Our Language​

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Play: 'action between things (or people) in a space'. Prescribed of our human interdependence and untold possibilities. Edifying, free, entertaining, like children mastering terrain. On stage, we teach what we would learn. Art for art's sake but art's no empty enterprise; we learn history, logic thru storytelling, poetry; our ABCs thru song. Its sales record speaks for itself. What it requires, it facilitates thru its own unequivocal, self-evident principles. Accessing these, players find our fulcrum to remain creative, unbound, effective through uncertainty, inevitability, commodification and a host of other potential malignancies.  Our music heals, 'humor and pathos', anything but pretense; the 'masks' we skill show us who we are (what we're capable of) and what we mean to each other. Children (and other displaced, diverse populations) are responsible for the progression of all the world’s languages throughout time; change the dialogue. Rarely hesitate to participate; apply themselves with authenticity, rigor. Heat-seeking exercise, acumen, community to meet individual needs. Instant cohesion, solidarity in a shared priority. We train to see with 'eyes-in-the-back-of-the-head’, 360º, turn on a

dime and freeze! Sometimes we learn something and

change; perspective, direction, posture, or

the shape of the greater environment.

Any player's slightest move could

change the story for us all;

none of us does it alone.