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Slauson Rec Theater L1 Moment Archive

The document provides a list of over 50 "moments" or scenarios that could be acted out or embodied during a theater workshop. They range from everyday activities like waking up or walking to more emotionally charged moments like surrendering, feeling wounded, or hiding a dead body. Many involve entering a state of feeling and then building and releasing intensity before ending the moment.

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Slauson Rec Theater L1 Moment Archive

The document provides a list of over 50 "moments" or scenarios that could be acted out or embodied during a theater workshop. They range from everyday activities like waking up or walking to more emotionally charged moments like surrendering, feeling wounded, or hiding a dead body. Many involve entering a state of feeling and then building and releasing intensity before ending the moment.

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Slauson Rec.

Theatre L1 Moments Archive


(Pure Transcriptions)
((Leaving out names, numbers, hashtags, and emails))

Solo Moments
Moments:
o Walking towards closing doors and making noise
o On knees child pose opening arms and sitting up 3 or 4 times then sitting up
o Panic walking

o S.O.S – Start in the middle of circle- start drawing on the ground. Then end by
sitting by the drawing feeling defeated
o Looking for a criminal
o I surrender – I begin. Standing and falling to my knees. Both arms raised. I let me
head fall back, release my arms, I bring my head back - I end.
o Woman in middle of circle wraps her arms and legs together into a small ball
while screaming
o Arthritis (aka Tap Dancer) – I started in the middle of the floor. I took a moment to
collect myself then I started to struggle down the yellow walk way on the right
(the yellow walkway closest to the back end of the building). As I begin to walk
my legs buckled but I kept walking. I fall but I get up & keep walking. Once I
made it towards the end, I took a moment.
o Stuck reaching for something I want – I begin. I see something I want. I start to
crawl and reach for it, but my left foot is stuck to the ground. I end.
o Glued to the chair – walk into the room tired and take a seat in chair rest for 3
beats and realize butt is stuck try with right hand to get up also stuck try fo 2
beats to get up use other hand try to get up. Accept fate and wait for help.
o Standing Ovation – Begin seated. Begin to clap. Stand. Remain clapping.
o Pregnancy Test – finding out
o Open arms eyes closed reaching
o Can’t Sleep – kid staying up all night thinking
o Wounded – Lying on floor wounded from gun shot.

!1
o Warm up – Walk to middle of room. Lose accesorres that get in your way. Start
with thigh stretches- 5 sec per leg. Cross leg butt stretch -> 5 sec each. 10 sec
bycicles. 5 push ups. Pop up sharply. End
o Walking in a circle with a new born

o Killing Everyone – Enter with gun and kill every one


o Killed roach playing a video game – it flew towards me
o Letting the butterfies go – hiding from the shooter. Unlocking the crate and letting
the butterflies go
o Hideing a dead body
o “Sitting in bigger chair than all of you”
o Walked to the middle of the room. Layed down. Woken up to pray to the Lord. To
get no answer from GOD
o Lending Hand – walk to center of room and extend hand…..
o Reveal – I begin. My arms are crossed I uncrossed them, and let them down. I
end
o A Mother’s Love – Standing still staring, connecting walking towards reaching out
hugging, loving eye contact, honoring connection
o Summoning my Anger – Start in chair psyching yourself up with angry memories.
When ready roar and stride powerfully to center of room. Prepare to deadlift
scream at the floor and pull an imaginary weight to your hips. Laugh triumphantly
and end.
o I am furniture – Be still like a couch or other furniture in a pose you typically
wouldn’t be in.
o Feeling air between my armpits.
o The Fucking Pothole – Walked a short parallel distance right leg stuck by pothole
o Feeling the rain – Start center center. Look up. It’s raining. Extend your arms out,
as the rain hits your body. Rub the water on your arms. I end.
o Meditating w/ Annoying Bugs – I began commited to my meditation indian style
on the floor. Bugs came, they irritated me and tried to take me out. I fought to
stay in, I was calm w/ them. I ended, calm even w/ presence of bug life
o Why aren’t you fucking clapping
o Spinning plank across the floor – I planked then moved with feet first then hands.

!2
o The Leap – Start at the center of the circle look at the distance of the jump
measure if you can make it. Run. Jump to the other side
o Waking up somewhere Im not supposed to be
o In Need – on floor, pulling energy out of mouth

o Running away from somting


o Figuring out how to sit in a chair
o A sloth hangs on a chair, sees a piece of fruit & eats it.
o Jumping off the top rope
o Driving when the police is behind me
o Falling asleep at the wheel – I sat down. I hopped in the car. I fell asleep at the
wheel
o Getting Warmth – Walked to the center of the circle and sat down. Tried to start a
fire using flint. I see smoke starting to appear. I blow on smoke to give it air. I
flames get bigger and I start to warm my hands. I use hat to keep the air moving.
I feel joy/grateful for the warmth
o Ring Walk – I begin. I walk, I see the crowd to my left and right. I breath out and
hit my own head try to beat away the nerves and get in the zone. I step through
the ropes. I end
o Que People Screaming – Hunch-> doing yoga
o Reaching up to the sky then reaching down to the ground – I begin. I reach with
my hands starting at my sides. Then I reah up arching my back. Then reah down
vertebrae by vertebrae. I place my hands on the floor my knees buckle. I
straighten my knees the reach as much as I can bending my elbows w/ my hands
on the ground. I end
o Hearing the national anthem for the first time…. – Sit in chair, then slowly stand
up, look around, put hand on heart, then take hat off and look at flag high up….
o Spin in circle – I spun around and around and around until the moment became
one
o Waking up from a nightmare – Lay in center of circle. Shifting body weight-
increased breathing. EXPLODE out of “sleep” – circle to knees. Look around to
realize all is well and have a little laugh.
o Standing in middle of circle, looking at crowed then checking your face in the
mirror in your hand to see what your face is doing. Then look at audience agian.
o I opened and closed eyes – Covered eyes with hand then unveiled them.
!3
o Annoying Fly... – Fly going in face and keep buzzing by my ears.
o Seeking Validation – Wait for your name to be “called”. Grab award. Breathe
deeply
o Fiending – (get into the state of fiending on a chair in the room. Feel the pain of
withdrawl. Search all over for any drugs feel all over & give up. I end
o Prayer: Because he listens! – Theres a God sized hole in us that only God can
fill. (I got down on my knees & prays)
o Breaking Free – Struggling to get out of the chair, realizing the only thing holding
me back was myself. Stand, walk away. [Later, Shelly added the words “Do you
love me now”]
o Self Love – bring 1 hand to chest, bring other hand to space in front of you as if
putting your hand on the chest of mirror self. When ready switch hands
o Trying to Jump off a building (a chair) – I stand on the edge of the chair. I dip off
forward
o Heart Rate – Walking around room getting everyone to beat their heart the same
way.
o Heart Rate – Walk around in a circle. Hand hitting over heart. Go to breath

o Desperately embrace someone.


o Decide – Start from the center, go toward the exit, go back to fidgeting. Ultimately
go to the exit.
o Tied to the Chair – Begin sitting in chair. Wakes up. Hands + legs are tied. Start
shaking. Tips over. End
o Waking up from a nightmare – Laying down. Hand behind back. Head shakes.
Eyes open. Trying to move. Scream move
o Release – I begin: Moving awkward pulling energy out. Pulling energy up to care
& scream release fall to floor
o Trying to make myself puke – I begin. I kneel over the chair and pull my finger
down my throat 3 times. I end.
o “Better” – Go into the circle after and try to find a facial hair to pull out.
o Hands up don’t shoot – I put my hands in the air. Begin to cry

o Visceral/ Primal – Walk out to center on a sensory overload… Feeling every


sensation on skin, seeing everything…. Too much. Things that arent there.
Overload/collapse. Come to ground to hide crawl like a primate/animal try to
escape. Surrender and end in fetal position.
!4
o All Yours – I begin. Standing in the center of the room, I give my left arm, then left
leg, right leg, lastly my head and die.
o Slap the floor and point up – Slap floor twice and point straight up. Repeat. End.
o Knock – Enter pacing back and forth. Rub eyes, worrisome. Walk down stage,
turn back. Turn back around with confidence. Knock on “door”
o Obey – Start- looking back and walk away, be s____ to the ground, look back
and dont get up. End.
o Getting through LA Traffic – Sits in chair frustrated. Turns on music. Finally sees
exit. Exits vehicle happily
o That felt good – I begin. Walk to center of room. Look around and feel an
emotional response inside. Scream out loud. Take deep breath. I end
o Compulsion – Walk from chair. Sit. Feel face. Wrap fingers around facial hair.
Find one to grab. Pull. Try again. Pull. Got it. Find + pull another. No success. Try
again. Got it. Repeat. End.
o Laughing because other people are
o One Last Kiss – Begin in a corner, wave goodbye, blow a kiss goodbye, blow it
further, turn & leave awkwardly happy
o Putting Glue on the Chair – “Begin” walking toward the chair, unscrew the glue
while checking for spectators. Put the glue on the chair, look around, walking
away. “end”
o Blowing out birthday candles – I begin: Sitting in a chair center circle, see the
cake and candles. Close my eyes and make a wish. I end: Blow the candles out.
o Pulsing my over my grave – In middle of circle, get on hands and knees. With
your right hand, push it up and down over the ground, but never let it touch the
ground. Increase intensity until you end.
o Looking around the room – Looked around the room with curiosity
o 20 Sec of Yoga in a O – crossed legs. To the left. To the right. Forward. Back.
Prayer.
o I sit in the middle of the circle and tap a drum w/ my fingers – I begin. I’m cross
legged I tap on either side of the drum. I listen to it. I respond w/ tapping the other
side. I end.

o Cut the tightrope – I down on one knee and cut the tight rope ooopsies ☹

o To Carry – you want to carry the weight of others to help them, but it ends up
weighing you down yourself.
!5
o Searching – Looking under chairs, in peoples eyes, on the floor
o Butterfly – Begin looking up, looking for something in the air, reach high, jump
and grab land on ground
o I see you. Push back. Turn around. No response

o Waiting Room – Sit in chair. Fidget w/ hands/ praying. Feet shaking.


o Going back and forth – confusion and not knowing which way to go… rolling back
and forth
o Making a Wish – I begin. Laying in the center of the circle, arms behind my head.
I see a star fall across the sky, sit up, clasp my hands together & close my eyes,
folding in on myself. Beat. Unfold, lay back. Take in the moment. I end.
o Trapped under the weight of something – I begin lying on the floor face down. I
struggle to push myself up off the ground. I end.
o Impatiently Waiting – Start inside circle. Run deeper into circle as if running into a
store. Sigh in frustration. Clench fists. Crack knuckles. Step away from line to
look outside. Come back in wipe forehead. Twiddle fingers. Whistle angrily.
Leave in frustration. End
o Videogames past curfew – As a child, I always tried to sneak in extra gamecube
time even though I knew it was bed time. I would always pretend to be asleep if I
heard noise.
o The End – Begin center stage & proudly bow for the whole audience
o Being Brave – Allowing myself to be seen. Using fear
o Seeing a chair for the 1st time – Touched the chair, observed it, careful when I
decided to try to sit. Bliss when finally sat down
o Held my breath – held my breath in circle
o Attempting to do an in person birthday card, but getting too nervous and running
away
o The light is the sun and the sun is a woman
o Seeing a ghost in a chair
o Running thruu the woods looking for a place to take a shit
o Standing within the group shaking – I begin. I stand in the group outside the
circle near my chair. I start to shake from my right foot and let it go through my
body. I fell (but that was not intentional) I end
o Struggle with curly hair?

