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Open Rehearsal – August

August 16, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Sunday, August 16
3-4:30 pm

(sorry this rehearsal is cancelled. We hope to reschedule another one soon! Email us if you want to get an update.)

Join True Story for an Open Rehearsal. Facilitated by Christopher Ellinger. To register and get the zoom link please email: Amber[at]TrueStoryTheater.org.

Have you always wanted to experience behind the scenes? Learn the forms? Try your hand at Playback? Here’s your chance.

For much of the rehearsal you’ll be invited to join in: for warmups, being a teller, and (only if you wish) for a time “on stage” with members of the troupe. Watch how troupe members rehearse for upcoming gigs.

Suggested donation is $5-15

Go here to donate and please write in “open rehearsal”

Details

Date:
August 16, 2020
Time:
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Details

Date:
August 16, 2020
Time:
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

What happens in a True Story Theater performance?  Our events bring together the delight of improvisation with the courageous vulnerability of people sharing their personal truth.

The show’s emcee (called “the conductor”) facilitates brief, spontaneous conversations with volunteers from the audience who share their own feelings and experiences related to the show’s theme.  After each conversation, the actors and musician immediately embody the key feelings and actions they heard, using movement, music, dialogue, and superb listening. All of it is improvised on the spot. During the course of a 75 minute show, True Story enacts about 6-8 stories.

From this simple interaction, audience members feel validated, laugh, cry, get insights about their lives, and feel an expanded sense of community. You can share a moment from your life and see it performed, or just come to watch.

What are True Story Theater’s classes like?  We will teach you the basics of Playback Theatre, which can hone your listening skills for everyday life.  All are welcome.  Classes are supportive, informal, intimate, and fun, an enriching experience for both newcomers and experienced actors.