•Collaborate with fellow artists under the guidance of Michael Haverty

•Create a performance piece that responds to a contemporary motive

•Experiment with how the form and structure of performance can reflect a modern experience of reality

•Explore the manipulation and resonance of objects

•Develop sensory, non-linear, atmospheric theater

This five day intensive workshop is open to artists from all disciplines and will culminate in a short public performance.

Michael Haverty is a director, playwright, puppeteer, and artistic director of The Object Group. For over eight years Michael has created bold, dynamically sensorial productions that expand and explore the vocabulary of puppetry and the language of theater. Michael has directed and performed in over 15 productions at the Center for Puppetry Arts, and created work for Synchronicity Performance Group, Dad's Garage, PushPush Theatre, the Woodruff Arts Center, and 7 Stages Theatre. 

A week-long intensive for directors, devisers, playwrights, and performers taught by Michael Haverty