!6
o Happy – Sad Peek a boo – Center w/ arms out put each hand in front of face &
pop out happy crazy, then sad crazy – all around circle
o Indecision – Begin- sitting at desk in front of laptop- scrolling pornography.
Masturbating in resistant to climax. Taking breaks, giving the eye to penis to find
oneself indecision on the right porn to climax to
o I’m still hair – Walk down form either side of the stage and pretend to be waving
at somebody only to find out nobody is waving back. Once realization nobody is
there, take a pause and repeat.
o Sitting in the rain – Sat in the middle, felt rain and used seat cushion
o Shaking the dust – Walk across the floor, hand raised 3” from ground. Stop. Look
up. Something falls on arm. Shake whole body. Get it off. Get it out.
o Broken Legs – Start = old man walking. Middle = legs start to break down. End =
He has to pick up his legs w/ his hands
o Finding a beautiful bug – See a beautiful bug. Playing w/ the bug. Setting it free.
Watching it get smashed by a shoe. End
o Fetus – In center of room I stand, then sit down with hands around knees.
Exhausted so I lay down, touch face, go into fetal position & End
o Can you hear me? – Starts in center of circle. Audibly clears throat. Begins
asking if the people around can hear them. This is asked without sound
(pantomimed). Gets more and more agitated as they continue to ask the question
o Lost – Walking around. Looking down sidesways. Sitting down
o Waking underneath coffin under 3 chairs – I begin: laying underneath 3 chairs…
wake up. I end.
o Walking in a circle carrying a chair
o Waking up inside a coffin under 2 chairs – I layed under 2 chairs and woke up
underneath them
o Picking up the dropped gun – enter from behind gun man. Walking at the “begin”
quietly, pick up the gun with stealth, unload, throw the load afar. “end.”
o Paranoid – hold one eye open: insecure. Paranoid. Look around the room.
Middle of room. One hand pulling your face
o I sacrifice – Start center kneeling down. Look to your savior move to back and
starfish. Raise chest to realse self. Smile. End

!7
o Turning your head with your pal while kneeling – kneel in center palm face up on
chin turn head towards up right. Quickly turn it down left toward floor. 5 seconds
turning back up to sky on right side. 1 sec down to floor on left. Repeat
o Kneeled in center extended hand with open palm

o Awkward approaches – Started from the middle. Went from the left to the right
side awkwardly greeting strangers. Then ended in an awkward stance looking
out at the people
o Butterfly – Walk in line. See flower w/ butterfly. Bend down and reach w/ both
hands. Watch in awe as butterfly flies off.
o Pulled a muscle. Walked to the center of stage.
o Fear – I start: stand on the outside of circle. Pick a spot on the ground. Find your
own way of getting there and lick it. How does it feel. I end
o Ma____ To Make Breast – Pinching chest on knees w/ shirt off
o Counting sheep
o Judging people by there appereance
o Human connection – Stand up out of seat. Deep inhale. Pick one random
direction (w/ a wall or person) squat in front of it and hold gaze for 3 deep
inhales. Pick two other directions and repeat step 3.
o Coping with my Anxiety – while sitting in a chair with one leg crossed. Center
stage. Sitting in chair, one leg crossed over another. Started shaking foot + taping
fingers on leg, closed eyes halfway through
o Silence the noise – Started outside the circle. Entered circle disoriented by
outside noise. Spin in circles, shushing everyone, everything. Silence calms – sit
down into relaxed state.
o I don’t know what to do with my hands. – Stand in one place and remain
throughout. Clasp your hands. Unclasp them. Put them in your front pockets.
Take them out. Touch your watch. Touch your pants. Put your hands in your back
pockets. Take them out. Move your fingers. Smooth your shirt hem. Clasp your
hands behind your back. The order of things does not matter.
o Playing in the park – I started jumping on one foot and then switched to the other
and then jumped on two foot- across the room back & forward.
o Trying to stand on my head – Go to center of circle kneel. I begin. Put hands in
triangle. On floor. Try to kick up. Cannot set legs up. Try some___. Give up
kneeling. I end.

!8
o Placing a bomb under the chair – Set my bomb, flipped the chair, put the bomb
on the bottom. Set the chair in the center of the room
o Rebirth on top of a coffin on 3 chairs – lay on top of three chairs in center of
circle- life is breathed in
o “Judgement – From the end of the circle, walk up to the front, stare, shake head,
disagree, nod head, walk back…
o Standing ovation – I applaud. I stood and kept applauding
o I owe you nothing – Start crossing arms looking at everyone. Feeling. Trying to
harden. Anger. Angry at my vulnerability angry at them for making me feel.
Betraying me.
o Chair is off-balance – (1 person) I begin: Sit down in chair, discover that it is
uneven. Struggle to fix the faulty leg. Discover it is impossible. I end: Can’t fix the
chair. Deal with the frustration.
o Draw – Took a stance in circle. Anticipated. Draw pistol/ take out opponent. Took
bullet to heart. Dies. Draw.
o Belong – I begin. Not feeling like I belong. Everyone around me belongs but I
don’t. Now I don’t know if it’s them that’s in_____ or if I don’t belong cause I feel
like I don’t belong. They pretend I belong and it makes me feel like I’m in a
twilight zone episode and I hate them for it its mean its bullying. “Take it out of the
person get into a feeling- go bigger to the horizon” “put as much stress in your
back.” It’s true, I try. I don’t know what my limbs are doing. Sounds come out I
feel like I’m gonna cry. (Put it all in a sculpture) I’m small I don’t want to be small I
only want to be small here. I carve my body to make myself small. Crouch down.
I cover my face with my hair. So they can’t see the real me. They can hurt me
real-ly. The tension comes out of my hands they’re cramped I want to escape but
I’m trapped. They made it so no matter where I am, I’m here, stuck, in this stupid
awkward crippled position. Like an Egon Schieve
o Walking across glue floor – I took a step my shoes stuck. Untied it. Took my foot
out. Tried to take another step. Fell. Hands got glued to the floor.
o Trying not to walk on the cracks – Walked in a circle avoiding the cracks and
gradually got faster. Probably could have gone longer.
o Standing/Waiting – It slowly starts to rain the downpour impatient, just my luck
type of feeling
o Stuck in the Mud – 2 steps feet stuck. Unzipped shoes. Feet stuck pulled feet
out. Made bigger holes with feet. Jumped to safe spot
o Kissing a chair

!9
o Singing in the car with the radio
o Tapping fingers into palm to having a group of different sounds playing at once.
o Shaking on chair & falling out of chair shaking
o Kneeling center circle/ kiss R hand/ scream at L hand – I begin: kneeling center
circle, breathing heavily. Sit up, scream at left hand after kissing right hand. I end:
kneeling again + breathing (1 person)
o Strong Power – Started in the middle of the circle. We put a right hand fist in the
air.
o Arms in Circles (3 forward/3 back) – I begin: wave 3 circles forward, 3 circles
backward. I end: Stop, bring arms back into waist. (1 person)
o Taking in energy from those around me – Starting in the circle standing head
down. Hand starts twitching. Start to try and grasp people. Feeling their energy
come to me.
o Awkward approaches – started from the middle. Went from the left to right side
awkwardly greeting strangers. Then ended in an awkward stance looking out at
the people
o Flag Ceremony – I carried the flag and handled it with honor.

o I Think – Sitting down think. Backroll – think.


o Running – Begin started at one end of the room and ran to the other. End.
o The Climb – Start on the floor crawling towards the bridge fearful of falling. Push
and climb until you’re all the way up. Walk the bridge. End
o Peek a boo
o Making Baby Oil Angels – I begin: lay on ground make angels (as if I was making
snow angels) I end.
o Holding chair on chair above head – Stand on chair in ctr of room w/ chair above
head
o Using bathroom #2 – No toilet paper
o Feeding the homeless – putting change in cup. Walking by feeding homeless
o Roller coster – loopeded on a chair
o Looking for my baby brother – Look to both sides. Turn around. Look again to
both sides. Walk off

!10
o Glue on bottom of chair – hold chair from bottom until someone topples with both
arms tight
o Weird Peek a Boo – cry & hold it & open & smile
o Hit chest & go in circle – Stand in center of circle. Hit chest w/ force that puts you
in quarter circle around the circle
o I ate so much food that my stomach hurts and my shoes are bothering me – Lay
on the ground on back, unbutton pants, kick shoes off. Rolling around trying to
get comfortable
o Young Kid Fishing Alone – Sat in a chair/ boat and put together bait on hook and
fished
o Rolling over to throw up
o Get out of your own way – Begin walking in straight line. Right hand slaps knee
back as it steps forward. This happens a few times, then left hand tries to catch
right hand before it can slap the knee back. Finally succeeds. But left hand must
continue holding right hand back in order to walk
o Fan watching the game winning shot
o Skipping around a big circle until breathless then sitting down

o Slapping the floor repeatedly for a long time


o Doing push-ups and blowing air.
o Boxing in the ring.
o Suicide Season – Got on my knees. Did a prayer. Asked god to free me from my
demons. Tied a noose. Hung it around my neck. Stepped on the chair. God
saved me from stepping off the chair
o Deep breaths walking in circle
o Looking for i in the sky – Walking with arms stretching slightly up. Finding it and
crouching to the ground with arms reaching up.
o Breaking Shit – Bored & frustrated. I find a bat and bottle on the floor and break
the bottle. I then skip around the room looking for things to break. Relieve all my
frustration by breaking a TV. End.
o Being a Woman – Looking in the mirror- always critical, every part of a woman is
available for scrutiny
o In a tug of war ALONE – pulling a rope and wanting to win, falling, but winning to
tug a war.

!11
o Bad News – Start happy and open eye end sad eyed
o Tortured Artist – Shaking nervous wreck in a car. Put on the happy face for the
camera/ fans. Make as many people happy as you can. Break down when back
in car.
o Remembering – Seeing an old friend or loved one in the distance and
approaching them.
o Roadkill – Take form of a racoon. Cross road. See cars. Hit by car. Die
o A kiss to the ground
o Instigation – The build up before the approach. Re___ the fire. Sick em. “Ride for
Yours”
o “Not walking to the center of a large room” – Stand by the wall, think, don’t go.
o Vanity – Start off center of room. Stroke arms. Flex muscles. Pace back and forth
with smile. Raise eyebrows. Remove shirt. Stroke muscles. Appear pleased. Put
on shirt. Clap hands.
o Waiting for the train – I begin: Look for the train, walk back and forth, look at the
other people waiting, look off the edge, pace, stay still, do what you do. Wait.
Wait. I end
o Moving my arms to control – I entered the circle. I started small with my arm
movement. I grew the size of the movement. I threw what I grew
o Bad call – Ump makes a bad call, coach gets off bench to confront him, gets
kicked out….
o Leave a trail and someone follows it, end with gun in face
o Shivering Cold – I walked to the center shaking + trying to warm up. Go into a
ball calm + end
o I lost my faith and then I found it
o Homecoming Hound – Seeing pup for first time after being away for a long time.
o The Hall of Peekaboo – Discovering faces/ places. Traveling. No set destination.
Who/ What/ Where?
o Image – I walked to the middle of the room made myself ugly sagged my pants
flipped off the world. Ended.
o Pacing – Start CC Begin to walk in one direction. Reach a point & stop. Start
using your hands to emote stress & havoc. Finish to one side. I end

!12
o Looking for secret latch in the tiles – crawled around studying the tiles looking for
unique marks & tapping on the corners. No luck. End.
o Salute without a cause
o Claw at the air

o The Catch – Caught ball at baseball game


o Excited – *being excited is like being terrified but its awesome! x laying down get
so much energy need to move. Rush of happiness
o Something in my eye – begin rubbing eye. Try to see whats in eye. Keep rubbing
eye
o “I like what I see” – Standing in place looking left to right, excitement, joy grows
o Tight Squeeze – Raise both arms. Find a line/ make a line on the floor. Suck in
stomach. Shuffle slowly across the line. Bend down onto the floor. Crawl forward
for two seconds. Pause
o Sturdy stomp on the floor
o El Baile (“The Dance”) – Start at some point in room with salsa basic side to side
steps & then just do a free turn- dancing against oppression- no right or wrong
just moving to the music & letting go of stress
o Taking authority – Start from outside circle and take a step towards circle. Say “ I
begin”. Keep walking to center & stop. Turn & look everyone in the eyes while
nodding head. When done start working back to where I started. With 3 steps. “I
end”
o Trying to pick my nose in public – I begin: I look around to see if people are
around me. I secretly try to pick my nose with my right thumb. I look at it. I wipe
my thumb off. I end.
o Walking in circle prideful – Drinking water to “swallow my pride”
o Busted “Hands up” – Start at side of stage hands up. Hold hands up for a while.
Place hands behind head, lock fingers. Drop to knees, keep hands behind head.
Lay face down, legs spread, hands out in front. Hold.
o Stole a chair – I scoped out the room, then proceeded to steal the chair.
o Cooking in a circle in a chair

o Dancing at Warped Tour – Begin bouncing in the concert pit, continue until the
song is over
o Electric collar – I walked across the room with an electric tire.

