https://www.elliotleffler.com/indivisible-1 daily 0.75 2017-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505777194629-9SV84L2C6GGI3V6QW6JY/1.jpg Tea Party Audience Entering (taken at invited dress rehearsal) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505777194629-9SV84L2C6GGI3V6QW6JY/1.jpg Tea Party Audience Entering (taken at invited dress rehearsal) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505777097049-T6AUB8QT3EF5Y6AP07BC/1.jpg Tea Party Audience Entering (taken at invited dress rehearsal) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505777154008-VL7LMZIT1BAK1NB6VQSZ/2.jpg Tea Party In the first act of Tea Party, actors played small children of different socio-economic classes. Audiences were then asked to propose solutions to the fights that arose when the child of the maid (the boy in the t-shirt above) wanted to play with the toys of the more affluent children. The host of the tea party then challenged audiences to consider whether they, as adults, shared their resources in the ways they recommended to children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505777154009-3ZR5F7QN6YZDY73THW04/3.jpg Tea Party https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505777154348-56NLKEYKL6LTGE8AXH8O/4.jpg Tea Party The second act of Tea Party featured a church community with a financial crisis. Audience members had to solve the problem by weighing the importance, as well as the financial burdens, of investing a community’s resources in welfare programs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505777154525-1NDX5NQMG9F7AB6GGY8T/5.jpg Tea Party https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505777154583-AWDQT0CESJZELTBT1XVS/7.jpg Tea Party In the last and most highly interactive act of Tea Party, actors played colonists in 1775, debating the appropriate response to the taxies levied by England. Audience members were also given 18th century identities and invited to join actors in playing out this debate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505777154748-7B7MTQFQ8XFEZFK1WUJG/8.jpg Tea Party Actors Engaging Audience in Dialogue (photo taken at an invited dress rehearsal) https://www.elliotleffler.com/indivisible-2 daily 0.75 2017-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505943884238-5IQLKNBCEL2V0YPWJEJ2/indivisible-1.jpg In/divisible In/divisible was structured as a series of vignettes, interspersed withaudience dialogue. Most of the vignettes were thematically related to one another, but they did not tell a continuous story. However, these characters were an exception: they appeared several times, and offered a glimpse into the disconnect between soldiers and civilians in the US.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505943884238-5IQLKNBCEL2V0YPWJEJ2/indivisible-1.jpg In/divisible In/divisible was structured as a series of vignettes, interspersed withaudience dialogue. Most of the vignettes were thematically related to one another, but they did not tell a continuous story. However, these characters were an exception: they appeared several times, and offered a glimpse into the disconnect between soldiers and civilians in the US.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505943884095-XW62VBSB6V20UB8ZKELO/indivisible-2.jpg In/divisible In this movement-based vignette, six actors quoted conflicting perspectives on the piece of legislation that the audience was debating. These perspectives came from well-known public figures, in addition to little-known citizens engaged in documented debates over social media. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505943884917-BAXYIK0UX9DO4A1PZJ19/indivisible-3.jpg In/divisible In this vignette, a variety of soldiers from different eras apply for jobs following the completion of their military service. Audiences see the variety of responses that they receive at different moments in US history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505943885023-LS5UG20WYKJRD3B0TX1F/indivisible-4.jpg In/divisible In this vignette, which took place on a large map of the world, actors used boots to signify the places in the world where most US troops are currently stationed. Manipulating the boots as they narrated, actors provided a glimpse into the lives and working conditions in the various places.   