"Throughout the workshop, Sheppard and his colleagues co-artistic director Alice Yorke and associate artistic director Mason Rosenthal, introduced students to the company’s methodology of performance as research. Known more broadly as devised theater, it’s a collaborative process of creating a performance with no existing script, using theater games and opportunities for improvisation to reveal stories and uncover characters.
In one instance, the participants spent much of the day envisioning their bodies and personalities as varying percentages of cotton candy and other common amusement park objects. Their explorations were also supported by the in-person research they conducted among the soaring rollercoasters of central New Jersey’s thrilling park, Six Flags Great Adventure."