Devising Sustainably: How Recycled Materials Inspire Creativity Hosted by Bewilder Arts.

Devising Sustanably explores how everyday objects and recycled materials can awaken creative instincts and inspire collaborative creation. Resulting in original short theatrical pieces, Devising Sustainably is a must for resourceful, eco-minded, and innovative facilitators and educators. *BewilderArts, a skill-share and self-care workshop collective for NYC-based teaching artists, arts activists, and educators

Workshop leader MEGAN CRAMER

Megan Cramer, originally from Atlanta, GA, has been living and working in New York City for fourteen years and is the Middle School Drama Teacher for Avenues: The World School, in Manhattan (http://www.avenuesnyc.org). Previously, she was the Associate Artistic Director of The 52nd Street Project, where she worked for 9 years. She graduated from Wake Forest University in 1999 with a BA degree in Theatre and has performed in numerous productions (favorites include: Alliance Theater Company, Georgia Shakespeare Festival, and Prospect Theater Company). Her teaching and directing credits include: Director of Education for Zara Aina, a non-profit theater company bringing New York City artists to create original theater with street kids in Madagascar; Program Director for Off-the-Hook, a playwriting and acting program for teens in Red Hook, Brooklyn; Lead Teaching Artist with Opening Act, an after-school improvisation and ensemble-building workshop. Megan also teaches workshops for Broadway Classrooms; leads annual teen playwriting workshops at her alma mater, Henry W. Grady High School in Atlanta, GA; collaborates with organizations like Zara Aina (zaraaina.org); the International School of Zug and Luzern in Switzerland; and regularly consults with groups and companies that are wanting to expand and develop their theatrical work with children. All of Megan's work is focused on developing new pieces of theater & movement, and bringing out each individual's voice and instinctive talents. Whether she is working with children, teenagers or adults, she encourages everyone to remember what it is like to "play," and how to structure that sense of play into a cohesive and exciting original piece of art