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Interested in joining Imagination Theater’s professional ensemble? Our next round of auditions will be announced here and on our Facebook page. Typically, auditions are held in June, with rehearsals beginning in August.
Successful IT ensemble members have 1) flexible daytime availability, 2) performance and/or teaching artist background, and 3) an interest in engaging audiences (particularly young people) in participatory programming.
WHO IS IMAGINATION THEATER?
Imagination Theater’s professional ensemble is a core team of actors and teaching artists who tour dynamic programming to schools and other communities. IT’s distinct style is based on techniques from Theatre of the Oppressed (also known as Forum Theater).The ensemble portrays a series of scenes. When each scene reaches a point of conflict, the show’s facilitator freezes the action and leads the audience in a discussion about what they saw and what they could do differently in the same situation. We then invite an audience member onstage to replay the scene and navigate the actors toward a more positive conclusion. Under the auspices of a social issues role-play, participants become “spect-actors” performing and expressing themselves creatively. By exploring within the safe space of the theater, communities become empowered through the arts.
