Reminder: TOPLAB workshops this weekend, 3/15-16 & 3/17 Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit Please forward or repost The Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory (TOPLAB) 122 West 27 Street 10 floor New York, New York 10001 (212) 924-1858 toplab@toplab.org http://www.toplab.org March 2002: Upcoming TOPLAB Workshops 1. Forum Theater, Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16 2. Star Power: A Strategy-Building Game, Sunday, March 17 1. Forum Theater Friday, March 15 (5 to 10 pm), and Saturday, March 16 (10 am to 6 pm) at The Brecht Forum 122 West 27 Street, 10 floor (between 6 and 7 Avenues) Manhattan This workshop is another in TOPLAB's 2001-2002 workshop series and Internship Program. In this two-day workshop we will explore and practice techniques of Forum Theater. TOPLAB workshops are designed primarily for people who are currently involved in social action movements or projects and who work with an activist organization, but they are also open to the general public. Enrollment is limited. To register: If you have attended any previous workshops in the 2001-2002 series, please call Liz Roberts at the Brecht Forum (212 242-4201) and let her know that you plan to enroll. If you have never attended a workshop, send an application to TOPLAB at toplab@toplab.org . Let us know: 1) how you will use and apply the techniques you will learn, and with which group or constituency (give a brief description of the group or constituency); 2) the organization, university, etc. with which you are affiliated, if any; 3) if you have had any previous Theater of the Oppressed or general theater experience (not a pre-requisite); 4) if you are a member of a trade union. Please include your phone number. We will contact you prior to the workshop to let you know if you have been accepted. Sessions will begin promptly; please arrive by 5:30 on Friday to register. Note that in order to insure continuity, participants must commit to attending both sessions. We cannot admit people who want to attend for only one day, nor can we admit observers. Workshop fee is on a sliding scale, $60-$75. Checks should be made payable to The Brecht Forum. For more information about the Theater of the Oppressed and TOPLAB please visit our website at http://www.toplab.org ***** 2. Star Power: A Strategy-building Game a guest workshop facilitated by Sha'an Mouliert Sunday, March 17, 2002 (10 am to 1 pm) at The Brecht Forum 122 West 27 Street, 10 floor (between 6 and 7 Avenues) Manhattan Star Power is an interactive and experiential activity designed to develop problem-solving and strategizing skills through game structure, role play, Theater of the Oppressed Image Theater body-sculpting techniques, discussion and writing. The goal is to offer participants a practical tool for developing strategies effective in building a coalition for racial and economic justice. Sha'an Mouliert, founding member of the African American Alliance of the Northeast Kingdom (Vermont), is a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and Parents, Teachers and Students for Social Responsibility, Vermont. A professional educator and social justice activist, she has facilitated many training workshops in Vermont. Enrollment is limited to 20 people. To apply, please write to TOPLAB at toplab@toplab.org . Workshop fee is on a sliding scale, $10-$15. Checks should be made payable to The Brecht Forum. ***** The Brecht Forum is in Manhattan at 122 West 27 Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues. Closest subway stops are 28 Street on the IRT Seventh Avenue 1 train and BMT Broadway N and R trains; 23 Street on the IND Sixth Avenue F, Eighth Avenue C and E, and New Jersey PATH trains; and 34 Street on the IND Sixth Avenue B and D and Eighth Avenue A trains. -30- **************************************************************************** "Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism." --Martin Luther King, Jr. **************************************************************************** The Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory http://www.toplab.org **************************************************************************** ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytrad-03.13.02-00:52:19-11867