https://www.elliotleffler.com/bio daily 1.0 2024-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505509990006-1NAP5IBOFO1A4ATMYUCN/p1300828.jpg Bio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1506009330745-X7RZ4FIBW4ZJWD8VY5K4/paris-commune-548.jpg Bio Director, Paris Commune (click image to read more) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1506009444257-EKP477YTNG7X7V5OO0MY/2.jpg Bio Director, In/divisible (click image to read more) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1506009689118-6RMPCWATAS9X9TT02FN9/7.jpg Bio Director, Tea Party: An Interactive Performance for the Election Year (click image to read more) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1506011389497-4X3J7IN7PH59Z0DQ6KSH/living-stages-2.png Bio Associate Artist & “Joker,” Living Stages (click image to read more) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1506011550081-UF84H1EZLNXVEXZ75H35/playback+photo+3.jpg Bio Company Member, Portland Playback (click image to read more) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1506011702965-QQJE06VQTXI1OJ037VX8/GYV-circle.png Bio Theatre Workshop Instructor, Global Youth Village (click image to read more) https://www.elliotleffler.com/publications daily 0.75 2024-10-28 https://www.elliotleffler.com/toward-a-dramaturgy-of-divergence daily 0.75 2017-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505512132270-X86BUBMPX8VU6EEOKBCL/muse_front_cover.jpg Toward a Dramaturgy of Divergence https://www.elliotleffler.com/new-page daily 0.75 2017-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505517851721-V1GGSKYY8LQO7L2ZJSTW/dram.2016.60.issue-1.cover.jpg Beating the Daf and Darbuka https://www.elliotleffler.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2017-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505518079782-Y7GYKTHLZX0JZD8UTSXX/crde20.v022.i03.cover.jpg Rechoreographing intercultural encounters https://www.elliotleffler.com/new-page-2 daily 0.75 2017-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505518527571-UVGLMBP10M4LRZ6BKJFV/crde20.v022.i03.cover.jpg Replacing the sofa with the spotlight https://www.elliotleffler.com/new-page-3 daily 0.75 2017-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505518660395-5HFH2TQ0QPELAG8EFK3C/9781783205370.jpg Bursting the Bubble of Play https://www.elliotleffler.com/directing daily 0.75 2017-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505946810621-NVA2QGWGUDJS385VST4F/8.jpg Directing - Tea Party An Interactive Performance for the Election Year University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Read More... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1506005781663-6QB9YA3KGDV3RG72YZCP/remembering911.jpg Directing - Remembering 9/11 A Performance and Community Dialogue co-directed with Michael Mellas University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Read More... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505947332407-BSRG1LWH6Z01JEB9ROUB/2.jpg Directing - In/divisible Reed College, Portland, OR Read More... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505946534766-VY0QPLTYC29EPEQX38TY/paris-commune-548.jpg Directing - Paris Commune Reed College, Portland, OR Read more... https://www.elliotleffler.com/paris-commune daily 0.75 2017-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505519094161-A91CNP98C3NPEKLSKFYO/paris-commune-443.jpg Paris Commune Louise Michel (standing) and Elisabeth Dmitrieff (seated), two historical characters, express distinct visions for how the Paris Commune should operate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505519092375-5FJWQK2OO6N5SWH53MVJ/paris-commune-307.jpg Paris Commune The ensemble tells the story of the standoff over canon at Monmartre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505519092803-N7H130PCIBF8WOSHY4OT/paris-commune-333.jpg Paris Commune Historically, Pere Duchene was a radical publication. In the show, Pere Duchene is dramatized as a character who speaks the incendiary language of the historical publication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505519092151-SHBZX281VPC0FAUFFP71/paris-commune-210.jpg Paris Commune Narrators told the story of the 1871 Paris Commune, often manipulating a large map of Paris and referencing the live-feed video of the map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505519093660-03O18PL8OZQVLXU6H4LM/paris-commune-355.jpg Paris Commune An opera singer, manipulating the map of Paris, symbolizes the French aristocracy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505519095062-MP06UKEB8D2ZKIV3QO90/paris-commune-548.jpg Paris Commune General Rossell (in the foreground), tasked with the defense of the commune, expresses frustration with the council (in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505519095467-IFMTE78EV3WORF6BZE4G/paris-commune-658.jpg Paris Commune Two narrators explain the complexities of labor history while five other ensemble members dance the can-can. https://www.elliotleffler.com/indivisible daily 0.75 2017-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505943884238-5IQLKNBCEL2V0YPWJEJ2/indivisible-1.jpg In/divisible In/divisible was structured as a series of vignettes, interspersed withaudience dialogue. Most of the vignettes were thematically related to one another, but they did not tell a continuous story. However, these characters were an exception: they appeared several times, and offered a glimpse into the disconnect between soldiers and civilians in the US.