Social Imagination 2025:Verbatim Staged Reading & Event- October 30, 7pm
The Savoy Denver
Starting at $150
Welcome to the 5th season of Social Imagination, a community based theatre project rooted in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. The innovative model integrates local stories with relevant social issues to devise a dynamic and interactive performance event. This year through interviews and verbatim monologues, we will focus on how the current social and political climate is impacting theatre and performing artists.
Theatre of the Oppressed Play Group – Second Tuesdays: 10/14, 11/11, 12/9, 7:30pm
The Savoy Denver
Donations Welcome
Each month we’ll gather to:
🌱 Build creative community
🧠Engage imagination + play
🌀 Explore TO forms: Games, Image Theatre, Forum Theatre, Newspaper Theatre + more
🌞Weave in Somatic Abolition to care for our nervous systems
👟This is for adults of all ages! Drop-ins welcome. No experience needed. Just bring your curiosity + imagination
Ethical Frameworks for Social Change with PSA – December 5 & 12
Virtual Online
Starting at $150
This one is for social workers, public health professionals, and community leaders. Check with your employer about professional development funding.
Approved for National Association of Social Workers Continuing Education Credits!
Participants can earn 8 Ethics CEUs across our two-day Ethical Frameworks for Social Change workshop. Registration is open for for either day or both!
RECENT PAST EVENTS:
Close to Home – August 19
At The Savoy Denver
Free, Donations Welcome
Join the artists of Flip the Script: Act of Resistance for an evening of interactive theatre, community dialogue, and resource sharing. Together, we’ll explore creative strategies for taking action using Theatre of the Oppressed techniques— grappling with timely topics like immigration and deportation, censorship, housing access, and what it means to be a neighbor.
Reckoning: Healing Toward Our Dreams with Rainbow of Desire & Somatic Abolition – June 8
Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference, Omaha Nebraska
Hear from Denver artists about the process of using Rainbow of Desire and Somatic Abolition techniques to devise a recent production, and then get into some collective practice! This workshop is an invitation to dive into our internal worlds together, creating space for healing, igniting our radical imaginations, and liberating our dreams!
The Art of Dialogue: Restorative Conversations & Circles – August 1
Savoy Denver Flex Studio
$20 – 50 per session
Come out and practice the art of dialogue with Rachael K Sharp and Bianca Mikahn! How do we stay in a conversation when it gets heated? How do we broach difficult conversations, or decide if we need mediation? Conflict is inevitable, harm is not. This two part series will start by considering the origins of Restorative and Transformative Justice, and engaging with some foundational tools and practices for honest empathic communication.
Flip the Script: Act of Resistance – Summer Tuesdays until August 19
Savoy, Denver
Join Rachael K Sharp in partnership with Theatre Artibus and The Savoy Denver this summer exploring a range of Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) modalities, including games, image, newspaper and forum theatre, and Rainbow of Desire. All of these forms are rooted in the practice of dialogue, storytelling and improvisation. Rachael’s approach also incorporates Somatic Abolition and applied theatre modalities, staying responsive to the people, place, and power dynamics at play.
Rachael K Sharp 