The Cop & The Rainbow

Running Tuesdays, April 22-May 6

Facilitated by Morgan Andrews  

Three evening sessions: 6:45-9:30pm

at the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street

Tuition is sliding scale, $10-$20 per session
Pre-register by emailing "tophilly@gmail.com"

Come learn the skills and ideas that build up to the Cop in the Head/Rainbow of Desire techniques devised by Theatre of the Oppressed founder Augusto Boal. Sometimes called "the Boal method of theatre and therapy", these techniques take all of our inhibitions and desires and put them on stage where we can deal them in the flesh. Over the course of three Tuesdays, this group will share, embody and unpack personal stories while asking important questions about the shared goals of personal growth and social change.

ABOUT THE FACILITATOR:

Morgan Andrews jumped into artmaking and theatre-as-activism in the late 1990s. He helped start Philly's Puppet Uprising in 2000 and has organized street theatre protest-parades and pageants with a network of artist-activists all over the globe. Morgan discovered and trained in Theatre of the Oppressed in Brazil, New York and India, and then founded T.O. Philly in 2008 as a way to make this work accessible and affordable in his home city. He also teaches yoga and creates plays with the Medium Theatre Company.

Living in Communities

A 2-part workshop led by Julie Lipson

Mondays, April 21+28, 6:30-9:00pm

at the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street

Tuition: $15-$35 sliding scale 
Pre-register with an email to "tophilly@gmail.com", or call our NEW voicemail number: 267-282-1057.

 

Many of us are constantly around others, and yet often feel alone. This two-part workshop provides the opportunity to explore what we look for in a community, what our roles are in community, and how we can build and sustain community with those around us. Through improv games and theatre techniques, we will dig deep into the dynamics of being roommates, neighbors, and even strangers to the people we encounter every day.

ABOUT THE FACILITATOR:

Julie Lipson is a songwriter and music therapist with a flair for orchestrating participatory concerts for musicians and non-musicians alike. In 2009 she co-founded Camp Aranu'tiq, a bi-coastal summer camp for transgender and gender-variant youth. She also organizes call-and-response Jewish chanting events in spaces all over Philadelphia. Julie holds an MA from Drexel University's Creative Arts Therapies Program and began working with T.O. Philly in 2011. Her craft is a vibrant and playful mixture of all of the above.