Intro to Collaborative Storytelling explores the creative process of devised theater. Casting aside traditionally defined roles (actor, director, playwright, etc.) this workshop offers participants the opportunity to experience first-hand how an original story can begin with an idea and evolve through artistic collaboration. The process includes ideation, personal narratives, improvisation, and use of basic actor's tools: voice, body, and imagination. Participants will examine two specific questions: "What is the story we want to tell?" and "How do we want to tell it?"
TARA RICASA is a SoCal-based theatre-maker and teaching artist. She graduated from UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television and spent several years in New York producing original works as co-founder and co-artistic director of Vertigo Theater Company. Tara has worked with Processional Arts Workshop, Big Apple Circus, BAM, BRIC, Labyrinth Theater Company, Red Fern Theatre Company, Sledgehammer Theatre, and Fern Street Circus. She works as a teaching artist with The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, Center Theatre Group, The Unusual Suspects, San Diego Guild of Puppetry, and Bocón Arts. Proud member AEA. www.tararicasa.com
