Author: Gwethalyn Williams
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MXTW 2016 Week One: Sessions 3 & 4
by Gwethalyn [and some notes by Flinn] We do so much in each session it’s hard to combine two into one blog entry, but one blog entry is all I’ve got time for, so I’ll just have to tell you about only the very coolest things that happened these sessions. [Flinn: We played a round of…
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MXTW 2016 BEGINS! Sessions 1 & 2
by Gwethalyn Session one began with the usual butterflies in my directorly stomach. Luckily, the butterflies are always quelled by the obvious enthusiasm of the participants to get started. We’ve got a good sized group of 19 students this year. Lots of returning participants, lots of graduating seniors who have been in the workshop multiple…
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Session 1: Madame Rachilde and the DADAists
Well, we’re all lined up to have the largest group ever this summer. They are 27 strong and already a force to be reckoned with! We did some moving through the space imagining we were surrounded by bubbles that bounced off each other and getting anywhere was well neigh impossible. But the excitement of the…
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Theater of the Oppressed Workshop Performance Comes to the MAC
ANYONE INTERESTED IN EXPERIMENTAL THEATER SHOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS: Theater of the Oppressed was created by Augusto Boal and we use many exercises from his work in our training for the workshop. A visiting professor and practitioner of Theater of the Oppressed is leading a workshop for some K-State students next week and they…
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NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2015!
Spaces are limited so don’t delay, apply right away! If you’ve got questions please email director Gwethalyn Williams at gwethalynw@gmail.com.
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the rupture of silence in the hollow of uncanniness. I will always remember these times. – Session 6: Mac Wellman and Young Jean Lee
This was the last of the sessions in which we read and discuss examples of experimental theater. I must admit that I am always just a little sad to see this day come. I love the creation process that follows, but these first few sessions that have no goal other than exploration and trying things…
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the only gold is music seepin through fog – Or so we butchers always say. – Session 5: shange and Schenkar
I always love doing vocal work on the day we read Joan Schenkar’s The Universal Wolf. There are so many juicy lines to choose from. Today’s choice: “Every Pleasure has its Penalties.” We did some work on this one sounding like sweeping brooms. There were both corn brooms (that’s what they’re called, I looked it…
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-went back that time to look was the ruin – I assume you’re the same.- Session 4: Samuel Beckett & Lee Breuer
In session four we finally got to one of my favorite vocal exercises, speaking like bells. We used the line from one of our later readings: “There is no sleep so deep I would not hear you there.” Megan led this one and she asked different groups in the room to speak like different kinds…
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The Judgement of Your Life is Your Life. Brother And Sister Rat We Are. – Session 3: Open Theater & Adrienne Kennedy
We started session three off with some explorations of vocal techniques that can be used to disrupt our natural ways of speaking – a handy tool for our toolbox indeed. We played around with changes in speed, unusual emphasis, and my personal favorite, the unconcealed breath. Then we worked on creating some soundscapes together. We…