If you want to participate but think you will have difficulty meeting these recommendations, please reach out to Gwethalyn (gwethalyn@manhattanarts.org). There may still be options for you to participate based on your availability. Please don’t assume you can’t participate.
Attendance recommendations
First two weeks: Exploration work
Our estimate is that in the first two weeks the recommended work will take you around 8–10 hours per week to complete.
Reader Discussion Sessions
We recommend you attend as many Reader Discussion sessions as you can, but you must attend at least 2 online Reader Discussion sessions and complete the optional activities for at least two more reader selections in order to join a small group creation team.
Meaning you must read and think about at least half of the reader selections before making technique choices to join a small group. Technique choices are due through an online form by 7 pm on May 28th.
Exploration Sessions and Individual Work
Our recommendation for exploration work is that you complete roughly 12 hours of exploration activities over the course of the first two weeks.
This can be split up between our online Exploration sessions, and activities you can do individually on your own schedule posted as assignments in the Google Classroom. The assignments have attached time estimates you can use to gauge how much individual work you are doing.
You need to attend at least 4 hours of online Exploration sessions.
Target Story Discussion
Target Story Discussion sessions are optional. Voting will take place through online forms.
Group viewings of completed work
Online Group Viewing of Completed Work meetings are optional. These are a chance for people to gather online at the same time to view work that has been done individually.
Most work that is done individually will be available for participants to view in Google Classroom as it is turned in. These meetings will allow those who have not had time to explore the entries on their own a time to gather together to see what has been done.
Last three weeks: Creation process
The amount of time needed during the creation process weeks will depend on if you decide to join a small group, participate in only the whole company pieces, or participate in both. Our estimate is that a small group will take around 8-10 hours of work per week and the whole company will also take around 8-10 hours of work per week.
How to read the schedule
The exploration session schedule is designed for flexibility of attendance, no one is expected to attend all of these sessions, rather to attend the ones that fit best in their schedule. You are welcome to attend as many sessions as you like and we encourage you to attend them. They will be fun! You must attend at least 4 hours of online exploration session.
Some sessions have multiples with the same description and number, for example “Exploration 3” or “Whole Company 2.” In these sessions we will be doing the same things, so you do not need to attend both of them.
In the last 3 weeks, if you choose to join a small group, those sessions will be scheduled within your small group and will be in addition to the sessions listed here.
The sessions below are all online meetings where we work together as a group. Exploration work on individual assignments and individual work towards creation of pieces will take place outside of these times.
MXTW 2020 Schedule
All times are in Central Time
Saturday, May 16
10:00 – 11:15 am
Reader Discussion Session 1: Gertrude Stein & Antonin Artaud
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Exploration Session 1
Sunday, May 17
10:00 – 11:15 am
Reader Discussion Session 2: Vaclav Havel & Peter Handke
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Exploration Session 2
Monday, May 18
10:00 – 11:30 am
Exploration Session 3
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Exploration Session 3
Tuesday, May 19
10:00 – 11:30 am
Exploration Session 4
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Exploration Session 4
Wednesday, May 20
7:00 – 8:15 pm
Reader Discussion Session 3: Betsuyaku Minoru & JoAnne Akalaitis
Thursday, May 21
10:00 – 11:30 am
Exploration Session 5
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Exploration Session 5
Friday, May 22
10:00 – 11:30 am
Exploration Session 6
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Exploration Session 6
Saturday, May 23
10:00 – 11:15 am
Reader Discussion Session 4: Adrienne Kennedy & Lee Breuer
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Exploration Session 7
Sunday, May 24
10:00 – 11:15 am
Reader Discussion Session 5: Xingjian Gao & Diane Glancy
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Exploration Session 8
Monday, May 25
10:00 – 11:30 am
Exploration Session 9
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Exploration Session 9
Tuesday, May 26
10:00 – 11:30 am
Exploration Session 10
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Exploration Session 10
8:30 – 9:30 pm
Optional Group Viewing of Completed Work
Wednesday, May 27
10:00 – 11:00 am
Optional Group Viewing of Completed Work
7:00 – 8:15 pm
Reader Discussion Session 6: Goat Island & Young Jean Lee
8:30 – 9:30 pm
Optional Target Story Discussion
Thursday, May 28
10:00 – 11:30 am
Exploration Session 11
Technique choices due by 7:00 pm
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Exploration Session 11
8:30 – 9:30 pm
Optional Target Story Discussion
Friday, May 29
10:00 – 11:30 am
Exploration Session 12
Target Story final votes due by noon
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Exploration Session 12
Saturday, May 30
Announce Target Story & Small Groups
10:00 – 11:15 am
Optional Group Viewing of Completed Work
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Whole company Session 1
Small Group Meetings Begin
Wednesday, June 3
10:00 – Noon
Whole Company Session 2
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Whole Company Session 2
Saturday, June 6
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Whole Company Session 3
Sunday, June 7
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Whole Company Session 4
Wednesday, June 10
10:00 – Noon
Whole Company Session 5
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Whole Company Session 5
Saturday, June 13
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Whole Company Session 6
Sunday, June 14
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Whole Company Session 7
Wednesday, June 17
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Whole Company Session 8
Mandatory if participating in live online performance
Friday, June 19
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Full Tech Run
Mandatory if participating in live online performance
Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21
Performance time TBA