Category: 2018
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MXTW 2020 Pre-registration is live now!
We know there is a lot of uncertainty at this time. Here is some information regarding this summer’s workshop in light of the Covid-19 pandemic: Just like everyone, everywhere, we are waiting to see what happens and have no way to anticipate at this time if the workshop will be able to happen in its…
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Sneak Peak
Here are some highlights of our tech week rehearsals.
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It’s photo time!
And it is almost showtime! Tomorrow (June 15) is the first of the two 30th anniversary MXTW performances. A few weeks ago, everything you will see did not exist yet. We had no scripts, nor did we even know what our target story was going to be. And now we are ready to perform five…
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What’s in a name?
chewing dreams, hungry thoughts, devouring visions…. These are just a few of the slogans or titles (or however you want to think of them as) that are used to describe every year of MXTW. But what do they mean? And who is the one thinking them up? Jim Hamilton, of course, is the one responsible.…
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Inside the reader.
The first two weeks of MXTW are spent studying 12 different plays, playwrights, or movements from the history of experimental theatre throughout the past and current century. These plays are collected into what is called the reader. Alums will be familiar with the nature of the reader, while parents, friends, and family might not be…
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How art thou out of breath
when thou hast breath / to say to me that thou art out of breath? This week all of us have been hard at work building our set and writing! The group has been putting together the two whole company pieces, as well as writing their smaller group pieces. Building the set required two days…
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Take it in what sense thou wilt.
That’s right! This year’s target story is Romeo and Juliet. We will be exploring this story with two company pieces written using the techniques of the DADAists and Goat Island. In addition, smaller groups will be using the techniques of Richard Foreman, ntozake shange, Heiner Müller, Joan Schenkar, and Will Eno. And that’s all for…
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“Strange, but cool.”
That’s a Jim quote from today’s workshop session. Have you ever tried to explain MXTW to someone who had absolutely no idea what MXTW is? For some reason, it’s really hard and for me, I can never seem to find the right words that adequately express how wonderful it is. My explanation usually devolves into…
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Behind the mask:
Who is behind the mask that appears every year at MXTW? What inspired their creation? Do they have anything to do with the yearly slogan? Is there any relation between them and the target stories chosen? The answers are: currently Ashley Flinn, many things, yes and no, and no and yes. Who is Ashley Flinn?…