Downtown

MAKING MASKED THEATRE Monthly workshops to develop performance in a respirator. 2nd Fridays at the LAVA Center, 6-8pm Molly Brennan, Equity Actor and Teaching Artist hosts a 2 hour workshop once a month to invite performance artists, playwrights, singers, poets, drag performers, clowns, actors and everyone who loves to be onstage to: Devise new work Workshop ongoing projects Develop vocal and physical techniques to perform in a respirator Beginners welcome! Why mask required? As we find ourselves in a world where for most of us, medical care is unaffordable, air quality is poor, and there is a growing population of Long Covid survivors and other folks who need or choose to be cautious about airborne pathogens, many in the performance community have been left behind because of the choice to wear respirator masks. Who is Molly Brennan? Molly Brennan enjoyed a 30 year career as a professional stage actor in Chicago, but the Covid pandemic changed her path, and she had to find other ways to make a living. She and her wife moved to Massachusetts in the fall of 2025, and Molly has slowly been returning to her art, as a teacher, playwright, director and performer. She wears an…