Tag: Futurists
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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 collaborative process. It made me reflect on what I felt like my first day 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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Not Slightly Mouths of Fire – Session 1: The Futurists and Gertrude Stein
My Experimental Theater cup really runneth over as we had 26 applicants before the first session. Thank you to all of our returning participants for helping spread the word and recruiting a great group of fresh faces for our workshop this year. As this year’s participants began to show up we swept the floor of…
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Session One: The Symbolists & The Futurists
by Gwethalyn The first few moments of the first session are always accompanied by a certain amount of incredulity from my unrelentingly skeptical brain. Is it really possible that we have all gathered here to do this work that I so love? Have we really managed to make this work again? For 24 (TWENTYFOUR!) years…