Challenge #6- Shared Imagination
posted by David Amaral
Challenge: Make the audience see something, not with their eyes, but in their imagination.
Step One: Choose a specific visual image (the seashore, a camel, a bloodstain, etc.)
Step two: Create a short performance with the goal of injecting this image into the imagination of the audience.
Notes:
I think one of the things theater has over other art forms/media is that it allows a group of people, in the same room, the opportunity to use their various imaginations together.
While TV or the Talkies can cut from an apartment complex to a ship at sea, we are limited by what we can actually bring into a theater space. I think this limiting factor can also be our greatest challenge and inspiration.
Without showing the audience the thing you want them to see, how close can you get to making them think they’ve seen it? How do you play on all of their senses to paint a potent picture in their imagination?
Go for it.
Specifics:
Work quick: Spend roughly 4 hours on creation and rehearsal.
Work small: create a performance that lasts 3-5 minutes.
NEW TO THE LAB- announcing the Micro-Challenge!
Open to all! Show up 30 minutes early for our version of a “Quick Fire” challenge. 30 minutes to create a 1 minute response to a challenge, on the same theme, announced at 7pm.
LAB 6
March 2
7pm- Micro-Challenge Announced!
7:30- Showing begins! Discussion follows.
@ the building stage