Welcome folks to another episode of La Befana’s Table.
Today Matt Mitler joins me in a conversation about searching for the sacred through the medium of theater.
Matt is an American actor who is also the founding director of Dzieci Theatre (the polish word for "children").
Integrating techniques garnered from such theatre masters as Jerzy Grotowski, Eugenio Barba and Peter Brook, ritual forms derived from Native American and Eastern spiritual disciplines, and an ethic based securely in Humanistic Psychology, Dzieci aims to create a theatre that is as equally engaged with personal transformation as it is with public presentations.
In this episode, Matt and I talk about their work, the Dzieci theatre and their upcoming Passion production in celebration of the Holy Week.
More of what we talked about:
2:30 Inviting an audience member into the piece
8:22 Meeting the audience
14:10 The power of the audience
24:52 Dealing with difficult participants
35:59 Finding projects you can be married to for life
45:25 Working with different spiritual communities
A Passion performance schedule 2023:
Palm Sunday, April 2nd at 10:30 AM (as part of the morning service)
CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
74 Park Avenue, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028Holy Tuesday, April 4th at 7:00 PM
THE CENTER AT WEST PARK
165 West 86th Street, NY, NY 10024Maundy Thursday/Passover, April 6th at 7:00 PM
THE EPISCOPAL ACTOR’S GUILD
1 East 29th Street, NY, NY 10016Good Friday, April 7th at 7:00 PM
BOUGHTON PLACE
150 Kisor Road, Highland, NY 12528
Whether Christian or Jew or Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, or Zen,
A Passion appeals to the human spirit in everyone and our essential longing for communion.
Please join us.
$20 donation
Doors open 15 minutes prior to the performance!
Notes On A Passion
A Commentary by Matt Mitler
More of their schedules!
Next Fall
Out West!
Stay tuned for the touring schedule
(We’re seeking contacts for LA & SF venues!)
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December 2023!
The Twenty-fifth Anniversary
of Dzieci’s Signature Creation
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TDF shines a light on Dzieci, with this wonderful little video:
If you have been touched in any way, shape or form by our work,
please consider making a donation.
Together, in communion, we will continue
to bring meaning into art, and art into meaning.
Connect with Dzieci theatre:
Dzieci workshops and performances are available for groups of all kinds, both secular and sacred.
Dzieci’s Workshops: Dzieci Workshops
Dzieci’s ministerial offerings: http://dziecitheatre.org/ministry-to-ministers/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dziecitheatre/
Website: http://dziecitheatre.org/
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