July 2024 Anchor Workshop: Multiple - Perspectives at Play: Puppetry of Objects with Caroline Reck & Gricelda Silva
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For this workshop - there are things to bring! Review THIS DOCUMENT and gather your supplies.
Click Here to access the session slides!
In our work at Glass Half Full Theatre, we have found that imaginative re-envisioning of objects is key to breaking open the complex work that must be done to recognize and upset power dynamics. We use the puppetry of human-made objects as a tool to re-envision a sustainable, equitable future. There is great joy and healing to be found in helping an object reject its human-intended purpose and become the protagonist in its own story.
This workshop used empathy and imagination to re-envision everyday objects as characters with breath, life force, focus, and intent. We brought objects to life and unlocked their stories through desire, intention, and action. Participants wanted to join us from a space that would have a few objects at hand. These objects are easily found in your kitchen, garden supplies, household tools, office, bathroom, and most often, in the trash!
Here is a list of the objects (or likewise objects) to have with you!
Caroline Reck (she/they) is a Co-Producing Artistic Director of Glass Half Full Theatre, an Austin, Texas-based company that creates multilingual devised works that highlight themes of social & environmental justice. Caroline’s work as a creator, director, and designer focuses on strategies to open the hearts and minds of audiences to difficult topics using light-hearted, imaginative, and interactive puppet-based performance. A fluent speaker of English, French, and Spanish, Caroline blends multilingualism with visual narratives in their works, which have been presented by over 40 national Performing Arts Centers. Caroline is a graduate of the Lecoq School for Physical Theatre in Paris, and has an MFA in Theatre for Self-Producing Artists from Towson University in Baltimore. She is an Adjunct Professor of Puppetry and Movement at St Edward's University and Austin Community College.
Gricelda Silva (she/ella) is a Co-Producing Artistic Director of Glass Half Full Theatre, an Austin, Texas-based company that creates multilingual devised works featuring puppets and humans that highlight themes of social & environmental justice. Gricelda is a native Spanish-speaking Mexican-American originally from Laredo, Texas. Her BAs are in Psychology and Philosophy from St. Edward’s University. Gricelda has devised and performed numerous roles for Glass Half Full Theatre since 2012, including the role of Belinda in the currently touring production of Cenicienta, and the title roles in 2017-2018's touring production Petra and the Wolf and 2022’s Yamel Cucuy.
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Caroline Reck (she/they) is a Co-Producing Artistic Director of Glass Half Full Theatre, an Austin, Texas-based company that creates multilingual devised works that highlight themes of social & environmental justice. Caroline’s work as a creator, director, and designer focuses on strategies to open the hearts and minds of audiences to difficult topics using light-hearted, imaginative, and interactive puppet-based performance. A fluent speaker of English, French, and Spanish, Caroline blends multilingualism with visual narratives in their works, which have been presented by over 40 national Performing Arts Centers. Caroline is a graduate of the Lecoq School for Physical Theatre in Paris, and has an MFA in Theatre for Self-Producing Artists from Towson University in Baltimore. She is an Adjunct Professor of Puppetry and Movement at St Edward's University and Austin Community College.
Gricelda Silva (she/ella) is a Co-Producing Artistic Director of Glass Half Full Theatre, an Austin, Texas-based company that creates multilingual devised works featuring puppets and humans that highlight themes of social & environmental justice. Gricelda is a native Spanish-speaking Mexican-American originally from Laredo, Texas. Her BAs are in Psychology and Philosophy from St. Edward’s University. Gricelda has devised and performed numerous roles for Glass Half Full Theatre since 2012, including the role of Belinda in the currently touring production of Cenicienta, and the title roles in 2017-2018's touring production Petra and the Wolf and 2022’s Yamel Cucuy.
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