Manhattan Experimental Theater Workshop

a program of the Manhattan Arts Center in Manhattan, Kansas

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  • COME LEARN ABOUT MXTW AT OUR PIZZA PARTY!

    COME LEARN ABOUT MXTW AT OUR PIZZA PARTY!

    MXTW 2023 registration is now open. Come learn about the workshop, play some games, and eat some pizza at this casual information session. WHEN: Saturday, April 1 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm WHERE: Manhattan Arts Center 1520 Poyntz Ave, Manhattan KS Please wear comfortable clothes you can move in. We hope to see you there!…

  • This summer we will make theater together while we’re apart!

    This summer we will make theater together while we’re apart!

    MXTW Responds to the Pandemic Due to the COVID-19 pandemic this summer’s Manhattan Experimental Theater Workshop will be held as an online course. We did not come to this decision lightly. We know that a great deal of what we value about the experience MXTW offers is because of our work together in the same…

  • Behind the mask:

    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?…

  • An echo in your head.o

    An echo in your head.o

    An echo is a reflection of sound. A memory could be a reflection of anything. An echo is a present reflection of a past occurrence; a degraded version with a quality that diminishes with every return. A memory is just the same.  “How could I ever forget?” Words laughed while gathered and sharing memories. How…

  • MXTW 2018 is Starting Strong!

    MXTW 2018 is Starting Strong!

    We have 18 passionate participants and four dedicated directors who are already three sessions in to this year’s theatrical adventure. he died saying that farce is a poetic element like sorrow for example then they sang crocrocrocrocrocrocro We have tried our hands at performing some Dada and discussed the dramatic tension of Beckett’s later minimalistic…

  • MXTW is Norway Bound!

    MXTW is Norway Bound!

    We’re taking this show on the road. It is with great delight that we announce we are close enough to our fundraising goals for the Norway exchange that we will be making the trip! We have nine students and two directors who can’t wait to go show Oslo audiences our work! We have raised over…

  • NeXT/MXTW Collaborative Piece

    NeXT/MXTW Collaborative Piece

      I apologize for the quality of the images. My main HD card died on me and all I had to work with was my 8 GB extra card, so I couldn’t shoot in RAW, only JPEG. Full resolution ones are available on our Flickr.

  • We’re getting Ready for the Norway Bound fundraiser this friday!

    Hello MXTW Fans, Our Norway Bound Fundraiser is happening this Friday, March 9th at the Manhattan Arts Center! Check out these photos of our students and alumni preparing some experimentaly performance goodness for you! There is desserty goodness in the works too with our experimental theater themed dessert contest! Come see how our creative dessert…

  • Help Support MXTW

    Help Support MXTW

    We have been sending emails and making posts about some fundraisers we have going on. We have realized there may be some confusion because we are actually running two different fundraising campaigns at the moment. Raise a sustaining fund to ensure MXTW will continue into the future Raise funds to send some of the MXTW…