{"id":24801,"date":"2015-07-06T11:18:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T15:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=24801"},"modified":"2015-07-15T16:41:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T20:41:56","slug":"inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Out playback theater troupe makes debut appearance at the Wild Goose Festival in North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a few weeks, Eastern Mennonite University\u2019s playback theatre troupe<\/a>\u00a0envisioned their next storytelling event at the Wild Goose Festival<\/a>\u00a0as revolving around the festival\u2019s theme: Blessed are the peacemakers.<\/p>\n

Fitting, especially,\u00a0for Inside Out<\/a>, which hails from an institutional home with Anabaptist peace-oriented values.<\/p>\n

Then, a quick connection with the act to follow \u2013 pastor Doug Pagitt<\/a>, author of \u201cFlipped\u201d \u2013 resulted in a thematic \u201cflip\u201d of their own for\u00a0this weekend’s\u00a0performance in Hot Springs, North Carolina. No matter for this experienced group of actors, who rely on their quick thinking, improvisational and artistic skills, and a deep intuitive confidence in each other to spontaneously re-enact stories offered by volunteers in the audience.<\/p>\n

Wild Goose, here we come!<\/p>\n

A conversation in common<\/h3>\n

Always seeking new spaces and places to build community through storytelling and theater, Inside Out heads south to camp out and join the fun at the Wild Goose Festival beginning Thursday, July 9. That leaves plenty of time to catch, and enjoy, the vibe for this well-rounded group of EMU faculty, alumni, and graduate and undergraduate students.<\/p>\n

The festival \u201cis a place where artists, activists, thought leaders and seekers gather in both joyous and serious conversations about living into social justice,\u201d says Inside Out co-founder Roger Foster<\/a>. \u201cWe are so excited to be part of that conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Billed as a celebration of justice, spirituality, music and the arts, Wild Goose\u2019s myriad of speakers, poets, musicians and performance artists \u201cinvite respectful \u2013 but fearless \u2013 conversation and action for the common good,\u201d according the website.<\/p>\n

\u201cWild Goose seems the perfect place to find folks who share our pursuit of community and justice,\u201d adds co-founder Heidi Winters Vogel<\/a>. \u201cThese are EMU values too!\u201d<\/p>\n

Connecting communities in story<\/h3>\n

Inside Out takes the stage on the last night, at 5 p.m., Saturday, July 11, in the Performance Caf\u00e9. The hour-long \u201cperformance\u201d begins with fun, simple audience interactions, followed by an invitation to audience members to share a real story from their lives. The actors then provide an unscripted improvisation of the story.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe playing back provides the storyteller a chance to witness their own story from the outside, discover new meanings and be affirmed by the community response,\u201d says Vogel. \u201cWe are all connected, teller, performers and audience. We all witness the transformation together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stories and their tellers are honored in a safe space \u201cformed with respect and dignity,\u201d Foster says.<\/p>\n

\"Doug<\/a>
Doug Pagitt is a pastor and author of “Flipped.” (Photo by Courtney Perry)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a happy coincidence, Inside Out provides what Vogel calls the \u201cwarm-up act\u201d for Pagitt. She and her husband, David, worked with Pagitt when he was the youth pastor at Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The couple produced dramas for Wooddale\u2019s popular weekly youth events, and also produced and directed a nationwide tour of \u201cLiving on the Edge,\u201d a youth-oriented and youth-performed musical.<\/p>\n