!13
o “Getting out of bed” – Laying on the floor, eyes closed, hands resting on chest,
eyes open, look out, turn head look left, look back up, sigh, fling body on its other
side, standup.
o Gentle Observation with a Smile – Begin: In center of circle with eyes closed.
Moment: Open eyes & look @ everyone in the circle with a smile, clockwise, and
take them in, without judgement until the room has been observed.
o Existential – Shaking, lack of oxygen. Panic attack. I stood in the middle of the
room, holding the anxiety in my stomach. Looked all around the room, wondering
if it’s a dream if it was real. Fear, panic, sweat, dream-like, nightmare pins &
needles as I walk toward the screen to touch it.
o Confusion – Waving hand in front of face, smiling looking forward, caving inwards
and frowning, looking up again, etc.
o Find a good spot on ground. Put ear to ground & tap ground. Listen for a
response. No response, find new spot.
o Laying w/ face toward chair – Lay undr chair look up at seat bottom
o Locked In – Rundown into stage. Missed train- bus- etc. Notice announcement-
doors locked- try all exits. Left alone- trapped-
o After Falling – Trying to stand, discovering my pains, scratches, trying to walk,
and realizing the damage on the knee.
o Young and Naive – Center south ______ standing stop- look whos with youth.
You are alone. You keep going. You stop and try to get people to join- you are
alone. You keep going- youre smiling
o Roof Hopping – Jumps from one roof to another. End on last jump
o Whack-a-mole – Stamp on ground + slap with hands
o Murder Scene – Walk to the center and shot my enemy
o Anticipation – I walked into the space and sat in my chair. I took my moment
before and began. I started hesitating in my chair and couldn’t stand up. It’s
about the moment before and over thinking it.
o Getting Ready – What I go thru everyday
o Justice, can you hear me? – I begin. I prepare my posture. I walk. I stand facing
the judge, I silently mouth “fuck this shit.” I more angrily shout “fuck this shit.” I
continue until I end.
o Curtains Rise – Start Crouched + head down + arms. Start in center of circle.
Breathe out and then in. Rise to your feet. Open your arms out and let them rest
to your sides. Make eye contact w/ circle. End
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o Telling you how to feel – Facial expressions drawn on hands and show to the
crowd
o Idle Hand Pointing Around. – Moving around the room pointing hand.
o I covered my mouth while I screamed and tried not to let go

o “I opened the door” – Step up. Open door. Am surprised


o Missing the Bus Home – Running waving your hands in the air. Disappointed at
the ___ when you realize you missed it.
o Taking Direction – Controlling traffic. Controlling movement. Changing direction.
Crossing paths
o Resting my weight on a chair – I take a deep breath and slouch with my hips &
spine towards the back of a chair in just off center of the circle. I attempt to go
back upright but then slouch back towards the chair.
o Dancing in mirror @ home
o 3 Cart Wheels – It took… 3 cart wheels to get across the circle.
o Kicking the witch – around the circle
o Don’t look down – I started walking across a tight rope. When I looked down I got
intimidated. I looked up and made it across.
o Spreading Pollen – Walk to the center of the room throwing pollen
o Wild Laugh – Sitting on chair in middle of circle
o Being told to sit correctly in a chair.
o Withdrawl – Start on floor. Awakes suddenly out of breath. Moves to sink to wash
face/ pukes. Hands start shaking. Starts to see things that are not there. End.
o Trying to balance on chair – Began off chair, stepped on chair, lifted up leg to
begin balance, made several attempts & couldn’t keep balance. Fell off chair in
frustration gave up.
o Persevere – Begin: Sitting. Small. Weak. See the floor. Concrete. Study it. Finger
paint w/ saliva. Paint a smiley face. Rise. End.
o Guilt – Kneel or stand. Smack yourself alternating cheeks. End.
o Social Anxiety – Cant open a door to friends house so walk in on my own to
being ignored then picks up a game controller to play with friend anxiously
o Standing, center of circle, with two hands pressing toward the floor. And freezing
there.

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o Walking to the center of a large room – Start against the center wall. Stand in
silence for 15 seconds. Walk to the center of the room. Take everyone in.
o Make a fucking choice – Look left + right to floor. Walk center look left. Walk back
look right. Walk length of room look right. Walk back to center. Look back. Walk
back looking behind. Walk to starting position
o I go in circles – Started walking but that got heavy, the ground kept pulling so I
started crawling, I stood up again and tried but the same thing happened. I end
standing up
o In a crowd – it was rooted from the idea of social anxiety. The feeling of pressure
and fear and pain that makes you incompetent to function as “normal” in front of
a group
o Hand Asleep – Sit in chair in middle of room. Check left hand. Shake right hand.
Make fist- shake right hand. End
o Lay in the middle of the circle & arching up and grabbing @ something above
me.
o Challenge Accepted – I begin: I stared at my chair, got up, looked at [moment
maker] pointed towards her to accept challenge. Then did type rope with one
jump. Pointed at [moment maker] to go next. I end:
o Sitting in the middle of the circle hitting myself until I get feeling back – I start –
begin start hitting my leg, foot, chest, head and start to get happy when I feel it
o Living with PTSD – Start at far end of room, as if sitting in bed- anxious. Trying to
find it in you to get on with your day- get ready & put everything away. Emotion
wise- get out into world. Walk in room. Freak out & go back to initial place as if
undeserving
o Waking up! – I started walking into the space. Looking at everyone, taking them
in. I exhaled. Jumped up and down, cheer then laughed. I don’t rush. I took it in,
smiled and ended.
o Sneaking back into the house
o Spinning random connection – Close eyes and spin and point, stop & connect.
o Help someone see themselves – Guild the woman to run ____ and beauty

o Shaking hands – Use big black hands on people of color. Use small hand on
white people
o Pacing nervously outside the circle – Start outside the circle pacing back and
forth. Slowly cross through the audience toward the chair. Pause at the edge of
the circle once you enter it.

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o Laughing w/ hand on window – walked out into middle of circle, knelt down, right
hand up, laugh
o Sitting in center circle freezing cold
o Writing Rhymes – I begin: Put in headphones. Vibe to music/write rhymes. I end

o Walking around in tiny circles standing on 2 chair – Ctr. Walks around chair in
tighter & tighter circles- until the circle is just standing
o Living with a chair glued to you – Start with a chair glued to butt and walk around
with it connected while interacting with audience. Excuse yourself and leave
circle.
o Blinding the eyes with my hair – Stand in center of circle looking at wall. Take hair
and cover eyes. Now blind
o Frustration – I moved around having insects biting me.
o I am – Took a chair in the ½ of the room. I started letting my hair down. It got
tangled. Once it undid it I stood up on the chair held my arms to the sides, palms
facing forward and just lived in the space.
o Hesitate to knock on door – Pacing back and forth. Finally approach and knock.
o Vertical Wiggle – start anywhere. Wiggle up/ down. End

o Sniffing around the room for Bullshit – Walking around circle sniffing
o Leg Clap
o Put hands out in diagonal from standing
o Wild Laugh 2 Chairs – I begin: Intensly laughing sitting on 2 chairs. I end
o I stood in the center feed width apart and then I touched the floor and looked
through my legs.
o Male ballet taking shape becoming one. – Start right hand first then together.
Right hand then left.
o Crawling on the floor, holding your breath, with one hand behind back
o “Placing Myself” – I begin: touched left arm. Placed on left. Touched right arm.
Placed on right. Touched left leg. Placed on left. Touched right leg. Placed on
right. I end
o Reaching for others in the center of circle

o Seeking Connection – Start in the center low wide crabwalk. Big eye contact. Yuk
laugh and usher in elicit response. End

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o (Unsatisfied) – To try and find meaning. Always composing oneself. Untitled
o “Can I hide?” – Spinning around, hiding on the ground, felt claustrophobic, like
walls closing in. Adrenaline rising, discovered. Intense energy all around.
o Guilty Shooter – Comes in to rob everyone. Holds guy at gun point, drops
weapon. Surrenders out of guilt.
o Primitively crawl to waters edge & noticing your reflection & picking up the water
in your hands
o Reaching for Support – Stood in circle looking toward danger ahead. Reaching
back for support.
o Begin w/ hand above head smack hands together low. Hold. End
o Energy – Out- right- __- back- pull. Sitting on chair
o Sticky – I sat on the floor with my legs crossed. Shit kept flying around me and
wouldn’t let me be. I tried to woosh them away.
o Restricted – Put hands/arms in pants. Lay on ground. You don’t have arms. Get
up. Its hard to do. See that everyone else has arms. Reflect on it. Imagine
everyone is shaking hands. Imagine shaking someones hand. How good would
that feel. Realize you cant. And sit down.
o Building a coffin out of chairs – (1 person) I begin: two chairs in front of me, put
them together. Knock on all four corners with hand. I end: running hand along
both sides.
o Survival: I started in the begining of the room. I was on patrol, and it was the
survival of the fittest. Then a ballerina came over like an angel from above. It was
such a monument moment. That at that epic moment it changed the course of
the war. That moment was so priceless that they built statues and monuments in
the Marines name said name Marine said he felt an angel above him guiding
him.
Prop Moments:
o Doing pushups with the sheet wrapped like hair – I stand and wrap my hair in the
sheet and do as many push ups as I can. End.
o Heavy Gravity Marker Cap – Whenever cap is on the floor I cant get up

o “Last Line of Coke” – Crawl from one end of the room to pen and sniff a line of
coke.
o Mask of the Day – I begin: I started in middle of room. Looking around, terrified,
anxious, lost. I walked to my chair searched for my mask in a hurry. Found my

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mask, put it on. Turned around towards circle w/ smile + happiness walked to
middle of room w/ swagger. I end
o Smoking a cigarette – wind fucks me up
o Pulling Rope – 3’-4’ length rope. Stand in center circle w/ rope looped around
both feet w/ loose ends in your hands. “I begin” pull on the rope (upwards) as
hard as you can. Trying to pull your feet up while standing flat.
o Took away my face – I put the blanket over my face and took it away.
o Finding something in the center of the circle – Walk to center of circle. Discover
something on the ground. Look to see if someone is watching. Unwrap the item.
Look around again. Marvel at item. Pocket the item.
o Middle of circle sitting inside hula hoop affraid to step out but then jumps out
o Swing racket in middle of circle as hard as you can. Repeat
o Gum on my shoe – I begin, walking, continue until I step in gum, then work to get
the gum off. Then keep walking. I end.
o Letting a chair sit on me – Begin: Walk humbly on knees to chair. Sit next to
chair. Position myself directly next to chair. Lift chair on top of me, its legs on my
legs. End.
o Sewing with a pen
o Dropping a marker, and trying to run out of the circle but stopping when you hear
it hit the floor.
o Suffocating in a bag – Place bag in middle of room (circle) walk around it. Look at
audience. Put head in bad & zip it up. Grasp for air. End.
o Walk to hula hoop in the center of room. Neil down caress hula hoop with hand,
step into hula hoop, bring hoop up between thighs, rotate hoop between thighs,
drop hula hoop, step out of circle.
o Man finds bear in cage, removes bear from cage. Hits head with bear. Puts bear
back in cage.
o Walks around room pretends sharpie is phone. Sits in chair, pretends sharpie is
phone
o Tapping the pen on the ground looking for god

o Sitting on whats left of a chair – sitting on a piece of a chair.


o Fighting a battle – Gunfight. Pen lands in center of floor which is a grenade that
explodes. Scene end.

