In-Person Workshop: Verbatim Theatre Tools - Telling Our Stories

Our workshop will give participants the tools to make a verbatim theatre play. Based on a decade of making verbatim theatre together, we will teach students how to craft questions around a chosen topic, interview in a relational way, transcribe the interview material and edit text into scenes. We will also discuss ethical issues connected to verbatim theatre practice.

Up to ten attendees who have pre-registered online prior to 12PM on Monday April 20th will be invited to attend the private Friday April 24th matinee of Climate Play, subject to seating availability. Please select your registration type accordingly.

All attendees should bring with them to the workshop a smartphone with voice memo functions, headphones, a notebook and pen.

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Yvette Nolan (Algonquin) is a playwright, director and dramaturg. Her plays include The Unplugging, Annie Mae’s Movement, The Birds. From 2003-2011, she served as Artistic Director of Native Earth Performing Arts. Her book, Medicine Shows, about Indigenous performance in Canada was published by Playwrights Canada Press in 2015.

Joel Bernbaum is a playwright, director, and journalist. From 2013-2023, he served as the Artistic Director of Sum Theatre. His dissertation is about verbatim theatre’s potential to be used as a community development process. He has co-created and co-produced multiple verbatim theatre plays.

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