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Stories of the Port Workshop: Community Art Center

February 4, 2015 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

An Intergenerational Workshop:
“Stories of Change & Identity”
Wednesday, Feb. 4th 5:30pm
at the Community Arts Center

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The Community Art Center and True Story Theater invite you to participate in an intergenerational story telling experience and workshop.

Join teens from the Community Art Center enrichment program and residents featured in the Cambridge Historical Commission’s new oral history book “We are the Port” by Sarah Boyer to learn skills of improvisational story telling with True Story Theater and bring one another’s stories to life!
All welcome. Free workshop – donations welcomed.
This event is for TMP Enrichment Class, Teens, & Adults from Area IV/ Port Neighborhood & wider community

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Details

Date:
February 4, 2015
Time:
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Venue

Community Art Center
119 Windsor Street
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States + Google Map
Phone
617-868-7100

Details

Date:
February 4, 2015
Time:
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Venue

Community Art Center
119 Windsor Street
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States + Google Map
Phone
617-868-7100

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.