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o Walking in a circle gathering stones in my pocket
o Pen as something I wanted to avoid but also I respected and placed gently in the
center
o Reborn – Walking under the cloth. Taking off all clothes. Walking naked under the
cloth around. Go to fidde (baby) position on the floor. End
o Playing drums on the floor with a pen
o Screams @ inhaler leaves to sleep – Walks up to inhaler contemplates walking to
it. Screams at it. Then leaves to sleep but checks before sleeping.
o Riding a racket like a horse, then settling in the middle of the circle to take a
siesta
o Inflating myself bigger with a pen
o Painting my face in the mirror – Layed down in middle circle, found pen. Started
painting face
o Falling on the floor with baby oil – I begin: walking and slipping/falling on the
floor. I lay there in pain. I end.
o Pink plastic phone in one side of the room, me waiting for it to call in the other
side of the room
o Difussing the Pen – Behind a chair- prep myself. View pen from afar slowly
approach. Stakes high. Dig out pen- pretend it’s a bomb- delicate and difuse with
care any move wrongly make will result in death. Make a final move that will
deactivate pen and make it safe. Relax
o Bottling something – Scratch at chest. Start pulling at your chest. Kneel down.
Pull stuff out of chest and pull into bottle. Cap lid. Take bottle with you.
o Rubbing chalk on face
o Walk in holding book “Catcher in the Rye”. Place it on chair center of room. Stare
a bit. Walk up and toss book in anger
o Walking around tagging graffii on the walls put a mustache on a guy
o Blowing a sharpie across the floor
o Shaking uncontrollably. Injecting myself. Stop shaking.
o Sits under upside down shopping cart & makes eye contact w/ people in circle,
spins faster in a circle.
o Picking up a garbage can lid slowly and stand w/ it then drop it but catch it before
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o Washing off w/ sharpie – Enter circle wash off arm, face, skin, hair w/ sharpie
o Make the basket or you die – teddy bear in basket
o Flying a kite with a sharpie
o Making the floor slippery with baby oil

o Don’t touch the thing – Place pen in middle of room. Acknowledge pen. Take your
time scoping out pen. Take small steps forward towards pen. Cautiously touch
pen once. Scope out again. Move closer slowly. Stroke pen.
o Toxic Material – I stand outside of the circle I come in two objects are placed in
the circle I slowly walk toward the bear. I sit next to it examine it. I pick it up have
it place on my face. I hug it holding it tightly. I walk around embracing the bear. I
see another object I disregard it. The bear falls from my hands. I pick it back up it
falls over and over again. I aggressively hold the bear. I see another object I
throw the bear away, and pick up the new object.
o Dividing drugs and knowledge – Taking out everything in my backpack
o Using mirror to walk on ceiling obstacles – Using the reflection of the ceiling to
balance walk across room
o Picking up a garbage can lid

o Picking up trash and handing it to someone – I begin I start picking up trash and
look around the circle for someone to hand it to. Pick someone, put it in their
hand. I end
o Mummble wearing a blanket. Pastel.
o Jumping over a banana peel
o Pulling out a tape measure as far as it can go, setting on the floor and let it reel
back in – Start at the edge of the circle and work way into middle
o Laying in shoping cart – going across circle on bottom of cart with my toes
o Rising Vertebrae by Vertebrae Under Sheet – I begin: sitting center circle with
sheet draped over body. Slowly begin to rise vertebrae by vertebrae. I end:
Standing fully erect looking upward under sheet.
o Creating drum circle then opening up pen inside circle
o Spinning the bottle – I walked around the room, nervously looking at everyone
with a water bottle in the middle of the room. Then I Approach the water bottle
like Indiana Jones about to take a treasured statue. I spin the bottle and walk to
whomever it points to.
o Water theif – I ran around the room stealing water.
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o Remember what it costs – Looks at cigarettes, smells them. Throws them down.
o Sword fight with pen
o Running in a circle with a carry on luggage rolling behind me
o Man approaches teddy bear and then softens when he grabs it

o Covering my head with a sheet, wringing it with both hands in front of my face.
Tug the sheet forcefully until it brings me facedown onto the ground.
o Moving the pen away because it feels uncomfortable – sit in center of circle.
Push pen away.
o Magic wand – saves bum from bum life but breaks.
o Staring @ a Marker
o Standing in circle w/ skateboard and eyes closed, listening to heartbeat. Trying to
feel every part of the skateboard and taste it and hear it.
o Deception – Serving drugs. Scoping scene. Dropping off the drugs. Blending in.
Out of sight.
o Throwing sleepers with a yoyo in the center of the circle.
o Staring at thimbles. Pick them up, rub on leg rapidly. End mid rub.
o Sharpie falls from sky hits head. Whered it come from. Looks at hand

o Self-infliction – yelling “reeeeee” while drawing a line across neck, x’s on wrists
and forehead then smashing wrists together, wrist to forehead, wrist along neck
line
o Not slipping on banana peel – center of circle
o Running around the circle with a sheet behind me – I begin. I am already running
the sheet is flying behind me. I run as if being chased. I fell. I end.
o Sharing my thought pen with another hat – Put pen in hat then look in eyes and &
take pen out of hat & put in another hat.
o All tied up on knees. Hands bound. Keys on ground. Fall to floor to get keys with
mouth.
o Smoking a cig – thats it
o Walking into circle, listen to book, flip it off chair – I begin: Walking toward chair
center. Circle with catcher in the rye in hand. Place it on chair. Step back and
reflect. Turn head to where ear is facing book. Step in. Kneel down and put ear to
book. Flip it off chair. Walk away. I end: Walking out of center circle.

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o Listening to myself – Pink plugging phone into belly button bring phone up to ear
and listening.
o Get on hands & knees. Cover yourself in a sheet as completely as possible.
Make yourself small. Begin: raise and lower head & body, first slightly, then more
& more aggressively. Keep going… then stop. End.
o Crawling back home – Crawling draped with sheet into shopping cart
o Begin: Place hula-hoop against forehead, parallel to the ground. Bend over, bring
hoop to the ground. Bend hoop into oval using forehead. Let arms hand. End.
o Stomping around sheet, discover it, put it on, and gracefully dance with it
o Trying Chewing Tobacco – (1 Person) I begin: Take a piece, try it. It’s gross. Spit
it out. I end: spit it all over the floor.
o Flipping a chair – I begin: start looking at chair angrily/lo__ily. Walk towards chair
and flip it. Walk away angrily. Look back at chair. End
o Walking around chair in circles while eating stake
o Shaking a chair as hard as you can
o Quick text Quick Death – marker was a phone. Sat in a chair driving. Got into a
car accident because I wasn’t paying attention.
o Kicking the pen – to the audience
o Stacking chairs – Grab one chair, then another, and another, and place them on
top of eachother in the room….
o Pushing a cart round & round! And we all fall down.
o Finding out killing is bad –Align stuff animal. Kill until you realize killing is bad

Light Moments:
o Light at the end of a tunnel (Painful to go thru) – use chair crawl thru find light
o Blinded by the light. Holy water. – Looked up, was blinded, confused, scared,
saved
o Copy Machine (light printer) –Take a bright light and cover it to make a line of
light. Have someone lay on the floor. Shine the light starting from the top of the
head and follow down to the feet. Re-trace back to the head. Have person turn
over on to stomach. Redo step 3.
o Heartbeat, light, + balloon
o Middle of circle. Reveal light in the sky with my eyes closed and cover it up.

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o Slipping on the light – poors light on the floor and some on slies
o Birthing light but my light dies
o Shining a light on the exit sign from across the room
o Looking for the biggest light in the circle

o Finding hope – Begin walking around in darkness. Sad, broken, alone. Find light.
Look up in hope. Fall to knees in prayerful thanks. End
o Blowing out candles – Walk to center of circle. Walk to each point of compass –
blow out candles with breath
o High off light – got high off the flashlights by looking @ them
o Suck oxygen with 2 flashlights on the floor
o Playing Russian roulette with a light – I begin. I stand in the middle of the circle. I
pick up a flashlight that is turned on. I notice the light. I start flipping it. When the
light lands on me I fall down. I end.
o Taking a flashlight apart while walking backwards. Then reverse it to reassemble
the light.
o Bathing in the light/ drowning
o Basking in the light. Rising up. Looking up. Raising hands up

o Standing getting choked out from behind when the light goes on.
o Flashing Rose – Just going to the center and picking up the flashing light. But
using the light rhythm to the beat of my heart. Just picking up the rose light. And
walking the the rhythm of the light
o Looking at how light reflects on the coat
o Light of day – tried to touch the light. Started around the light. Ended with both
hands out leaving the light.
o Pass the light/ Spin the light – start center stage holding 4 lights, 1 light on the
floor. Spin light and pass 1 of 4 lights to whoever it lands on. Final spin go and sit
where light lands.
o Touching fingers like ET w/ shadow fingers
o Stake in Light Jail – light around me traping me.
o Building light sculpture with flashlights

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o Im feeling nauseous – start in center. The feeling starts in your head. Keep
moving forward- it gets worse. Crumple over. Breathe heavy. Find light for
comfort. Keep breathing.
o Trying to lower my heart rate with flashlight in my hand

o Dancing with my shadow


o Trying to make a decision and interacting w all the lights
o Walking around the room then walking into the light
o Shining a light on humans
o Finding my strength through the light
o Putting flashlight on face in the middle of the room
o Spotlight on people to be expressive and to feel in power when holding the light
o I do it all the time – I begin. I stand in the brightest light I cross my arm over my
heart protecting myself. I twist my hair in my fingers. I look around. I continue to
twist my hair & shield myself. I move into dimmer light I try to have a natural
posture. I return to my hands in hair arm across heart. I look down I go into
dimmest light. I continue. I end.
o Seeing how different light feels – trying out different lights to see how they feel on
my skin
o Using the flashlight as my legs, only when they’re on. I started off with 1 light and
used 1 leg until I found another light.
o Eye contact for 2 min blinded by light.
o Flashlight studying with man on his knees
o Finding a ____ on a wall
o Emotional Lights
o Spreading the light – I begin: take the bucket light & throw my hand to audience
& audience & audience lift up their lights & so everytime I come with my bucket of
light their lights go up. I end.
o I trust you. (we) – I began on the bridge, afraid, spit, angry, defensive. Walked the
bridge, saw light/ luv. Ended w/ a kiss to the ground
o Uncertainty and alienation – looking around the room uncertain. Walking around.
Found light on floor. Walked over and sat on. Sit down for 10 sec. End.

