New to True Story Theater? Please read description below the event.
Saturday, September 13 , 7:30pm
Have you ever offered help or hospitality to someone you didn’t know — or been the recipient of a stranger’s kindness? Ever found it easy to open up to someone precisely because they didn’t know you? Every friend we have has started off as a stranger. Let’s learn from each others’ stories.
Our community partner for this show is The Time Trade Circle, a greater-Boston area “time bank” that enables people to safely and fairly exchange skills and services.
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.
What nourishes us? Stories of connection & purpose.