Manhattan Experimental Theater Workshop

a program of the Manhattan Arts Center in Manhattan, Kansas

Tag: Pineapple Umbrella

  • Session 4: Problems and Solutions

    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 room different? How is the sound different? How does the concrete floor feel on bare…

  • Session 7: Pineapple Umbrella, Ribbon Game, Move with Resistance

    Session 7: Pineapple Umbrella, Ribbon Game, Move with Resistance

    Session 7 was amazing. Gweth will have a nice thorough write up on it in the next couple days. It takes her a few hours to write those awesome indepth posts, and she’s not had a few hours to spare since we divided into small groups. Long story short: For session 7 we reviewed authors,…

  • 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…