ISTA TAPS

Jakarta, October 28th – 30th

Three intense days of theatre, fifty new facebook friends, and countless skills learned. IB TAPS.

Eight OSC IB Theatre students attended the workshops in Jakarta, and none of them would tell you that it was a waste of time or that it was boring. The workshops were grueling; it was as though you never had a break - you were always up and moving. It encompassed so many different methods, ideas and applications of theatre that had never occurred to us before, such as using theatre and exercises to bring people in a group, who seem so different closer together by making them realize that they in fact do have some commonalities. We had been split into five different groups, and each group had their own workshops and master classes that they were able to dwell on and teach to others upon their return. I believe we all gained a lot from this experience, not only the ability to travel and meet new people with fresh ideas who are truly passionate about the subject, but also to enhance our own ideas and our own abilities as actors.
Each day would end with a performance, yet the one that would have stood out the most for all of us was without a doubt, Sherri Sutton’s one woman stand-up comedy show, “Don’t Make Fun of Jesus”. It has been performed all over the world over the years, and all of us found ourselves in fits of laughter, and hanging on to her every word as she would open up to the audience about her life in the South of the United States, as well as various other jokes.
It was an inspiring experience, and so much fun. If I were able to do it again, I would. One thousand times over.