Tag Archives: performance

ACTING IS FAILING or HOW TO ACT LIKE MERYL – Failure Theater

By | April 19, 2026

​Acting is both easy and impossible. At its core, acting is simply doing the thing every child knows how to do: playing pretend. But you get into trouble when you try to act too well. To attempt a polished and predictable performance is to deliver a lifeless, boring recitation. Acting demands that we embrace failure.… Read More »

OPEN CALL: “FIVE” – Dragonfly Physical Theatre

By | April 12, 2026

Open call for collaborators. DPT is preparing for it’s first show, FIVE. It is an exploration of the embodiment of the five stages of grief. On May 9th we will be holding a physical devising workshop in preparation for the development of FIVE. This workshop will serve as an audition for a work-in-progress staging on… Read More »

Spring & Summer Camps – Swift Creek Mill Theatre

By | February 8, 2026

Spring Classes and Summer Camps Director of Education, August Hundley, has announced spring classes and summer camps.Classes take place after school in the Theatre’s historic Mill Room and are designed to instill a joy of theatre while teaching basic skills. For the first time, this Spring will include an 8-week play session in which students… Read More »