Événement

Missoula Oblongata Workshop at Heart of the Beast

At Heart of the Beast Theatre
1500 E. Lake St. Minneapolis, MN 55404
Noon to five o'clock.

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
The Missoula Oblongata has developed a specific style of workshop based on our own collaborative process and our experience as radical artists. The workshop brings students together in small teams to write and create short performances from the ground up-- from conception to writing to designing to building to performing.

First we use a variety of movement techniques to awaken and bring awareness to the body. Then we guide students through the very same writing/conceiving prompts that we use to write our own scripts and structure our collaboration. After this, students are given a wealth of physical resources (space, junk, art supplies, power and hand tools, sewing machines, desk lamps, electrical equipment, etc.) with which to craft a collaborative performance.

Over the course of the workshop we instruct students in any new skills they need/want to develop (sewing, drilling, wiring, cartwheels, juggling, etc.) in order to make their piece, while guiding them through the craft of making theatre in a moment-by-moment way. In order to balance the very practical, hands-on work which takes up most of the workshop time, we also include a lecture component which focuses on the more theoretical aspects of collaboration and DIY theatre-making.