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Scenario

How theater groups navigate cultural comfort levels in physical comedy

Our theater group is putting on a physical comedy show and we have cast members whose cultural backgrounds have very different relationships to public embarrassment and body humor, and we can't figure out how to direct scenes that work for everyone. Some people are holding back and others feel like they're carrying the whole show.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Varying cultural relationships to embodied vulnerability are creating uneven participation in collaborative performance.

Your guide for this
Nas
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Physical comedy across cultures?”

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