Revolutionary Theatre Makers Playground
Sun, May 17
|Forge Theater
Join Barnstormers Revue for an afternoon of skillsharing, community building, and ensemble co-creation. Facilitated by BSR co-founders Cydney Marie and Marlowe Martinez, each month will focus on a topic or technique addressing the question of how theatre can create revolutionary change.


Time & Location
May 17, 2026, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Forge Theater, 3000 Packard St suite b, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA
Guests
About the event
Join Barnstormers Revue for an afternoon of skillsharing, community building, and ensemble co-creation. Facilitated by BSR co-founders Cydney Marie and Marlowe Martinez, each month will focus on a topic or technique addressing the question of how theatre can create revolutionary change. In addition to practicing styles like Theatre of the Oppressed, devising, documentary theatre, and more, this monthly interactive workshop will also offer space for critical discussion with likeminded artists and changemakers. Appropriate for artists and activists of all experience levels, the only requirements to join this workshop are an openness to critical reflection and, crucially, a willingness to play. Attendees have the option to stay after for BSR's monthly membership meeting.
May theme: Fostering Complicité in Ensemble and Movements
Complicité, or “togetherness and working as an ensemble,” speaks to trust, vulnerability, and a willingness to take and share risks within a group. In both performance and change work, participants willingly…
