Michael Bigelow Dixon
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Breaking from Realism:  A Theatrical Aesthetic

My goal is to provide the next generation of theatre-makers - playwrights especially - with concepts, processes, and tools that will enable them to explore multiple realities on stage and thereby bring to the theatre types of stories and events that are a significant part of the human experience but are not yet a sizable part of our dramatic repertoire.

The Breaking from Realism methodology consists of 15 concepts, processes, and tools, including:  Hybridization; Division and Multiplication; Distortion; Expressionism; Altered States of Mind and Being; Bricolage, or Pastiche; Extreme Symbolism; Re-contextualization; Anthropomorphism; Virtuosity; Priority Shifts; Borrowed Structures; The Mystical, Supernatural, and Paranormal; Interruption:  Authenticity, Chance, Choice, and Accident; and Rebellion

New Play Workshops: Writing & Devising New Works for the 21st Century

Bring a workshop for creating new plays to your college, theatre, or playwriting community. 
Workshops focusing on the Breaking from Realism methodologies are taught by Michael Bigelow Dixon.
Workshops introducing ways to devise new work are taught by Sullivan Canaday White, acting and directing professor at Transylvania University.
Half-day, full-day, two-day and week-long workshops are available.
For more information, contact:
Michael Bigelow Dixon
michael.bigelow.dixon@gmail.com

  • Home
  • About
    • Bio
    • cv
    • Contact
  • Theatre
    • Director
    • Playwright
    • Dramaturg/Literary Manager
  • Teaching
    • College/University Faculty
    • Workshops & Master Classes
  • Publications
    • Book: Breaking from Realism
    • Articles
    • Books, Monographs, Journals Edited
  • Breaking from Realism: Workshops
  • Evil Genius: Monsters on Stage
  • Headspace Theatre & From the Neck Up Acting Company
  • Children's Books
  • Ultra Photography Portfolio