Tag: mxtw
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Session Four: We Answer Grotowski’s Call to Witness and Betsuyaku Accuses Us of Forgetting What We Saw.
In session four we started the readings with two plays by prolific Japanese playwright Betsuyaku Minoru. Always exciting to get away from the old Western dudes the theater in this country is dominated by. We read some of The Little Match Girl and “The Corpse With Feet.” Both plays explore how cultural traditions and expectations…
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Session Three: Do blogs require clever titles? If so, does Handke actually rhyme with Kennedy? And if so, can I use that somehow?
In session three we were were joined by some new participants. Joyous hooray! More minds and bodies makes for a better workshop all around. We read “Prophecy” and “Self-Accusation” by Peter Handke. Handke has some pretty radical ideas about what theater should be. In his early Sprechstucke or speak-ins he took everything away from the…
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Session One: Who’s Your Dada? and Madame Rachilde Wears the Pants.
Day one started out with the usual stuff, stretching, breathing, exploring the space, shaping and moving, discussions of the work we’re about to embark on and the respect for each other and for the work needed among the group to be successful. We read “The Transparent Doll” by Madame Rachilde. Rachilde was a member of…
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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
It’s hot and humid outside, I’ve been burning rubber several times a week on interstate 70 between Lawrence and Manhattan, and all kinds of muscles I forgot existed for the last 46 weeks are insisting, not only that they really do exist, but also that I have been abusing them. All these signs together can…