SPRING WORKSHOP SERIES

Join us for even more hands-on, community-centered, and creative workshops, beginning MAY 17, for our SPRING WORKSHOP SERIES. Facilitated by theater industry leaders, these workshops are open to the public, ages 14 and up, for a $50 registration fee. Current and former MCC Youth Company members, enrolled students in NYC, and Hell’s Kitchen neighbors can request a discount code by emailing education@mcctheater.org. Be sure to check back for additional offerings.

CHALLENGING POWER STRUCTURES thru THEATE: FEMINISM & GENDER PERFORMANCE

CHALLENGING POWER STRUCTURES thru THEATER: FEMINISM & GENDER PERFORMANCE

with EMMY WEISSMAN

MAY 17 at 2 PM

In this hands-on workshop, participants will examine the influence of societal power structures through the lens of gender, focusing on how feminist theater and drag performance can challenge and transform these dynamics. Through collaborative devised theater activities and games, participants will explore how performance can act as a tool for social change.

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PLAYING WITHPERSPECTIVE

PLAYING WITH PERSPECTIVE

with MAY TREUHAFT-ALI

JUN 2 at 6 PM

In most artistic mediums, we experience a story from one perspective: films and TV shows through the camera’s lens, and prose through the voice of the narrator. In plays, however, every character brings a different perspective to the story, and each audience member gets to decide which one(s) to focus on. In this playwriting workshop, we’ll experiment with telling the same story from different perspectives through a series of generative exercises. No previous playwriting experience necessary!

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MEET THE FACILITATORS

EMMY WEISSMAN

EMMY WEISSMAN (she/her) is a playwright and arts educator based in NYC. She has served as a teaching artist with Brooklyn Arts Council, Arts Connection, New York Theater Workshop, Girl Be Heard, NYC Children’s Theater, 92nd Street Y, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, and SOUL Sisters Leadership Collective. Recent works include MIKVAH GIRLS (Hollywood Fringe Best Drama, Relentless Award Honorable Mention), THE SISTERS FOX (Theatre Masters/Take Ten), and OPEN STUDIO (LaGuardia Performing Arts Center). She is currently pursuing her MFA in playwriting at Hunter College.