It's (a) Happening!
Participatory Theatre Workshop held by Erin B. Mee
18 July at 4:30 | Public Park in Zafferana Etnea
The workshop is admission-free and open to anybody. No previous experience in the performing arts field is required. Comfortable clothing is suggested.
Book your place with an e-mail to emanuela.digrigoli@iterculture.eu
Participatory theatre invites audiences to co-create theatre pieces in which they are the protagonist. This workshop introduces skills and techniques for creating successful participatory events using a variety of exercises and tools developed by the world’s leading practitioners.
Erin B. Mee is a scholar-director whose productions have been experienced in over 36 countries including Argentina, Australia, China, England, France, India, Italy, Lithuania, Nepal, Russia, Scotland, Singapore, and the United States where she has directed at the Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, SoHo Rep, HERE, The Magic Theatre, and The Guthrie Theater. She is the Founding Artistic Director of This Is Not A Theatre Company, with whom she has conceived and directed Pool Play, A Serious Banquet, Readymade Cabaret, Ferry Play, Subway Plays, Festival de la Vie for the Avignon Festival, Versailles, Pool Play 2.0 for the International Theatre Festival of Kerala, Theatre In The Dark: Carpe Diem, Play!, Readymade Cabaret 2.0, Play…In Your Bathtub 2.0 (also translated into Russian and performed by WOWWOWWOW in Moscow), Tree Confessions (starring Kathleen Chalfant) for the Edinburgh, Brighton, Camden, Melbourne, Greater Manchester, Hamilton, Singapore, Sydney, and Philadelphia Fringe festivals and the Nepal International Theatre Festival, and Adentros y Afueras, Confesiones de un Árbol, y Una Obra en tu Bañera for the International Theatre Festival of Buenos Aires (FIBA), as well as Dreamscapes (in both Spanish and Italian versions). She is Associate Arts Professor in the Department of Drama, Tisch, NYU.