Manhattan Experimental Theater Workshop

a program of the Manhattan Arts Center in Manhattan, Kansas

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  • the only gold is music seepin through fog – Or so we butchers always say. – Session 5: shange and Schenkar

    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…

  • Session 5: Gao and shange

    by Gwethalyn In the first part of session 5 we played a little bit of a game we have coined Pineapple Umbrella. It is really just a slight variation on our usual shape making exercises where we have added the element of calling out words when the participants are to change shapes, rather than just…