Primary Stages ESPA

February 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1, 8, 15, 29, May 6

Tuesdays from 2:00pm – 5:00pm

via Zoom

NEW STUDENT RATE: $560

RETURNING STUDENT RATE: $540

“I deeply believe radical imagination is a vital part of creating a future in which the marginalized and the subjugated are free; and so, I dare to create with all the audacity of my ancestors and with all of the joy of their resistance.” –AriDy Nox

The job of a theatermaker is to transport audiences to another world. When artists use this skill set in service of social change, they can utilize imagination as a transformative force. In this 10-week class facilitated by AriDy Nox, you will use methodologies rooted in visionary fiction to imagine beyond our current reality - and in doing so, start building towards the world we want and collective liberation. 

This class might be for you if you:

• Are a theater artist or creative of any kind—playwright, director, deviser, dramaturg, or any type of generative artist—looking to use world-building as a tool to imagine a better future.
• Want to reimagine what theater can be.
• Are invested in liberation and want to channel your drive into a piece of creative work. 

In this class you will:

• Ask what kind of new worlds you can create in your storytelling, and work to actively take away traditional constraints to generate from a blank slate.
• Discuss the work of activist writers such as Lorraine Hansberry, adrienne maree brown, and Toni Cade Bambara to better understand collective liberation and world-building.
• Be given context and expertise by AriDy for imagining and engaging with radical imagination, with in-class time dedicated to learning new concepts, deep discussion, in-class exercises, and feedback.
• Outside of class, apply these concepts to weekly assignments for a project of your choosing to build your own methodology for radical imagination, and be ready to share your progress in class.

By the end of this class you will:

• Have created or started to create your own piece, inspired by the discussions you had in class.
• Better understand the ways visionary fiction and cultural organizing t methodologies inform our current world and can inform our creative works. 
• Be ready to radically imagine new worlds for future creative projects.

Learn more about AriDy here.