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o Walk three times around light… take (cross necklace) off necklace and place
cross on top of the flashlight. Leave room. I end.
o Pouring Light – Begin w/ 4 light off @ compass points, person @ center &
holding bucket light (off). Pick up bucket, turn it on, pour the light over the other 4
lights & turn them on, walking counter clockwise. Walk back to center. Pour
bucket of light on head.
o Crawling towards flashing light on hands and knees, while light flashes like SOS
o Illuminate my feet with flashlight by attaching string making it a pendulum
o Sense of Smell – (Light blocking senses of sound, sight, taste, feel)
o Chasing the light – trying to catch the light against the wall
o Messing with the flashlight and thinking about stepping into the light and deciding
not to
o Lighting up the floor – I begin: flashlight in hand covering parts of the floor until
the space in circle is covered. I end.
o Spinning in the middle of circle with flashlight in hands – I begin. Stand in the
middle of the circle with flashlights up my sleve. Start spinning faster and faster. I
put the flashlights to my eyes while spinning. I end.
o Light Mind – Have four different lights in the circle. Pick up a light & put it to your
forehead & let that light inspire you to do something.
o Tracing the light – Put a flashlight on the floor and trace the light with your body
o Turn on flashlights and place them on the ground where you want. And the trace
the light rays with your body.
o Screaming Light – Flashlight face down. Pick it up & scream. Put it down Pick it
up again. Scream. Push light to audience member. End
o Shining a blue light @ everyone in circle until I find someone & shine pink light @
them – Begin looking for someone with blue light on everyone, then finding them
& shining pink. End.
o Shining a blue light & pink light on men & women in the room, then both @
myself – Begin shining light @ people in the circle blue for men, pink for women,
then when done, shine both @ myself. End.
o Testing the light to see if I can see it in my stomach by putting the flashlight in my
mouth.
o Meditate with light on 3rd eye to standing with arms over head + hands form a
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o Standing outside the circle pointing the flashlight through a water bottle. The
water sloshes faster and faster then stops.
o Lifting weights with the spotlight
o [Moment Maker] trying to climb up a wall

o Staring at my shadow
o Shoes in the light slamming a chair against the wall putting shoes back on
o Using a flashlight as a heartbeat while laying on the floor
o Sitting against the wall, with flashlights in my face
o Carrying light around handing it s___ to people
o Healing with light – Using the light to heal the body of wounds and reviving the
breath
o Wearing light – Putting on a flashlight on your feet, and seeing how it fits.
o Standing in the spotlight
o Nervous to go in the spotlight and then going fuck it
o Light coming out of my sweater then out of my head
o Breathing together in the light
o Staring at the flashlight until I losse vision – The flashlight in center of room flush
on eyes then begin
o “Hiding” – Start in the light, move away, uneasy at being seen, leave the circle,
hide behind a chair and out of sight. “I end” out of sight. (that’s the cut)
o Public Arosal – Sitting in the light = focus + orgasmic divinity. Stretching/ arching
back. Pressing legs together.
o Feeling the light on the back of your neck – find a spot of light. Find the source of
the light. Stand in the light, w/ it hitting the back of your neck, pull your hair out of
the way. Be there until it feels warm. *walk to the spot before you begin w/
intention
o Trying to put the pen in the wall in the dark and then turning on the light.
o Scraping the flashlight across the floor towards the wall towards [moment maker]
sitting against the wall
o Light bowl as singing bowl – begin holding dark flashlight & light bowl. Hit light
bowl with flashlight like singing bowl. Let bowl dim as “sound” fades. Remove
flashlight. Let bowl get dark. End. (optional) – audience hums for sound

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o Making myself small
o Going for heaven to illuminate & heal
o Running up against the wall and sliding my hand on it.
o I can not breathe in the light

o Chewing in the light


o Spinning lights round and round
o Putting my hand over the lights to make sounds. Flashlights standing on the
ground pointing up.
o Pulled apart by 2 Lights – Arms out straight on both sides with lights in each,
being pulled apart + torn right to left, hard left, hard right, finally balance at end
o Jumping over beams of light that move further and further away, until you realize
you can go around it.
o Looking around a flashlight then turning it on.
o Scanning my body with the light – I begin: I move the light up the left side of my
body starting w/ my left foot. I lift my legs as I scan my leg. I bring the light up my
torso to my left eye I stare at it. I bring it down. My legs come down. I do the
same on the right side. I end.
o Light Bunnies Kissing – Put light on ground sitting up. Making bunnies with
hands, they kiss. <3
o Walking to the wall and away from the wall and my shadow changing my feet.
o Basking in the light
o Holding 1 Flashlight Pointing – I begin: I hold the flashlight pointing going back &
forth up & down, walk towards someone and hand it off. I end.
o Moving my arms back and forth (trying to sprout wings) – I begin: I loosen my
back muscles. I turn my elbows out to my side & then inwards like a lever holding
2 large flashlights. Moving the light in & out. I let the movement intensify until my
arms move in circles. I end.
Costume Moments:
o Catching my Breath – Begin from outside and run in center stop in center to
catch breath, kneel down, takes off hat, throws it, catches breath, puts hat on,
walks away
o Squatting left leg out shoe on left hand – Middle of circle, put leg out, with shoe
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o Pulled my shirt over head – I walked up and pulled my shirt over my head.
o Man walks into room finds belt, takes off shirt and glasses, leaves with the belt
o The Difference between being Cool and Cold – Put on a big jacket be super cool
then be incredibly cold and sad
o Checking the stability of a chair and tieing my shoe – See chair at center. Picking
it up setting it upright. Check the bottom. Pick up chair and slam the legs on the
ground. Put foot up on chair. Tie shoe
o Putting shoes on my back – Getting on hands and knees and placing shoes on
back.
o Taking off your shirt, freezing because of it, and putting on another, a fur coat
o Feeling a face’s expressions through one sleeve. With the other hand showing
that emotion through movement.
o Sitting in tight clothes with an itch on my back, taking the clothes off to reach the
itch.
o Throw hat on floor. Stand with one foot above it deciding to stomp it or not.
Stomp on the side. End
o Falls into white jacket – Sits in center, white fuzzy jacket behind me, grab gently
with both hands the fibers + feel around, still facing away from jacket, then fall
backwards onto jacket.
o Feeling the White Fur Coat – I lay the coat down. I feel with my body. I smell it. I
lick it.
o Flexing for the Camera – I took my shirt off and flexed for the camera.
o Homeless in the Rain Begging for Spare Change – Having nothing but my own
shirt I’m wearing to protect from rain
o Sitting in chair, crown in L hand, tiara in R hand, stand up, stomp with L foot,
gracefully step with right
o Spinning around in a tornado of color – Begin spinning while wearing a rainbow
of colors & weights of fabric going up & down. End
o Sitting in chair with blue jacket on putting on lip gloss. Feeling lost and forgotten.
o Girl strapped to chair with jacket. Tries to get free is held down with jacket.

o Collars – Collar on the floor. I walk in. I put the collar on. I change to an inner
animal. INNER ANIMAL
o Playing basketball with jacket

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o Taking off all of the props that I brought (Beanie, shoes, belt, hoodie, ext)
o Sitting on ground. Large bowl crown to the side. See crown, begin scooping and
pouring with crown into baseball cap, back and forth from the two going higher
with pouring
o Put crown on head slide it down around throat and tighten it.
o Looking at my shirt and then moving to it to clap at it.
o Wearing a furry jacket to be an animal – Begin on all fours, crawl around like an
animal & go towards people whistling for you. End
o Crouching under a jacket and extending my limbs – I begin. Using the big white
fur coat to cover my body in childs pose. I extend my legs & arms & then pull
them back into the jacket. I end
o Walk up to fuzzy jacket- sit next to it. TAKE TIME. Reach out and hesitate to
touch it. Slowly caress then pull toward you. Wrap it up in a tight ball and hug as
tight as possible. Tighter and tighter till you cant take it. Then end.
o Walk into room with jacket in ball. Slowly walk in and prop it up on chair to look
like a person. Walk away. End
o Glove in Hand – Inspecting the glove then placing it on my left hand palm up,
aligning the fingers to my own, then placing my right hand on top, aligning all the
sets of fingers.
o Book was killed by chair so I wrapped it in my jacket
o Blindfold scarf – Walk into center of circle, take jacket off, take scarf off- wrap it
around eyes and mouth- wait- pull scarf off – I end
o Putting on one jacket, struggling with the zipper, and standing there
o Sexy poses on a sexy jacket – Lay in a sexy jacket stare at the sexiest woman in
the room invite them with your eyes
o Walk in as myself. Notice a crown. Try on crown. Leave crown to leave as myself.
o Finding a Crown and Looking for the Owner – Walk to middle of the room picking
up a crown then looking for the owner, stop before placing onto someone’s
head…
o Experimenting movm’t w/ a scarf – Begin w/ long scarf. Use as jumprope. Sit on
floor and put between feet. Lean onto back, raise + spread legs w/ scarf over
feet. Hold w/ one hand, spin body w/ other. Stand up, tie scarf into knot, use as
lasso/whip. Put scarf knot over head to hang self, fall to floor.

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o Hands/Head out of shirt – Stand on chair in middle of circle. Put head arms in
shirt. Find way out of shirt. See audience for the first time.
o With a cowboy hat under my chair, I made galloping sounds w/ my hands. Fast at
first, then slower.
o Flashing a Wedgie – I begin. Fix your underwear until you are comfortable. I end
o Laying glasses on the ground moving them and picking them up and putting
them on
o “Native American Horses” - Finds abandon jacket. Finds horses in jacket sleeves.
Dances with them. Everything dies
o Alternating Crowns & Feeling their Individual Energy – Begin center circle holding
both the crown & the tiara. Place crown on head & feel energy. Run fingers along
crown. Feel literally the materials. Project masculine energy. Place tiara on head
& feel energy. Same as above with feminine energy. Put on both crowns. Feel the
complete energy of both
o Changing Faces – Stand still. Stare into self. Grab mask. Cover face. Smile.
o Sitting in a circle with jackets. Putting them on, one by one, then standing
o Put chair on its back sit in chair (back on ground) covered in coat shake and
scream until jacket comes off chair is lifted up right.
o Going in one of a sweater and out the other
o Cradeling a jacket after picking it up from the ground.
o Walking around w/ a crown as a blindfold – I begin I start with the Velcro crown
already on my eyes. I walk around the room. I did not anticipate it but I
encountered obstacles while walking. I cont’d walking until the timer gave out. I
end.
o Resistance line of jackets – Clapping hands on the floor line up jackets, crawl
under them. Crawl out when you feel tired
o Sat across from cowboy hat. Starred at the hat. The hat made me cry. I put the
hat on. I stood up w/ hat on. I then took hat off and walked out of circle. End.
o Waiting for someone in the cold – I begin, center circle, jacket zipped up,
warming hands, waiting, pacing, warming. Wave @ friend. End.
o Rush in. Take off jacket. Put jacket on. Take jacket off. Trying to fix hair. Keep hair
down. Check clock. Wait. Check watch. Wait. Wait. Wait.

