*** This session has ASL interpretation.

This workshop considers the place of the environment in how we tell our stories for theatre, but also in community. The premise is that there can be no reconciliation, hope, or social justice until our awareness of the environment is part of our storytelling.

The workshop will be part educational and part practical.

ACTIVITIES: The second part of the workshop will offer techniques for re-thinking a story, including:
1) inclusion and featuring of the more-than-human world through setting reference, and inclusion of more than human characters.
2) making the story physical and embodied.
3) creating community participation through natural object.

Participants will learn to -
•  Explain apply the concept of the more-than-human world to hearing and telling stories.
•  Develop story presentation that is ecologically inclusive.
•  Use physical actions and natural objects for storytelling.

Cia Sautter received her doctorate from the Graduate Theological Union, and is a scholar and performer. Besides teaching, she leads a Storydance Theatre performance company that offers a unique combination of story and dance, receiving funding from Metro Regional Arts Council, the Brin Foundation, and Rimon Jewish Arts council.  Her publications include The Performance of Religion: Seeing the Sacred in the Theatre and The Miriam Tradition. She has been a member of Storyarts Minnesota.