In 2004 he began workshopping a one-man show called Sleepwalk With Me, and everything changed.
Tonight the team's latest collaboration, Mr. Guirgis's "Our Lady of 121st Street," directed by Mr. Hoffman, begins workshop performances at Center Stage/NY, 48 West 21st Street in Chelsea.
The company has recently begun workshops at two international design schools: Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and ECAL in Lausanne, Switzerland.
And Disney has hired him to develop a musical called "Hoopz" about the Harlem Globetrotters, with a book by Suzan-Lori Parks, willh will begin workshops next spring.
CARMICHAEL TRAINING SYSTEMS Based in Colorado Springs but with training sites nationwide, the company offers three-day camps through the fall, from beginning workshops to racing clinics ($599 each, excluding lodging and meals).
Project H.E.A.L.T.H.Y will soon begin workshops addressing health in low-income communities and communities of color, such as eating habits, practicing sustainable lifestyles, saving money while improving health and organic gardening.
Shortly, the team will begin workshopping the process by inviting language teachers from the region to flesh out what the page could look like from a user's perspective.
This experience has informed a model for professional development wherein workshop teachers begin the workshop by setting "group norms" to create a supportive learning environment (such as respecting others' opinions, sharing speaking time, and refraining from being judgmental) and devising strategies to let program staff know when they felt overwhelmed by complex material.