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o Stepping out of your comfort zone – Took off my jacket and shoes routinely found
people around the room I liked and touched someones hair. Touched hands w/
someone else. Switched glasses w/ someone else. Screamed at a mans face
o Being at gods feet giving him everything. Start stripping.

o Pulling crown apart & trying to fit people in the openings of the crown.
o Writing empathy on my back
o Sitting on the ground next to a jacket laughing with it
o Anxiety waiting for dad to come home – in chair in circle looking at clock stand up
– pace – hold onto back of chair jacket off
Sound Moments:
o Barking on top of a chair
o Lights off. Triumphant music. Eating a banana
o Ping noise plays every time the bottle opens. Sound cuts when bottle closes.
Repeat.
o Music: She only likes me when I’m drunk. Word: laundry. Girl sings laundry
repeatedly
o So Hungry – I begin: sitting in a chair center circle, half eaten banana in hand.
Sounds of man sobbing play over speaker. Finish eating the banana. Look at
audience. I end: drop the banana on lap, stand up and smile at everyone.
o Persian Party Snap
o Music – Stand in mid stage. Pull out phone, scroll thru. Listen to music.
o Sine Tone – Keys on floor. Undecided. Put wallet + phone on keys. Walk away.
o Opening & Closing a Chair in Sync to Screams – Begin [title] End
o Sound: Ringing in ears. Empty water bottle on ground. Begin: pick up bottle.
Crush it. Set it down. Pick it up, blow it up to size. Set it down. Pick it up, crush it.
Blow it back up. Repeat. Repeat… End.
o Playing a calimba
o Blowfish Sound – Center of room fill cheeks w/ air blow out & purse lips
o Behind Closed Doors – “I begin” middle of circle. Turn on music. Shake head/
body/dance. Check self. Open door. Walk out/insert headphones. Head down,
walk away silently
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o In the Dessert – I look at the board IN THE DESSERT POPS OUT I begin. I put
my hands over my eyes so I can’t see. I increase in pace running to te point
where Im scared because I don’t know where Im going and I don’t know if Ill fall. I
push myself & run faster I hit a wall, an obstacle. When I open my eyes, I see a
beautiful smile and eyes, brown hair. I smile. I end.
o Blind – Turn in circles with eyes covered. I start. Start walking with eyes still
covered. I end.
o Gum on my Shoe (redux) – Walk into middle of circle. Tap foot until you “notice”
gum beneath one foot. Celebrate the gum beneath shoe. Change inflections for
intensity/ entertainment.
o Detention – I wrote on the whiteboard I won’t cheat.
o Lying on the floor face down. Struggling to get up. Yell Mom
o In my eyes – Walk around saying “I’m Lit” until someone tells me they’re lit, then
lights turn on.
o Stand up. Speak in Creole about speaking in Creole (for real). Hindi -> speak a
couple of words. Español: speak about how some people can understand.
French: a bit, the arrogance pretention. English: Say: Ok now what I say matters.
-> say something that matters. -> Ask: do words not matter when you don’t
understand.
o I begin. Stood on a chair in the center of the circle, said “I wish I didn’t need
confirmation”, stepped off the chair, and walked away. I end
o I begin. Sitting in a chair in the middle of the circle and said “headlights can be
operated manually” with different inflections of enthusiasm each time. I end.
o High on Life – Basically, I’m a drug addict and I walk around and say “I need it”
then I pull a lighter from my pocket & say “I don’t need it” as it say HIGH ON LIFE
on the screen. Then I end.
o Put up on the projector the phrase, “You Never Really See It.” And then go
around the circle shaking hands & saying, “Good morning.” While internally
thinking about something you truly miss or are hurt from & trying to hide.
o Counting in a Coffin – I begin: I do the moment “Making a coffin out of chairs”
when it gets to be the part where I am meant to run my fingers down the side, I
breathe & count “1 one thousand, 2 one thousand, 3 one thousand, etc.” I end.
o Mom Jeans – Starting in the middle of circle w/a chair in front of me. Trying to fit
into my jeans. Kick chair away screaming “You body positive hoar! Fuck you
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o Repeat “And the Answer was No” as you say it come to terms with the word and
start to believe yet be in disbelief of wat you are saying.
o High Dive – Walk up look over ledge “Its high” look again, then back out
o Text on Board: Movies you shouldn’t see. Moment: Sword fight with pen

o Flat Tire – Stand in center, pull air out of mouth with thumb + pointer finger on
right hand, then say flat tire, pull air out of mouth, flat tire, air out of mouth, flat
tire, speed up.
o In the Case of the Following – I begin. Kneel in front of the chair. Run your hands
across it, gently, while saying ‘In the case of the following’. Passion escalating,
fold chair, pin it down. Make love to it, while repeating the words. I end.
o Repeat the word ‘hate’ repeatedly. Quietly and gradually find the inner feeling of
what you’re saying to make the fact of ‘hate’ feel more apparent.
o “Fuck Love” – Walking back and forth saying “love” in Cambodian.
o Mask of the Day (Redux) – Go in the middle of the circle and scan out the room.
Go to around the room and pick people to give a handshake to. After the
handshake, say either “I can kill you” or “I can wear you”. Change inflection for
intensity.
o Transfer – Sit, contemplating life. Stick finger in mouth. Take finger out, say “get
out” and draw the eye of a smiley face then stick finger in mouth and continue
until smiley face is complete
o Lying on ground whispering ‘you can do this’
o “Opens the Moon Roof” – Clap hand on ground twice & then point to the sky &
then say, “opens the moon roof” when you point up.
o On ground, hitting ground, listening asking “are you there?” moving to new spot –
repeat
o Walking towards the word DISTANCE and asking it to stay
o “Hide” - I begin: Stand in center of circle. Aggressively run hands up face
breathing heavily. Continue this action while pacing in a circle staring at
audience. After one time around circle say “I’m not hiding.” I end
o Saying “I am” while projector has “enough enough” written 30 times, projected on
the wall. (Climb the wall)
o Walk up to random person & yell, “Do you love me… Do you?” Silence. End
o Stand in middle of circle, stare out window, smelling marker, draw line down
cheek, say “if emergency message signals”

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o Standing against wall smoking cigarette. Take long drag from cig. Adjust
physically to project sexuality. Text spoken: “I’m not a prostitute but….” Text
projected “I can give you what you like” Take long drag from cig. I end
o Convert – Shirt off in middle of circle. Pull at breasts, light hair on body, with the
word convert on the wall behind
Miscellaneous (Titles only; Non-descript moments)
o Losing an Academy Award… (I wont)
o Helping Hand
o Love at first sight. Simple
o Loosing a child
o Blind 2
o I fucked up his card.
o “I’m so in love”
o Support
o Tension
o God… Why didn’t you hear me?
o Quiet state of reflection

o The light is scary


o Bravery in my bravado
o Bird with a thorn in its wing. Thorn comes out bird flies.
o Checking out
o Periode help.
o Disconnected
o Proud
o Layed down in center of rotation
o Nealing on the ground
o Contemplating kneeling
o Mirroring
o Waiting for a king

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o Nervous tic
o Life & Death
o Aging Boxer
o Mothering

o Burning Bridges
o Pissed Boss – Vanity people wasting time
o Error breeds sense with a pen
o Out of Body & Oneness
o Heartbeat flashlight
o A connection lost
o Jumping the bridge
o Come here
o Stress *smoking *stressed from work
o Passing notes in class
o Artificial finds natural light
o Hitting a homerun
o Sitting. Loving my shadow

o Video game – Die in game


o Veteren. A veteran solutes
o Drinking the elixer
o Kid in his room flying a plane
o Em__ution – Sh__er
o Broken zipper
o Paying Respect
o Drawing a map
o American History Terror
o Lizard

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Group Moments
Moments:
o Catching the Cheater – I begin in front of chair/ student, arms crossed, tapping
toes. Put hand on desk. I end.
o Having my test cheated on – I begin. Working on my test. Notice the kid next to
me is cheating off of me try to block him from seeing. I end
o Cheating on a test – Sitting at a desk in the middle of the room looking at the
other kids paper.
o Checking the List – begin _____ ____ in the middle and 4 people was behind
that person, the checklist was checking if their in the club.
o Trench – crawl under the chairs. People are sitting on them. Involve the
audience.
o Last Kiss Intercepted (cont. of Last Kiss) – Place yourself in between last
kisser(s). Wait until the last kiss gesture is made. Jump into the air and catch the
last kiss. Put it in your pocket.
o Saluting to the prostitute and commiting suicide. Walking like a soldier saluting
and pulling the trigger
o Sitting middle. Sit on butt. Scootch to hug. Hold embrace to tears.
o Delivering Bad News – Talk to someone w/ your eyes who is in a chair. Kneel.
Look into their eyes. End
o People in a hudle that have been here longer around 5 people in the center back
to back raising and lowering with the light
o Rock Star – 4 people look out
o Being a Witch who gives someone a nightmare – Stand over someone who is
sleeping. Wiggle fingers over them. Hide.
o Waking someone up from a nightmare – I fell asleep. I woke up scared. I
confronted him.
o 2 Person Sensitive go big – Start on floor like a ball/ctr. [moment maker] makes
me bigger. It emotional.
o Childhood Crush – Enter from side, see crush, excited/ butterflies, turn to run &
hide, sudden burst of courage, run up to crush aka [moment maker], give smile

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o Getting walked all over – Girl walked in a circle and stepped on a chair each time
around. I replaced the chair. She stepped on me instead. End.
o Girl struggles on ground. Man in chair watches. Girl begins counting. Man rises in
chair.
o Police the police – walk behind the other person messing with others. Shout.
o “Oh, Okay” – Blindfolded. Unable to see consent. Grope
o Hurting someone you love – Held hands. Stab in the heart. Hug again
o 4 People stand in the center of a circle and slide one foot backward in unicen
every 20 seconds.
o You (we) Belong. <3 (We R One). – Started from the floor, moving slowly w/out
confidence/oneness/belonging walked, looking, wandering for love. Found a
strangers eyes/ became one. Found love. Found strength.
o Hiding from a school shooter – Sitting in the middle writing. School shooter pops
up out of nowhere, hiding behind a chair.
o Black men locking arms
o Croud Motivator – Started in midde of the room and I grabbed a couple to dance.
To break the ice and motivate others to have fun.
o Vanity but a different idea – Copy all vanity
o Dancing with Shoes – Shoes were tied up together, and dancing.
o Conduct the audience for we to dance. End before I dance.
o Writing a heart on someones outstretched palm and getting slapped over and
over again.
o [Moment makers] sitting on facing chairs standing + sitting. [Moment makers
trade kisses]
o [Moment maker] sits, and stands with [other moment maker]
o Melting statue – Ice melts to puddle then partner comes & rebuilds the statue into
an abstract ballet-type pose. The 2 people move like one person.
o Crawling under someone doing a spinning plankwalk – other person starts doing
plank spin. I begin. Crawl under them every time they do a new spin. I end.
o Life Saver (a continued narative) – I saved the tight rope walker by pushing off
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o Tying Son’s Sweater Around Neck – (2 people) We begin: He comes in. Dad is
____ ___ ____ tie sweater around neck. ___ ___ ____ _____ I end: _____ __
____ We end: _____ _______
o Being Saved – Running towards someone about to save/spare your life.

o Rescue – Ran towards rescuer fell to knees.


o Hand on Window Watching Girl Melt – Watched and sat on window as girl melted
to the floor
o Being forced to keep applauding – A sat in chair. B bowed. A applauded then
stood. B Kept wanting more applause. A sat.
o Two Redheads Coming Together – Touched the same parts on face. Went
behind rubbed hair. Flipped hair over [moment maker]. Came together back to
back
o Sitting + Tracing Outline of Hands – (2 People) We begin: sitting across from
each other, palms up on lap. Begin to trace the other person’s fingers individually.
Then the opposite person does the same. We end: palms up on lap, looking at
each other
o Kneeling/ Screaming/ Kissing hand/ Interrupted – (2 people) We begin: Sitting
center circle, across from one another. Face down kneeling, scream at left hand
after kissing right hand. He tries to stop me from screaming. We end: Back with
face down, breathing
o Tracing finger around head girl walked around head
o God is a woman who plays the violin w/ humans – I walk in w/ a violin as the 2
humans wake up. One sacrifices themselves to become my bow. I play the violin.
o Spreading pollen/ Something in my eye (4-person moment) 3 pollen/1 eye – we
begin: 1 person rubs eyes. 3 people spread pollen. *spectacle* We end: 3 people
react to her eyes 1 person reacts to pollenators
o Sensitive 2 person goes small – one person makes the other small
o Muslim prayer in center. People clap around her. Crescendo of claps.
o Praying while ppl around me are clapping
o Waking up in the moring in the middle of the room. To see a girl with her legs
open ready to go.
o Arm Teeter Totter – Cross legged, teeter back and forth touching hands to floor.
Second person joins facing each other. 3rd and 4th join on sides touching hands,
squatting up and down like hydrolics.

