The idea emerged from a workshop in which the composer Elena Langer was exploring wordlessness.
A gaggle of parents coming back from a workshop at Las Hormigas passes by, talking about what it means to be better mothers, better fathers.
Now, based on advice from a workshop of experts, the institute has stiffened its spine and returned to its original stance.
"I don't know what we'll do in 20 years, but we'll manage," said Felix Fuster, a fourth-generation espadrille maker who exports his hand-made men's styles from a workshop in the eastern province of Castellón.
The work, seen on Friday night at the Ellen Stewart Theater at La MaMa, stems from a workshop Mr. Scott taught at the Center for the Care of Survivors of Torture in Dublin.
Q. Can you give us an example of a small business you've worked with? A. Well, I think a great example came from a workshop we completed last year in the San Francisco area.
"Confessions" was the first of four visceral works, not surprising from a workshop supervised by Mr. Golijov, who writes in an emotive, melodic and eclectic idiom and for whom the theatrical elements of music are vital.
"It is a complicated question, because obviously many, many pieces benefit from a workshop process," said the composer Ricky Ian Gordon, whose musical "My Life With Albertine" was produced at Playwrights Horizons last year.
The idea to act came from a workshop he did at school run by a local actor who, when he started the group up again in town, invited Fassbender to join.
The idea sprung from a workshop held by the Asperger's Association of New England, where Hoque and fellow researchers were approached by people seeking a technological solution to their social hardships.
