Stuart Brown heads Florida Southwestern State College’s theater program. A few months ago, he asked Miami playwright Samara Siskind to write a 10-minute play that pays tribute to modern artist Robert Rauschenberg.

“I immediately started looking at his work and I came across a photo of the sculpture called 'Riding Bikes' in Berlin, Germany,” said Siskind.

Rauschenberg is synonymous with collaboration. In that vein, Siskind brainstormed with Brown’s theater students on a storyline for the play.

“I sent the image to Stuart and with his students, we looked at it and I asked them for their initial responses, like what they thought this meant to them and through their answers that helped me shape the play, shape the story,” Siskind explained.

Theater student IsaBella Fernanda Ginart was part

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