MAKE CREATE MORE: NEW WORK WEEKEND The Residency Readings
Join playwright and director Catherine Stewart for a weekend of readings, conversation, and creative exchange celebrating the culmination of her residency at The Dance Hall.
An open studio session exploring the development of Good Breeding, a new physical theatre work about masculinity, lineage, and land. Audience members are invited to observe, participate, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of this solo piece for a male performer.
Participants are welcome to bring acoustic instruments connected to American folk traditions, including those rooted in the Appalachian Mountains and New England. Informal music-making may become part of the session as the work develops.
Drop in at any point between 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM.
Collaborating partners: Matthew Recine and Shawn Crapo
All events are free. RSVP encouraged.
Catherine Stewart is a playwright, director, and facilitator whose work explores the stories people inherit, the systems they inhabit, and the possibilities they imagine together. Her plays have been developed and presented by organizations including Northern Stage, Dartmouth College, Company One Theatre, Alliance Theatre, and The Players' Ring. She is the founder of Make Create More, a theatre-led design studio creating participatory experiences at the intersection of creativity, community, and social change.
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Make Create More is a theatre-led design studio empowering visionary leaders and their communities. Founded by artist Catherine Stewart, the studio creates new plays, participatory performances, creative retreats, and community-based experiences that help people explore complex human systems through story, dialogue, and collective imagination.
Recent collaborations and projects have included work with Boston Foundation, PowerPlay Interactive Development, The University of New Hampshire, Colby College, and Seacoast Impact Collaborative as well as communities across New England and the South. The works featured this weekend represent the next chapter of that practice - early explorations that will serve as the foundation for exciting new productions, partnerships, and community-engaged projects in the months and years ahead.