New Arab American Theater Works

This is an ensemble-based, devising-style workshop where participants will be creating a short piece together.

A work-in progress reading and feedback session: Andrea will lead an audience engagement session with readings and image viewing from her in-process book of text and images. Workshop participants will leave with a copy of an in-process section of the book.

Explore movement for the stage in a fun and relaxed atmosphere! In this workshop we will use levels, rhythm, and ensemble games to create exciting and unique characters and dynamic spaces on stage! 

Looking at “masterpiece art”, how can we use this to inspire our writing?

In this workshop, community will forage for wild grape leaves on private land, and connect to stories from Lebanese and Native experiences. They will then cook the food in the traditional manner together.

This workshop explores joy through our senses stored in our bodies. This is tailored towards writers who want to engage the body, mind and spirit before writing.

This workshop will bring participants through various prompts exploring how our writing can break through barriers and stand as both art and protest literature.

How do we decolonize our bodies with Palestine as our guide? In this 2 part workshop BWD invites you to move through an offering that holds space for anticolonial grief and rage (Palestine and beyond), and to explore strategies of physicalizing solidarity and healing that can weave our sacred roots and stories in nonverbal ways.