Annex Theatre is proud to host CREATIVE CHANGEMAKING, a workshop hosted by Champion with Marita
Saturday, April 19
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Free to attend; donations welcome
About
Creative Changemaking is a traveling workshop centered on community dialogue about current events that uses the arts to unpack difficult societal topics and inspire the creation of the world we wish to see.
Objectives
What? → Discuss current events and encourage thoughtful responses using creative self-expression.
So What? → Acknowledge and understand how current events impact individuals and communities.
What Now? → Stimulate thought and dialogue around ways to solve issues and take action against harmful actions that stem from current events.
Exercises
Molding the Moment: Explore current events and their personal impact through a silent, movement-based exercise. Shape and sculpt your response to current events into shapes that reflect your emotions and thoughts about what’s going on.
Privilege Walk: Examine how identity and demographics shape our experiences with policies and systems. This activity invites open dialogue about identity, equity, and privilege.
Stage the Change: Inspired by Forum Theatre, this exercise is practice for real-time responses to pressing issues. We “rehearse” taking action and explore solutions to community issues through collaborative performance.
Facilitator
Marita Phelps (she/her) is an artist and consultant with 15 years of experience working with purpose-driven organizations to power their missions forward to create positive change in society. She partners with clients to create organizational strategies that improve program and organizational operations, scale mission impact and develop new approaches that effectively evaluate and report out that impact.
Marita received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Howard University with magna cum laude honors in Theatre Arts and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Seattle University in Arts Leadership. She has also received 90 hours of Theater of the Oppressed facilitation training from Mandala Center for Change and enjoys incorporating applied theater into her professional practices as much as possible.