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505943884095-XW62VBSB6V20UB8ZKELO/indivisible-2.jpg In/divisible In this movement-based vignette, six actors quoted conflicting perspectives on the piece of legislation that the audience was debating. These perspectives came from well-known public figures, in addition to little-known citizens engaged in documented debates over social media. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505943884917-BAXYIK0UX9DO4A1PZJ19/indivisible-3.jpg In/divisible In this vignette, a variety of soldiers from different eras apply for jobs following the completion of their military service. Audiences see the variety of responses that they receive at different moments in US history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505943885023-LS5UG20WYKJRD3B0TX1F/indivisible-4.jpg In/divisible In this vignette, which took place on a large map of the world, actors used boots to signify the places in the world where most US troops are currently stationed. Manipulating the boots as they narrated, actors provided a glimpse into the lives and working conditions in the various places.   https://www.elliotleffler.com/tea-party daily 0.75 2017-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505777194629-9SV84L2C6GGI3V6QW6JY/1.jpg Tea Party Audience Entering (taken at invited dress rehearsal) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505777154008-VL7LMZIT1BAK1NB6VQSZ/2.jpg Tea Party In the first act of Tea Party, actors played small children of different socio-economic classes. Audiences were then asked to propose solutions to the fights that arose when the child of the maid (the boy in the t-shirt above) wanted to play with the toys of the more affluent children. The host of the tea party then challenged audiences to consider whether they, as adults, shared their resources in the ways they recommended to children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505777154009-3ZR5F7QN6YZDY73THW04/3.jpg Tea Party https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505777154348-56NLKEYKL6LTGE8AXH8O/4.jpg Tea Party The second act of Tea Party featured a church community with a financial crisis. Audience members had to solve the problem by weighing the importance, as well as the financial burdens, of investing a community’s resources in welfare programs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505777154525-1NDX5NQMG9F7AB6GGY8T/5.jpg Tea Party https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505777154583-AWDQT0CESJZELTBT1XVS/7.jpg Tea Party In the last and most highly interactive act of Tea Party, actors played colonists in 1775, debating the appropriate response to the taxies levied by England. Audience members were also given 18th century identities and invited to join actors in playing out this debate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505777154748-7B7MTQFQ8XFEZFK1WUJG/8.jpg Tea Party Actors Engaging Audience in Dialogue (photo taken at an invited dress rehearsal) https://www.elliotleffler.com/remembering-911 daily 0.75 2017-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1506005702922-0DAS29M9M0G526A3NEOC/remembering911.jpg Remembering 9/11 https://www.elliotleffler.com/applied-theatre-practice daily 0.75 2018-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505847927293-A342I69QIH20X0U7K7E2/playback+photo+3.jpg Applied Theatre Practice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505846089586-8HS0MI7TFD7FI1HYEWLN/GYV+circle.png Applied Theatre Practice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505845250167-U7P12YMSIZ6WANO2M614/living+stages+2.png Applied Theatre Practice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505846211698-URJ6YY7MRI4RJLHQCLH6/pollsmoor+road+sign.jpg Applied Theatre Practice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505846010931-R5026OIKZ0IHMHE49E23/elliot+and+brian+in+bibliodrama.jpg Applied Theatre Practice https://www.elliotleffler.com/teaching daily 0.75 2024-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505767485027-NJZ7N8SUDQTPOAY2J0BX/acting-lab-photo.jpg Teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/70248cb9-3a9a-4bb8-864d-3be238b09d59/rain+scene+image+paula+vogel+indecent.jpg Teaching - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505767393511-N4IYOLD4WCIYYC65GQIC/photo-for-theatre-161.jpg Teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505767727036-QVSLUYX7W7U0L6UAV912/playback-photo-2.jpg Teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505767902822-P8OSM3V6PG6BFLB5XV1E/photo-for-THEA-331.jpg Teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505767792490-1HJ3DR989EC3FNM79GJK/globe-theater.jpg Teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505767850330-735XYWXPK5XC9DGMPU9W/woza-albert.jpg Teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59bc1465017db2d0ea3c0293/1505767966359-C7O3VA3AF3RJ97OPSKHZ/picture-from-every-year-every-day.jpg Teaching