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o Center eyes closed – me in center with my eyes closed. 1st person started
clapping, 2nd pushing me while last person was getting me to touch their face
o Sand kicked in face – lie on floor. React
o Hide & Seek – Start edge of circle count to 15 sec and then find second person.

o Teaching little kid how to play the flute – Center, sitting across from each other.
Try to teach him hat he keeps doig it wrong
o Commitment Part 2 – Saying “yes” to the proposal
o Old boxer watching a young boxer warm w/ jump rope
o Sitting on top of chair top while sitting on top of two guys backs as chair top is
raft, pen is ore + two guys laying down crawl as waves
o Rewiring – I begin cooking eggs. Want to hit my annoying kid (again). Choose
not to. To heady but goal was to show the SHIFT to not abuse.
o Hands clapping forward Hands going up – Face the person whos in a meditative
state with hands out. I clap my hands forward I put my hands out and copy his
pose and repeat 4 times increasing the urgency
o Rooting on the tightrope walkers – Watch as the walkers get on tightrope-
nervous watching! Super pumped as they finish. Jump up in excitement cheering
them on.
o Trying to put an absolutely rigid body into a ____ position on a chair – A lizd flat
on the grond and was fully rigid. B tried to pick him up and place A in a seated
position on chair
o Carrying a rigid body on a tightrope and a whole lot more – (2 people) #1 calls it
#2 gets stiff. #1 picks #2 up and carries him across a tightrope
o Cheating on a test – Being upset with my kid.
o Losing an ______ 2ward t___ to the guy who list it center of room
o Tapping Back – on your hands & knees tapping floor someone hitting his back.
Someone on guy hitting other back
o Who’s Heartbeat? – 3 person 1 stands in front. Two ppl rhythmically pounding
chest. One person sits in chair applying makeup
o Destroying the seeds until I got to God

o Woman checking 5 women’s hair in a line


o Two women tying 5 woman’s hair together in line

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o Tightrope Blow – Blow on the tightrope walker
o Throwing Pollen in a Group – (9 people) We begin: 6 guys in center, 3 pollen
throwers circle them throwing pollen. We end: theyre all sneezing.
o Getting people who didn’t go up to take a piss in public toilet

o Equal Pay vs Women – (2 women / 5 white men) We begin: They hold the jacket
while they scream in their face. We end: They begin ___ __
o Rollercoaster – 6 people loppded
o Hold hands sing – we hold hands I hummed she sang then we kissed
o Teaching Singing – Gieding people to sing
o Standing in a group of people in a circle. In 20 seconds we all simultaneously
drag our right foot like we are skateboarding
o Being restrained by 2 stiffs
o Walking over bodies – Begin in center while looking down at a body. Step over it.
Step over next one, then step to the side and over another. Look back. “I end”
o 2 people 1 trys to make the other small – the _____ the center doesnt relent.
o Stand Alone – I stood in middle didn’t move then [moment maker] kissed me!
o Woman pushing down standing man laying pushing up

o Fuck your lust – Dude sitting in chair watching ballet girl doing an expressive and
beautiful dance in a perverse way. I stand in front of him, arms crossed w/ foot on
his dick until he stops & gives in
o 3 people walk in a circle with one arm stretched to center. Person laying in
middle is reaching for a hand. But no one grabs his hand
o Challenging to do jumping jacks
o Almost clap as hard as you can – Two people, at the rythm of the almost clap
collide then after theyre together clasp hands as they connect,
o Pushed away: Begin in the front of the room going into the middle of the room.
Walking into the middle, body shaking breathing heavily looking at someone
standing in the middle. As I approach I slowly move my hand to the right cheek of
the person- hesitant. I stop myself and get afraid. Starts running away body still
facing person in the middle ending in same place I started
o Staying connected with a marker with 2 people

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o Human Clock w/ idle hand in center w/ 3 people – Person stands in middle. Hand
points out to people pointin in. Center person, pushes hand down,
o Rival – The competition & fire someone who challenges you gives you
o Staring someone in the eyes without blinking or they fix their appearance – A
fixes his face & hair & makes faces while staring at B while they stare back &
don’t blink either
o Guilt – Walked into church to see my sister for the 1st time in her coffin
o Standing in front of a woman using her hands as my own grabbing my breasts
with her hands.
o Trying to pick up a girl – loser dancing trying to pick up a girl
o Rage Quit – Unapproachable, angry gamer who doesn’t get along with others. I
thought of this scene due to old school co-op games
o 2 people heartbeat sound – 2 ppl stare at each other hitting chest w/ one hand
o Great News – nervous waiting- waiting room. Trigger- someone walks in, delivers
news. Exhilarated with joy, overcome.
o Hitting myself trying to feel it, then start hitting the person in front of me, we
wrestle, stand up and hug
o Walking around with a nervous demeanor to talk to two women
o I love you. I hate you. Male trys everything to love. Walks away. Man hates.
o Leaving a group of friends to hide in the bathroom + unbottle your emotions.
Then go back out
o Setting up statues to shoot them. Then shooting
o Two particles facing each other then behaving as one
o Cleaning the wall with spit
o Tried to lick my nose – I tried to lick my nose while [moment maker] tried to pull
his nipple off
o A girl with a boy – boy stands, girl opens his arms one at a time. Girl goes in front
and puts his arms around her one by one and surrenders to him.
o Jumping on one leg, right leg 1st time & then left leg across the stage -> gear
shifted - > two guys doing one leg squats competitively
o Boxer with his undefeated crush
o Holding gun to hecklers head as choir sings

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o She takes my soul out of me... – Start laying on the floor dead/dying ______
crawls and takes water comes ____ and instead of taking water she takes my
soul
o Skipping around the room I fall and injure my ankle outside audience comes in to
help. We end
o 2 man in in out out – 2 chairs in ctr do action until hand clap.
o Trying to tickle someone – (2 people) we begin: start tickling. We end: no
reaction
o One woman walking in between two tall men making walls w/ their arms
o Mirror image plank spin – We begin: 2 guys start on arms plank, spin with arms
walking around then legs start. We end
o Guy dances with a girl and gets a boner
o A weak man doing pushups. Then someone sat on my back.
o Pumped up – See fight/confrontation about to go down. Gets crowd. One guy
clowns on the other. Sneak up and explode in excitement about confrontation.
Prop Moments:
o Two people start under cart. Eventually one gets out and helps the other.

o Killing someone with a sharpie – Sharpie in pocket. Walk across circle and kick in
stomach, push to ground, pull sharpie out and shoot. Drag body out of room.
o Domestic vs Farm Meat – put 2 “wild” farm animals in a cage. Put the teddy bear
on the other side. Played w/ teddy bear noticed the farm animals. Looked at them
& took them out. Put all 3 together and took them out.
o Trapped under a shopping cart while people around me are dancing and having
fun
o Commitment – Stand- look- connect- kneel- connect- pull out ring from pocket-
react to yes
o Take a object and together decide what it means silently. Pass it to each other
and see what happens.
o In the hula hoop. Bowing in reverence in circles. Trying to step out of circle.
Person restricts. Hair let down. Earrings drop. Walk out of circle.
o Guy offers girl pen and she playfully denies and tries to run from him & they then
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o Growing Rotation – Each person stood up pen & then was passed. We sat in a
circle of 4 and each passed the pen until someone stood all the way up.
o Two men become 1 – Two men standing back 2 back dressed the same. One girl
draws them. They face each other, the marker in the middle. They hug.
o Finding human treasure with metal detector sharpie with intense hug at the end
o Bomb defuser guy with girl holding pen and pushing away. End at climax
o Emotional Metal Detector – Two men. One scans him into adulthood
o We lay 3 chairs, one laying under 3 chairs, one laying on top of chair and one
praying – I begin: women praying 2 guys wake up rebirth. The end
o Girl moves pen moves girl – 2 people in center of room. 1 sitting 1 standing
behind, sitting person lifts pen straight up with both hands, standing person grabs
pen too, & moves the pen & the sitting girl anywhere
o To Really See Someone - Hold a mirror up see yourself then welcome someone
to really see themselves together you are beautiful
o Slamming pen on the floor whoever is the toughest. But it really was just
slamming pen on the floor nothing more. Just slamming the toughest. Whoever
could slam it the hardest. Hardest to the ground. The hardest.
o Girl sits in chair watching class eating chips
o Using pen like a bottle spinning & kiss who it lands on (random)
o Blowing Bubbles & Popping them – Using pen as wand I started blowing bubbles
(aka people) then one by one I popped them until the last bubble grew so big it
popped on its own.
o Hidden pen in breast jacket wrapped around head, friend struggle to unwrap
jacket from head.
o Playing catch trying to connect.
o Making 3 people close their eyes and look for the object in the circle while
keeping their eyes closed
o Coffin w/ 3 people laughing on top – 3 chairs 3 people sitting 3 sitting/ laughing 1
under
o Man walks into middle with mirror sets it down other man tries to jump into mirror.
1st man stops him.
o Older woman wraps (duct tape) gauze around a younger womans breast to
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o Hiding something under a chair – Begin: sitting in chair. Waits for last person to
leave. Flips chair over & hides mimento. Flips chair back over & sits. Watches
last person re-enter. End.
o Dog going through a hoop – Begin one actor holding a hoop. Other moment
maker wears fuzzy coat. Walks through hoop. End.
o Shopping for people with a shopping cart
o Guessing Game – Two people sit in the middle of room facing each other and
one person has magic pen in one hand – other person guesses which one it is in!
o Monkey in the Middle – Cover my face w/ a shirt. Circle of people play monkey in
the middle with pen.
o Two people under sheets – Join two ppl w/ a sheet around each head. Tighten
both sheets at the middle. Each person walks in opposite directions.
o Giving warmth to another through an object
o Walking w/ a singing bowl & someone behind them w/ a white circle & orange
oval – Begin walking in a circle, ring bowl. Move oval in time to sound. Finish
circle. End.
o [Moment maker] dropped breadcrumbs to get to God one man stomped & kicked
them away I collected the crumb to bring back to God and knelt before him
o Bear sitting in the middle of the floor. Two people wondering recognize bear. Both
go for it slowly.
o Holding the pen in my hand. I go around the circle showing it to people to see
who wants it. I go up to a woman and she grabs me by the ear takes me to
someone sitting to give the pen back.
o Lecherously Ogling & Objectifying a Woman – Circling a woman, inappropriately
eyeing her up and down, misinterpreting her purpose. Respond to her presence
in an incongruos manner by raining dollar bills
o Bear Family Protect Sharpie Pen - Gets up 4 people 3 people try to protect
sharpie as if its a cub 1 person steals it
o Trying to balance a sharpie between 2 ppl’s foreheads with eyes closed – 2 ppl
face each other. Eyes closed. They try to put the sharpie between their heads
and balance it.
o Kicking Keys around/ Handcuffed – (2 people) We begin: see keys in front of
handcuffed man, start kicking them when he gets close. We end: finally let him
het the keys
o Jumping through hoops. Hoop owner not being happy about it

