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Power of Words Conference 2017

August 18, 2017 @ 8:00 am - August 20, 2017 @ 5:00 pm

August 18th-20th
Ferry Beach in Saco, Maine

True Story Theater will be offering a workshop as part of the pre-conference and performance to kick off the multi-day TLAN conference. The conference, founded in 2003, features workshops in four tracks: narrative medicine, social change, right livelihood (and making a living through the arts), ecological literacy, and engaged spirituality.
https://www.tlanetwork.org/conference

True Story Theater Pre-Conference Workshop
Friday, August 18th, 9:30-11:30 AM
Creative Empathy that Builds Bridges Across Difference — Learn applied improv tools from True Story Theater ensemble members. The session will help you express not only through your words, but also through your face and body–in a way that helps people feel heard and reaches to the heart of human stories.

True Story Theater Keynote Performance
Friday, August 18th, 7 PM
Stories of Stigma and Social Healing — We open the conference with personal stories — a key to human connection. In Playback Theater performance, volunteers from the audience are helped to share what’s important in their lives. On the spot, actors then portray the heart of what they heard using music, movement, and dialogue. From this simple interaction, people laugh, cry, share fresh insights, and bond. This performance will explore stories of healing from social stigmas of all sorts (e.g. race, class, ability, age, etc.).

Power of Words Conference: Transformation, Liberation, and Celebration Through the Spoken, Written, and Sung Word, with workshops, performances, talking circles, celebration, and more, featuring writers, storytellers, performers, musicians, community leaders, activists, educators, and health professionals.

Details

Start:
August 18, 2017 @ 8:00 am
End:
August 20, 2017 @ 5:00 pm
Website:
https://www.tlanetwork.org/conference

Venue

Ferry Beach
Ferry Beach
Sacco, ME United States
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Details

Start:
August 18, 2017 @ 8:00 am
End:
August 20, 2017 @ 5:00 pm
Website:
https://www.tlanetwork.org/conference

Venue

Ferry Beach
Ferry Beach
Sacco, ME United States
+ Google Map

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.