Tag: stories
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Embodying Story: Part Two
Sometime in my thirties I became part of a very active Playback Theatre troupe. Playback is an improvisational form in which individuals from the audience tell personal stories and the actors on stage seek to faithfully play the story back to the teller. Doing Playback well is a remarkably challenging practice, one filled with opportunities…
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Embodying Story
This is the first of a two-part post that was originally published in earlier this month in THE BeZINE. I’ve been making theatre for nearly as long as I can remember. My first memory of being on stage was in grade school. I was an ultra-skinny kid with a pronounced Polio limp, earning me the…
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Summer Sunday, Reprise
We made it to the park and spent a majestic day on the lake. Jennie took the kayak out before I managed to bring out either camera so there is no documentation of her voyage. Suffice to say she enjoyed the warm water and bright yellow water lilies. (I had just been listening to a…
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Summer Sunday
We are in the midst of a series of fine days. The maple up the street, the one that fills my office window, is rapidly turning red, and there are hints of color in other trees as well. The robin that took up residence on our porch has settled into nesting, and we are actively…
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