About
Kitchen Sink Theatre
What if...
These words floated through my head for years. What if I could bring something like this to Fort Wayne? What if there was a way to bring truly inclusive theatre to those in our community that are left out far too often? What if… what if… what if…?
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Kitchen Sink Theatre has been brewing in my mind for a number of years. I’ve been so lucky to have studied with a couple of the greatest sensory theatre companies in the world- Oily Cart and Bamboozle, both located in England. I’ve learned, and continue to learn, so much from them. I just had to work up my courage to put this idea of mine out into the world. It’s a scary feeling, but I’m hoping it will be embraced.
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In August 2023, I was freshly home from a trip from England studying with Bamboozle, where I had been the only American in a group of 12 people from eight countries around the world. I was still floating with the confidence and energy of all I had learned from the recent training, when I received a text saying that there was a performance opening in the Taste of the Arts Festival. It felt like the stars were aligning and I knew I had to take this chance. I called up a couple people I thought would be a good fit to help create a sensory theatre show. Aaron Mann and Maddie Miller were on board from the get-go and we were off! I spent the next couple of weeks creating BOX, using things that I had around my house. We played, created songs, rehearsed, and a little show was born. We performed it at the Taste of the Arts Festival to a small but mighty group of young people and we’re gearing up to create our second show, based on googly eyes. (Yes, you read that correctly.)
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We hope you’ll join us for the ride.
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-Gloria Minnich, Founder of Kitchen Sink Theatre
