The Art of Ritual Theater 1: Solo Offering (online)

In this long-awaited course offering, Isis and Eve synthesize decades of collaborative experience in the art form that first brought them together: Ritual Theater. Over the course of these 7 Modules, students will explore the nuanced craft of Ritual and Performance, an ancient cross-cultural practice that holds the origins of all theater, bridging the performative catharsis and creative expression of the stage with the profound transformation and multi-dimensional healing of ceremonial practice. This work intentionally dissolves the conventional boundaries between audience and performer; between art, activism, and prayer.

We will be engaging in this initiatory work on both individual and community levels, learning to be vessels for timeless myths to reveal themselves and their medicine for our current stories. 

This first course will be an exploration of solo offering, giving an introduction to the foundational understandings of this craft while developing the fundamentals of living mythologically, archetypal embodiment, ritual structure as narrative structure, oracular scriptwriting, sacred adornment, and the practical magic of sound and light. Later in the year, we will be offering an in-person second-level course in creating collective offerings, similar to our beloved Ritual Theater Immersions of the past. More on that to come. 

We utilize a variety of generative theater games and ritual practices to build tools for navigating the unknown and holding sacred creative space within the context of public performance. We recognize and refine the unique keys that each person holds for breathing life into these stories of power.    

The primary purpose of this class is to reawaken our individual and community relationship with the lineage of this sacred art form, creating offerings of great potency, with cultural, spiritual, and artistic worth.