I offer practical-theoretical workshops on Devised Theater for students and/or practitioners in the fields of performance, education, community work, social sciences and related areas. Whether training future facilitators or engaging first-time participants, in one-off or ongoing sessions, I tailor creative activities to the given social or academic context.
‘Devising’ is a contemporary performance practice, based in the process of creating original material from participants’ own skills, interests, research and experiences, through the collaborative exploration of theatrical techniques that play with boundaries between performer and audience, art and reality, and can generate new ways of thinking.
For more information, please email me: sarahashfordhart@gmail.com / sahart@wm.edu
Documentary on Balancing Progress and Preservation
Above: “Balancing Progress and Preservation” ethnographic theatre research project about the experiences of communities in Nepal in relation to hydropower, with student and faculty co-researchers at William & Mary, Virginia, 2026
Above: devised theatre piece “Threads of Memory” created in an ensemble creation class I taught on participatory theatre in social contexts with theatre students and victims of the armed conflict at Javeriana University in Bogotá, Colombia, 2022
Above: Moment Work workshop for a group of university professors in arts, anthropology and corporal studies in Bogotá, Colombia, 2020
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