Workshops
Creative opportunities led by industry professionals from Theatre Artibus and Starry Night Productions
Collaborative Learning
Theatre Artibus and Starry Night Productions are joining together for a year of incredible workshops, learning opportunities, and networking evenings.
Check out our offerings below.
Artist Gym
ONGOING SERIES
LED BY THEATRE ARTIBUS
Meet up with other professionals at our open gym sessions. Workshop what you’ve got brewing, test out new things, or just get oozy as we warm up together. Lead or be led. Come out and practice your artistic skills. Try the concept and get feedback. Be a part of the actor/creator team
Theatre for Social Change
ADULT WORKSHOP
LED BY RACHAEL SHARP
How can we use theatre to explore social issues and imagine more just and equitable futures? In this workshop, we'll engage in applied theatre practices—including games, storytelling, image-making, and improvisation—to disrupt systems of harm and practice mutual aid and interdependent world-building.
Drawing from approaches like Theatre of the Oppressed, we will collectively shape the issues we explore, ensuring the work is grounded in the experiences and concerns of the people in the room. Applied theatre is a flexible, responsive form that adapts to place, identity, and power—centering the unique dynamics of each group it serves.
Creating Characters for Immersive Performance
ADULT WORKSHOP
LED BY STARRY NIGHT PRODUCTIONS
Join Starry Night Productions, Amber Blais for Becoming One with your Character - Character Design for Immersive Performers. An opportunity to deep dive into deepening your connection to character building and performance. This workshop is specifically targeted to performers who are interested in immersive and interactive character building. In this three part workshop, you will:
Develop and create a unique character
Dive into the knowledge needed to utilize these characters in immersive work
Understand the angles and practice needed to fully realize your character in all situations
Space for this workshop is limited to 15 participants.
Character for Movers
ADULT WORKSHOP
LED BY THEATRE ARTIBUS
Unlock the power of your body to create bold, dynamic characters. In this workshop led by Buba Basishvili of Theatre Artibus, you'll explore gestures, walks, voice, and connections to nature to build characters from the outside in.
Through physical exercises and improvisation, you'll develop tools for stage movement—timing, breath, and spatial awareness—while expanding your expressive range.
Perfect for performers and dancers with some experience, this class invites you to take risks, get out of your head, and tell stories through the body.
If we don't get enough interest for this workshop, it may be canceled and full refunds will be given to those who signed up.
Theatre of the Oppressed: The Rainbow of Desire
ADULT WORKSHOP
LED BY RACHAEL SHARP
This workshop will begin with a brief introduction to the Theatre of the Oppressed modalities, and then move into an interactive exploration of The Rainbow of Desire, a powerful approach using the aesthetic space, gestures, improvisation, movement, and intentional dialogue to express complex and sometimes conflicting emotions and desires.
We will dive into our internal worlds, exploring our dreams and desires, and investigating the barriers and contradictions that stifle them. This practice can be healing and cathartic, and invites us to acknowledge our whole selves. As we meet the deep need to be fully seen, we create space for igniting our imaginations and liberating our dreams together
Creating Acts for Gig Work
ADULT WORKSHOP
LED BY STARRY NIGHT PRODUCTIONS
Have you been brainstorming an act that you want to bring to the wide world? Curious about how to get started in gigging? Join Starry Night Productions, Amber Blais for a three part workshop on creating acts for gig work. For this workshop you will:
Refine and develop your act for gig work
Work through character depth, costuming, and marketing
Be added to a docket for gig work and sales
Space for this workshop is limited to 15 participants.
Please note, that if sufficient interest is not reached for this workshop, it may be cancelled and full refunds will be granted to those that signed up.
The Art of Play
ADULT WORKSHOP
LED BY THEATRE ARTIBUS
Step into The Art of Play to rediscover the joy of games and play as tools for creativity, connection, and theatrical exploration. By letting go, laughing together, and embracing spontaneity, you’ll relax, widen your perspective, and uncover new ways to connect with others. Through physical games and exercises, explore how play reveals your tendencies—objectives, teamwork, adaptability—and sharpens improvisational presence while building resilience, collaboration, and lightness.
No experience is necessary—just come ready to move, laugh, and have fun!
If we don't get enough interest for this workshop, it may be canceled and full refunds will be given to those who signed up.