Initiation: Embodying our Stories

The group work provides a creative forum for personal introspection and interpersonal dialogue, while simultaneously raising the social and political consciousness of each of the group members. Eventually, the group interweaves selected stories into a multidisciplinary performance experience ready for public showings.

Beginning the process of interweaving the stories.

Citizen-artists learn lines once the script is formed.

Then it's a matter of getting the scenes up on their feet through a rehearsal process.

After some final notes from the director, the ensemble is ready to perform.