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After aligning ourselves with other arts organizations
interested in expanding their mission overseas, B.R.I.D.G.E works with
communities abroad to set up playwriting and performance programs.
Once schedules are set and space is secured, B.R.I.D.G.E
and the partner organization travel to the program site and work with community
coordinators to train volunteers.
These volunteers lead young students through a series of
intensive playwriting workshops to help them collectively write short plays.
B.R.I.D.G.E participants learn the fundamental components particular to the
medium of theatre. They are exposed to activities and exercises that cultivate
ensemble building, imagination, the senses and concentration. Further along the
process, participants learn about improvisation, character creation, conflict,
dialogue and play format in order to write their plays. Collectively creating a
play allows participants to try on different roles in the writing process,
whether it is to brainstorm ideas, improvise scenes, document the dialogue or
learn to overcome differences.
By the time the young writers have completed their plays,
their energies begin to shift from writer to actor. These young actors rehearse
an exchange play written by former B.R.I.D.G.E participants from another
country. Meanwhile, professional actors and community members rehearse the
recently completed plays.
To celebrate the youth and their work, a professional
staged reading of the completed short plays brings their words to life. Students
witness the power of their creative voices shaped by the joint efforts of their
family and friends working side by side with visiting artists. In addition to
having their work produced, B.R.I.D.G.E participants perform a production of the
exchange play.
In the end, one of the new plays is selected to be
performed at a future B.R.I.D.G.E program in another country. This launches us
to the next destination, and the process continues….
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