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o Convert Alt – [Moment maker] burns and pulls at chest w/ lighter [moment maker
2] adds to moment by combining with lighter to burn him together
o Creating distance between 2 people with a sharpie
o Handing book to child w/ reverence

o 3 players sitting in chairs typing. 4th player sits in front holding a pen. 5th player
paces in background. 5th player taps 3 players they stop. 5th player taps 4th
player. 4 player tosses pen. [Launching a NUKE]
o Skating with white guy’s happy. Leave with black guys regular
o Four women walk towards hoop in center of the room, very slowly, in unison, in
fear, they step in the hoop together and react in joy.
o Balance sharpie on forehead – put a sharpie on forehead balance between your
head and guy laying on the floor head
o Make knife between fingers – w/ pen as knife someone else do it too
o Surgical: Walking in a circle holding a tennis racket, while a woman dinged a
singing bowl, and a man held a circular sheet over hula hoop. Poetic: Alter
Serving
o Giving back the ring

o Back Stab – Guy + girl dance, flirt. Happy, silly. I gets romantic for a second. She
stabs him w/ a pen. He dies looking at her w/ pain

Light Moments:
o Light tracing womans body insighting orgasm
o Choosing the smallest head in a sacred circle – 4 people sit at points of a
compass and stare at their opposite direction. One person goes to each point
with a bucket light and chants. He selects the person with the smallest head.
o Share your light – (2 people) Hands tied & feet. Have 2 use eachother to stand
up & guide eachother in the dark one person got the light other guide the walk
o Push-Ups onto two lit flashlights (eyes) – we begin: click on flashlights, begin
doing push-ups. We end: after 5, click the light out. (2 people)
o Speaking in tongues w/ flashlight on a person feeling energy from a singing bowl
being played – Illuminate brightest light, covered w/ fingers – create lines and
than point to person reacting to energy w/ light. Then cover again and end.
o Metal Detector – One person walks through flashlights (could be metal detector
of the ___) strip search w/ final flashlight in penis

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o 3 People trying to pick & land on the same person with the flashlight out of 3
people sitting down
o Person walks into room. Someone on other side of room holds 2 flashlights as
eyes. Everytime they look at the person the other looks away.
o Sacred light circle that goes up & down – 1 person in the middle. 7 People
holding lights around person.
o Looking for each other’s light – (using light pointed on the ground to find another
light.) <3
o Staring at each other’s eyes until we connect with flashlight
o Making people dance w/ light – 3 people = 1 w/ 3 lights, 2 people across circle
from one another. The 1st shines a light to make 2&3 move in the light. When
they come together, shine major light and 2&3 waltz until darkness.
o 4 People, dance, expressively, surrounded by four other people holding lights
around them in a circle
o Shower (Light) – 2 ppl – one holds light (water) 1 person turns on light. Take
shower.
o In a corner [moment maker] sitting with a spotlight on lap in profile. Trying to
reveal my light.
o I float in the air following my light – carried by four invisible people, following light
from flashlight I hold in my mouth.
o Start four people in a diagonal line on their knees with flashlights. And one across
with flashlight walking in circle making shrik alien vocal sounds at each one as
they suck their thumb individually. Everyone in audience with their cellphone
flashlight on. Drawing on back ->
o Light noise letting voice out: requires 4 flash lights – 4 people lay on ground. One
person between each two (standing above). As the two standing above shine the
lights on those laying down they make an “uhhh” sound as the light hits their
face.
o Stealing light high – I was getting high off light then someone stole it from me
o Giving birth to light w/ a person under the chair

o Crawling to the light and being pulled and pushed back


o Looking through a flashlight with one eye. While two women flash lights on each
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o Man & Scary Demon - Two people walking in a circle – one of them shines their
light on the other the other bends around shining their light around room. Is
scary. Other man moves closer shines light on demon’s head. Demon eats light &
dies.
o Putting my lit flashlight in someone elses pocket in the center of circle
o Turns flashlight on with other girl. Imaginary camera (click on/ click off & end)
o Plank position over two flashlights shining in eyes – We begin: Two lit flashlights
on the ground facing up. Plank position. Turn on lights. We end: Turn flashlights
off. (2 people)
o Noise in the Night – We begin: 4 of us (girls) asleep in a circle, head to head.
Suddenly a door slams, one of us turns on a flashlight and points in direction of
door. Scared and huddling one with flashlight moves toward the sound. Another
bang- she runs with flashlight toward the door. We end.
o 5 People walking together into the light until 1 covers it
o Turning on a circle of lights – As she hit the gong I turned the lights on as the play
the gong I shut the lights off.
o Going around in a sacred circle & when the light goes off you die – Walked
around in a circle had the sound behind me. Put the lights on [moment maker’s]
head and he died.
o I stand infront of you. We both turned on the flashlight. We both turned them off.
o Holding light on clock – People line up in center of room. One by one look into
the light.
o 2 People w/ flashlight. Light on ground in center. Guy runs around trying to catch
light w/ feet. He gets in and pulls it up his body.
o Lighting up the room – We begin: [moment maker] used light bucket to shine
across the whole floor. I used flashlight to shine across whole ceiling. We end
o Light Roulette – Game- if you flash someone in the eyes they fall take a moment
of silence before continuing to walk around the room
o Flashlight couple under blanket #1 – Being under a jacket shining a flashlight at
eachother underneath.
o Flashlight couple under blanket #2 – Everyone in the crowd shines a light at
couple under blanket. They sit in the center. Whatever happens happens under
the blanket. Experience the moment.s
Costume Moments:

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o Girl dropping a jacket man picking it up putting it on and becoming feminine
o Man carrying the king, king’s body guard getting mad
o Carrying a King in my Arms- Begin holding a man w/ a crown & royal jacket like a
baby. Walk around a chair 2 times & then sit down w/ him in your arms. End
o Covering 3 crouching boys with different jackets
o Turn the crown into a small dinner table
o We held the parka as a jump rope and jumped
o Looking at the shirt and clapping at it while someones screaming at the shirt.
o Keep Away- We took his bandana and kept it away
o Grabbing the headband to play keep away
o The Virgin Mary Shirt- Hold the shirt flap it and give a girl breeze walk around her
and caress her with it
o Girl puts on a mans clothes, man comes in tries to take them off man leaves
people come hug her man pushes other man
o Connecting Jackets- Go to center of circle w/ jacket on. Take off jacket. Toss it to
someone in front of you. If they respond/ don’t respond tie to another jacket arm.
Keep adding jacket to arm(s) until someone responds again.
o Trying to give someone a Coat- (2 people) We begin: see who’s cold, bring your
jacket over. She refuses. We End: Lay the jacket at her feet.
o Equal pay use white men- (2 women, 5 white men) We begin: They’re holding
jacket looking and begin chanting it in their face. We end: No changes
o Owning your true self (authority) – (Black long coat: Masculine authority; Furry
white coat: feminine authority; coat is symbol for: personal authority/ true self <3)
Watching man take off black coat and put on white furry coat, then woman is
inspired to put on black coat. They see eachother are embarrassed + feel naked.
BUT then accept eachother. Woman kisses mans hand then spins him. He then
spins her. He feels ashamed then runs out of the circle. They end.
o Take fuzzy jacket off animal. Throw jacket in the sky. We end.

Sound Moments:
o Bracing myself covering my ears conductor turns it up. Rolling on the floor in pain
conductor slows it down look at each other End
o Lord of the Rings Theme Scoring- Walk slowly to each other & make eye contact,
circle partner & keep eye contact, then embrace

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o Lullaby- Woman smacks man in the face repeatedly
o 2 men carry a dead man to grave with intense “warrior” music & take a knee in
respect
o Opera singer singing ominously I walk over to the barber opera singer stops
electric shaver cuts hair
o Using every instrument start on a low register and slowly increase the volume,
and slowly end individually
o Music w/ nails group listening standing in circle
o Woman sings opera while two people sit cross legged and man braids womans
hair
Text Moments:
o Worthy/ Unworthy – Two men stand with their arms stretched out while woman
walks in straight line between them. The men say “unworthy”. The woman says
“worthy”
o All Yours V2 – Two players face each other center circle approx. 15’ apart. Player
#1 “we begin” players lock eyes. Player #1 “What more do you want.” Removes
clothing items and throws them at player #2. Player #1 gets closer and closer to
player #2 when player #1 is as close as possible they say “All yours” “we end”
o Non-Disclosure Agreement – (Text is posted on screen) Man lays on ground with
his arms out to the side facing up. I stand with my feet facing his head. We begin.
I raise one leg above his face and hold it there. He decides when to say “you did
it for attention” I smash my foot down, next to his head and say “I did it for you”.
We end.
o I need you – Crawl to the person. Tell them you need them. Hug them. Other
person says you need them too.
o So hum – We begin. There is a wall reading ENOUGH ENOUGH ENOUGH
ENOUGH ENOUGH ENOUGH ENOUGH ENOUGH ENOUGH I sit doing
meditation chanting “so hum” as [moment maker] climbs a wall saying “I AM” we
do this simultaneously. We end.
o You good? Ask room. Check in.

o Writing a heart on someones outstretched palm & then saying a phrase, & then
getting slapped over & over again.
o I am not one I am two – We begin. Facing off, saying, ‘I am not one, I am two’
walking around them, gossiping and trying to turn them against each other

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o I am not one, I am two – We begin. Two people stand face to face and repeat
together “I am not one, I am two” Turning in circles away from each other. I end
o Saying sorry for being stuck – Player #1 lays down says “Im sorry I couldn’t be
there, Im stuck” Player #2 “It’s okay!”
o Rose to ear + I love you – Stands in center, rose in each hand, slowly raise right
hand to ear then lift then person behind me whispers I love you
o I wish my dad was like you – Repeat the name of the title to a man you look up
to. Walk to them slowly. Hug them.
o My love is frightening – I begin: two people face each other, wave goodbye, blow
a kiss to each other, say “my love is frightening” repeat, as people feel what’s
true for them. Turn walk away. I end
o 5 Words – 4 people each saying different emotion “yes” “love” “no” “give up”
o Fuck Love – Went up with a girl. Extend hand. Tell them you love them. Hold their
hand & face. Keep telling them you love them. Wait for them to say I love you
o “Im Sorry” Tied to Chair – Waking up in chair- Man standing in front of you
repeating im sorry over and over again. Frustrated tied to the chair and trapped…
Start screaming in frustration shake scream and tip over- No where to go and
trapped to chair you end.
‘Miscellaneous (Titles only; Non-descript moments)
o Brother on brother hate
o A helper with his helpless
o Opening people through there hands
o Control: Pen between mother
o Greasing the scalp of an AA child
o Music for friends who hate each other
o Finding Love – Breaking up then getting back together
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All of the above, [sic] text spelling, edited formatting. “_____” Indicates illegibility. – L.B.

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