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