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HopStop Family Workshop

Drama Discovery Lab

with Goat in the Road Productions
May 15, 2027

Join us for improv theater games to spark imagination, confidence and joy.

Christopher Kaminstein, writer, director, improviser, teaching artist and co-artistic director of Goat in the Road Productions, will lead a lively and participatory theater workshop for children and families. Using improv-based theater games, participants will explore character creation, storytelling and collaborative scene-building in a welcoming and inclusive environment. These accessible activities invite participants of all ages to play, experiment and create together. Participants will experiment with turning their ideas into scenes and every participant will leave with a short play of their own creation. These accessible activities invite participants of all ages to play, write, and create together. 

Registration is encouraged but not required. All ages are welcome.

Photographs will be taken at this event. By attending, you agree to be photographed and video recorded. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

With thanks to our Season Sponsor – Community Programming: The Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation.

Christopher Kaminstein is a writer, director, improviser, teaching artist, and co-Artistic Director of Goat in the Road Productions (GRP). He is known for his innovative theater direction, commitment to an ensemble-based creative process, and use of historical moments to examine current social realities.

Christopher's recent writing and co-directing credits for GRP include The Family Line (2022), The Uninvited (2020), Roleplay (2019), KindHumanKind in Concert (2019), The Stranger Disease (2018), Foreign to Myself (2017), and Numb (2014). He won the 2023 Big Easy Theater Award for Best Director with co-director Richon May Wallace for The Family Line, as well as the 2018 Best Director award with co-director Kiyoko McCrae for The Stranger Disease.

Kaminstein was featured in a March 2020 American Theatre article about GRP's immersive, history-based projects. He is an experienced teaching artist and co-founder of the company's flagship educational program, Play/Write, which brings student plays to life with professional actors. Christopher lives with his wife, Laura, and daughter, Lia, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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