After Inside Out\u2019s storytelling event, Pagitt takes the stage to talk about concepts from his new book, \u201cFlipped.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHis book challenges assumptions and knowledge of God, looking to Jesus\u2019 teachings for what we may have missed,\u201d Vogel said. \u201cBefore he speaks, we\u2019ll ask the audience to share moments when we were upended, when our lives changed forever. What we share and learn together in \u2018playing back\u2019 those experiences will help us be ready to explore Doug\u2019s message.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since its founding in 2011, Inside Out has worked on and off campus to promote storytelling and playback theatre as a movement toward social change and personal transformation. Actors have\u00a0a range of backgrounds, from theatre arts and music to conflict transformation, and many have also been through EMU\u2019s Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience<\/a> (STAR) program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For a few weeks, Eastern Mennonite University\u2019s playback theatre troupe\u00a0envisioned their next storytelling event at the Wild Goose Festival\u00a0as revolving around the festival\u2019s theme: Blessed are the peacemakers. Fitting, especially,\u00a0for ... read more about Inside Out playback theater troupe makes debut appearance at the Wild Goose Festival in North Carolina<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4515,7931,264,12537,5147,5730],"tags":[16876,9152,16863,14244,16875],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-24801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-arts","category-graduate-programs","category-star","category-theater","category-undergraduate-programs","tag-doug-pagitt","tag-heidi-winters-vogel","tag-inside-out","tag-roger-foster","tag-wild-goose-festival"],"yoast_head":"\nInside Out playback theater troupe makes debut appearance at the Wild Goose Festival in North Carolina - EMU News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Inside Out playback theater troupe makes debut appearance at the Wild Goose Festival in North Carolina - EMU News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For a few weeks, Eastern Mennonite University\u2019s playback theatre troupe\u00a0envisioned their next storytelling event at the Wild Goose Festival\u00a0as revolving around the festival\u2019s theme: Blessed are the peacemakers. Fitting, especially,\u00a0for\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EMU News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-07-06T15:18:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-07-15T20:41:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/07\/Inside-Out-Wild-GooseNewsBlog.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"610\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"370\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@EMU_News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@EMU_News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/\",\"name\":\"Inside Out playback theater troupe makes debut appearance at the Wild Goose Festival in North Carolina - EMU News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/07\/Inside-Out-Wild-GooseNewsBlog.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-07-06T15:18:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-07-15T20:41:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/07\/Inside-Out-Wild-GooseNewsBlog.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/07\/Inside-Out-Wild-GooseNewsBlog.jpg\",\"width\":610,\"height\":370},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Inside Out playback theater troupe makes debut appearance at the Wild Goose Festival in North Carolina\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/\",\"name\":\"EMU News\",\"description\":\"News from the Eastern Mennonite University community.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Inside Out playback theater troupe makes debut appearance at the Wild Goose Festival in North Carolina - EMU News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Inside Out playback theater troupe makes debut appearance at the Wild Goose Festival in North Carolina - EMU News","og_description":"For a few weeks, Eastern Mennonite University\u2019s playback theatre troupe\u00a0envisioned their next storytelling event at the Wild Goose Festival\u00a0as revolving around the festival\u2019s theme: Blessed are the peacemakers. Fitting, especially,\u00a0for","og_url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/","og_site_name":"EMU News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite","article_published_time":"2015-07-06T15:18:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-07-15T20:41:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":610,"height":370,"url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/07\/Inside-Out-Wild-GooseNewsBlog.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@EMU_News","twitter_site":"@EMU_News","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/","name":"Inside Out playback theater troupe makes debut appearance at the Wild Goose Festival in North Carolina - EMU News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/07\/Inside-Out-Wild-GooseNewsBlog.jpg","datePublished":"2015-07-06T15:18:37+00:00","dateModified":"2015-07-15T20:41:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/07\/Inside-Out-Wild-GooseNewsBlog.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/07\/Inside-Out-Wild-GooseNewsBlog.jpg","width":610,"height":370},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/inside-out-playback-theater-troupe-makes-debut-appearance-at-the-wild-goose-festival-in-north-carolina\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Inside Out playback theater troupe makes debut appearance at the Wild Goose Festival in North Carolina"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/","name":"EMU News","description":"News from the Eastern Mennonite University community.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245","name":"admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24801"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24815,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24801\/revisions\/24815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24801"},{"taxonomy":"feature","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feature?post=24801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}