Thursday, August 5 -- 9:00am-12:00pm
10 minimum, 40 maximum -- $50

Michael Rohd has been exploring the intersection of theatre and democracy for years with his company Sojourn Theatre and through his projects with collaborators and universities around the nation.  'Civic theatre' (a term he has begun using to describe some of his own work) aims to bring an adventurous theatricality to a focused interrogation of contemporary issues by offering spaces for civic engagement throughout the process of developing new performance-- it's a porous series of events combining research, participatory activity, and studio (artist-focused) sessions that allow, invite and demand community members and community expertise into the dramaturgy before and after production in a variety of ways.  This session will offer a sequence of physical activity, solo to group work, and devising strategies that investigate the relationship between story, site, idea & event.  We will examine and play through devising as a process for ensemble-created performance material.