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Interactive Performance: Workshop & Casting
Explore a new form of dramatic improvisation where the audience is the star
I have been an improviser for nine years and am struck by the unique depth and meaning created through this form; it has redefined for me what is possible in improv.
- Amanda Miller, inter-actor
Like acting on a high wire, this work demands of me more energy, focus, and sheer faith than any other kind of performance. Onstage with this technique, I feel all of my self is engaged in an act of performance but also of compassion and generosity, such that I feel whole and also egoless.
- Sarah-Doe Osborne, inter-actor
Playing With Reality is looking to expand. We’re offering a free workshop for our unique style of interactive performance to anyone interested in becoming a company member. Being admitted into the workshop does not guarantee admission into the company, nor does accepting a place in the workshop obligate you to join the company.
Preferred experience: long-form improvisation training; background in dramatic acting
Producer: Playing With Reality (playingwithreality.wordpress.com)
Instructor: Shea Elmore
Auditions (By Appointment Only): Wednesday, March 2, 6-10pm & Sunday, March 6, 1-5pm
Workshop: Saturday-Sunday, March 19-20, 12-3pm; Monday-Tuesday, March 21-22, 7-10pm; cumulative performance Wednesday, March 23, 7-10pm
Cost: Free of Charge
Contact: InteractivePerformance@gmail.com
This is unlike anything I’ve ever seen in the theater.
- Ben Kawaller, spect-actor
It was both extraordinarily complicated and wickedly simple - the experience of acting without lines has never felt so emotionally satisfying.
- Ryan McCurdy, spect-actor
About Playing With Reality
This style of interactive performance was developed by Jeff Wirth at University of Central Florida’s Interactive Performance Lab. Playing With Reality was founded by former lab member, Shea Elmore, through a similar workshop to the one currently offered.
The company’s successful debut, THIS IS STORYBOX, led to a residency at the new Canal Park Playhouse. Shea also performed a solo show in Amsterdam in the fall, The Choices We Make.
The group continues to develop the forms of StoryBox and SimuLife while creating interactive tools that are useful to an individual artist as well as a growing corporation.
First-Hand Experience
This style is not simple to describe. There are a few options to learn more about us:
- Take a look through our website - playingwithreality.wordpress.com.
- Attend an upcoming performance of Properties of Play (2nd & 4th Monday each month: Jan 24, Feb 14, Feb 28, etc), Canal Park Playhouse, 7:30pm, $10 tickets.
- Write about attending a rehearsal to play as a spect-actor (Jan 31, Feb 7, Feb 21), Canal Park Playhouse, 7:30-10:30pm.
Explore a new form of dramatic improvisation where the audience is the star
I have been an improviser for nine years and am struck by the unique depth and meaning created through this form; it has redefined for me what is possible in improv.
- Amanda Miller, inter-actor
Like acting on a high wire, this work demands of me more energy, focus, and sheer faith than any other kind of performance. Onstage with this technique, I feel all of my self is engaged in an act of performance but also of compassion and generosity, such that I feel whole and also egoless.
- Sarah-Doe Osborne, inter-actor
Playing With Reality is looking to expand. We’re offering a free workshop for our unique style of interactive performance to anyone interested in becoming a company member. Being admitted into the workshop does not guarantee admission into the company, nor does accepting a place in the workshop obligate you to join the company.
Preferred experience: long-form improvisation training; background in dramatic acting
Producer: Playing With Reality (playingwithreality.wordpress.com)
Instructor: Shea Elmore
Auditions (By Appointment Only): Wednesday, March 2, 6-10pm & Sunday, March 6, 1-5pm
Workshop: Saturday-Sunday, March 19-20, 12-3pm; Monday-Tuesday, March 21-22, 7-10pm; cumulative performance Wednesday, March 23, 7-10pm
Cost: Free of Charge
Contact: InteractivePerformance@gmail.com
This is unlike anything I’ve ever seen in the theater.
- Ben Kawaller, spect-actor
It was both extraordinarily complicated and wickedly simple - the experience of acting without lines has never felt so emotionally satisfying.
- Ryan McCurdy, spect-actor
About Playing With Reality
This style of interactive performance was developed by Jeff Wirth at University of Central Florida’s Interactive Performance Lab. Playing With Reality was founded by former lab member, Shea Elmore, through a similar workshop to the one currently offered.
The company’s successful debut, THIS IS STORYBOX, led to a residency at the new Canal Park Playhouse. Shea also performed a solo show in Amsterdam in the fall, The Choices We Make.
The group continues to develop the forms of StoryBox and SimuLife while creating interactive tools that are useful to an individual artist as well as a growing corporation.
First-Hand Experience
This style is not simple to describe. There are a few options to learn more about us:
- Take a look through our website - playingwithreality.wordpress.com.
- Attend an upcoming performance of Properties of Play (2nd & 4th Monday each month: Jan 24, Feb 14, Feb 28, etc), Canal Park Playhouse, 7:30pm, $10 tickets.
- Write about attending a rehearsal to play as a spect-actor (Jan 31, Feb 7, Feb 21), Canal Park Playhouse, 7:30-10:30pm.