Great Barrington— For a second consecutive year, the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center is inviting participation in New York Theatre Workshop’s “Mind the Gap,” an intergenerational collaborative performance-making program from June 24th through June 28th.
“Mind the Gap” is a free intergenerational theatre program in which youth [14-21] and elders [60+] interview each other and collectively create a performance piece inspired by each other’s life stories and guided by New York Theatre Workshop’s teaching artists. The primary goal is to use theatre as a creative tool to increase empathy and communication between generations. The workshop will culminate with a public presentation in which the collaborative work is performed by the participants on Friday, June 28 at 7 p.m.
No theatre experience is required to participate in the program. “Mind the Gap” is not an acting class; performance is merely the tool through which we mind the gap between generations. During the program, participants explore the past, present, and the future, using intergenerational interviews as inspiration. Participants are treated as artists, and all participants are seen as equal in the process. “Mind the Gap” starts with the premise that we always have something to learn from each other, regardless of age.
Prospective participants can apply by visiting mahaiwe.org/applymtg. Application deadline is Friday, May 3rd.