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Session 4: Problems and Solutions
Today we temporarily moved from our usual rehearsal space to the JNT Company office space. A little disoriented, but ready to keep learning, we started our session by exploring our new space. How is the size and shape of the…
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Session 3: The Task is Masks
I’ve realized that after today’s workshop, we are halfway through the reader! It’s always surprising to me just how quickly the workshop goes. But clearly, we are not stopping for anybody as we rolled through the day’s exercises with gusto…
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Session 2: Sounding in the Storm
“We don’t whine enough.” Megan made this hilarious statement during warm-ups as she instructed us to whine while pretending to suck on a sour lemon drop. But honestly, she’s right! Not just about whining, but about all the things we…
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Session 1: Pure Actor-Research
“I became twice as excited when I walked in here because the energy was so great!” Here is the remark of one new participant as we began the ritualistic process of introducing ourselves that comes with the start of any…
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MXTW 2019 Is Now Accepting Students Entering Grade 9
We are excited to announce that Manhattan Experimental Theater Workshop is now accepting students who will be entering grade nine in the fall for the 2019 summer workshop, Speaking Thunder: Theater! Sessions begin May 18th. In addition, we still have…
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We Are Now Accepting Applications for MXTW 2019! Questions? Look Here!
WHAT IS MXTW? The Manhattan Experimental Theater Workshop (MXTW) is a program of the Manhattan Arts Center. MXTW is a 5-week workshop in May–June for high school students. Part classroom and part production company, participants study various styles of avant-garde…
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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…
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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…
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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…