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Help Support MXTW
We have been sending emails and making posts about some fundraisers we have going on. We have realized there may be some confusion because we are actually running two different fundraising campaigns at the moment. Raise a sustaining fund to…
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Norway Bound Fundraiser
Manhattan Arts Center March 9th, 2018 | 6:30-9:00 pm Help support the Manhattan Experimental Theater Workshop traveling to Oslo, Norway to complete the cultural exchange begun last summer with the Norwegian Experimental Theater Workshop. The evening will include performances by…
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“We Are Like Lightning Forming Our Own Path. Electrified Unification.”
Exciting things are afoot for MXTW! Last summer we embarked on a new experiment as we added an international artistic and cultural exchange opportunity to our regular workshop fun. We had some friends from Norway come for a visit, and…
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All the way from Oslo!
This week we have some friends from the Norwegian Experimental Theater Workshop (NExT) coming to Kansas for a visit! Come see the special encore performance this Sunday, June 25 at 7:00 pm at the Manhattan Arts Center! This performance will…
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Refracted Habits: Through the Wardrobe
MXTW 2017 refracted habits: theater This year MXTW takes on The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe using the techniques of Peter Handke, Jon Fosse, Gertrude Stein, Caryl Churchill, and Lee Breuer! Here are a few pictures from our whole…
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Big Decisions and Script Writing!
So last week we had to say goodbye to the fun of all our purely training and exploration sessions and move on to making the decisions needed to get the creation process rolling. First decision: What playwright’s techniques they will…
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refracted habits in the works
This year’s workshop is in full swing. In fact, despite the fact that this is my first blog post we’ve already finished up the exploration phase, decisions have been made, and the piece creation train has left the station and…
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Something Extra Exciting is Happening This Summer!
This summer we have the opportunity to offer our audiences and participants an exciting additional cultural experience. Last year MXTW director Gwethalyn Williams and alum Megan Clark collaborated with Scenelusa Produksjoner of Oslo, Norway to help create the Norwegian Experimental…
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Session 1: Stein in time
I have not been able to AD the last few years since moving to Minnesota, and I am so very happy to be back! When we settled into ye olde yellow chair circle, now featuring RED chairs, which will continue…