Category: 2011
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Session 2, Part 1: Bertolt Brecht
Played Red Ball, A/B shaping, and Move on Exhale. Explained target stories and I was chomping at the bit to take suggestions, but we were only explaining the concept today. Next time, I’ll be ready though. Read Brecht and Open Theater. I think Gweth will post about Open Theater later, but I presented Brecht. Bertolt…
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dreamwork/bodywork
by gwethalyn So, it’s my favorite time of the year again! That’s right, time to take my stretchy velvet pants off the mothballs and dust off the K-tag. Thanks to a shorter than usual hiatus as a result of our extended fringin’ season last year, I can hardly believe it’s here already . . .…
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Session 1, Part 2: Our swelling ranks and Cocteau.
by gwethalyn As we began our first session we were a very small group and I was worried that we would have the same problem which plagued us for the past three years, low enrollment. But as we have learned, this process does work with a very small group, so I mustered my optimism and…
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Day 1, Part 1: Gertrude Stein
First session was excellent. The directors are all VERY impressed with this group of participants. They are wicked smart, have excellent critical thinking skills, and are great movers; their parents and teachers should be very proud. What follows is a kind of synopsis of what we went over in the readings that day: Gertrude Stein…
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What a Night
So enrollment is up to 14 now and there is talk of more people being possible! This is amazing and totally has exceeded my expectations. Congrats to all who helped with recruiting, this year is off to a great start. Gweth, Josh, Chad, and I met at Radina’s tonight and planned the exercises for the…
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Enrollment update!
Good news! Gweth has informed me that enrollment is currently at 12, and perhaps 13. That means groups of 4 for the plays 😀 It’s not the huge beast that it was in recent memory, but a definite improvement from 9.
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Recruitment update
Up to 10. 7 Veterans with 3 Newcomers. Hoping for more, I’d be super excited to have 12-15 participants this year.
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It’s not too late!!!
We have 9 students in the Workshop so far, but there is room for more. Please don’t be dissuaded by the May 1st early deadline on the pamphlets. We will accept new participants until May 26th, as long as you are able to attend 3 of the teaching sessions you can participate in the rest…
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What You Know & Who You Know
[slideshow] Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Gertrude Stein, 1906. Federico de Madrazo de Ochoa, Portrait of Jean Cocteau, 1910-1912. Rudolf Schlichter, Portrait Bertolt Brecht, 1926. Damian Byrne, Beckett, 2007. Well I tried to find artwork of each of our playwrights this year and only succeeded with Stein, Cocteau, Brecht, and Beckett (there will be a whole…