ISD18: CNY Enhanced Theater Practices & Community
About
Our chief aim is to create community among CNY theater artists and higher education theater teachers. We will also host international artists who will enrich the practices & pedagogies of the members of our working group and affiliated institutions.
Active since: 2026
Closed Group of Collaborators
- Syracuse University
- Colgate University
Collaborative Goals
The CNY Enhanced Theater Practices & Community Working Group will create a space for individual group members to explore and exchange theater methodologies. The proposed scope of the Working Group's activities will cover a three-year period, culminating in artistic encounters seeking to positively impact communities throughout Central New York. The sharing of group members' praxes will also be enhanced by the Working Group's collective investigation into the historic mission and practices of the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards, an international theater research center formerly based in the Tuscany region of Italy, that was shuttered in 2022. The effective research of the Workcenter's Open Program team found great success in shaping intercultural encounters with various communities throughout Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. The mission of the Workcenter's Open Program team continues on with two theater companies based in Italy, Hospites Teatro and Accademia dell'Incompiuto, whose members will visit the CNY Enhanced Theater Practices & Community Working Group beginning in the second year of our collaboration.
- Year One: Establish individual and collective goals for the project. Build the working group through initial meetings/ encuentros, research discussions, and work sessions.
- Year Two: Conduct workshops with international practitioners focused on further deepening members of the working group's methodologies and practices. Establish individual/ collective community projects and begin research and implementation.
- Year Three: Fall: Conduct community projects. Spring: Share work across communities through a festival/ gathering.
Group Organizers
