration of resilience, memory, and healing in a performance on February 17th.

"This is the fourth performance cycle of a project that I've been working on for 25 years using the RSVP Cycles as a means of structured devising," said Oliszewski. "The performance uses a heavily mediated media system. About 90% of the show is in shadow with digital projection and traditional lighting."

Blending film, storytelling, animation, and visual art, The Survivors’ Way unfolds as a real-time cinematic journey shared between performers and audience. The work tells one family’s story, following a young man’s path through memory, loss, and transformation as he confronts inherited trauma and seeks connection with his past. Poetic in imagery and rich in atmosphere, the performance invites reflection on time, connection, and finding beauty even in the midst of grief and uncertainty.

"I'm incredibly honored to be able to bring this piece back to my undergraduate alma mater and I look forward to making connections between the students at Fort Lewis College and Ohio State."