Tag: Play

Peddling Candy to the Starving – Theatre Games

We are all hungry for play, so hungry you could feed us cotton candy and we would thank you… But at what price?

Failing Gloriously – Manifesto Sneak Peek

Without the possibility of failure, nothing new can be discovered or accomplished.

Tapping into Your Childlike Instincts

[fblike] “I began to think of children not as immature adults, but of adults as atrophied children.” K. Johnstone “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”  Pablo Picasso How do we tap back into our naturally creative selves?  We were born with the survival instincts to explore.  We …

Play Today! – An Energy Game

[fblike] On the blog, we’re starting to spotlight exercises we use in rehearsals and workshops.  The key is never the game itself, it’s the use of it.  One game can be used in so many different ways, accomplishing many different goals.  Keep in mind:  What does the group need?  Why am I using this exercise …

Independent – Play

Somehow and somewhere we have lost our ability to play freely without judgment. I’m amazed at the amount of times I need to remind students, of any age, that they have an open opportunity to play within these exercises. They still feel closed off, shut down and simply not willing to let themselves go….