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Motus Playback Theater - Boulder Arts Week
Apr
5
7:00 PM19:00

Motus Playback Theater - Boulder Arts Week

Motus Theater invites you to a special adventure of improvisational theater where you share a short reflection or a story, and then watch a diverse group of professional improv actors enact YOUR story on the spot using movement, music, and dramatic spoken word. The stories may be funny or sad; memories from long ago or yesterday. The audience and performers co-create a theater event whose subject is the life experiences of the people attending the show. Join us for an abundant exchange interconnecting our shared humanity through music, story, poetry, and improv theater.

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Motus Playback Theater
Mar
1
7:00 PM19:00

Motus Playback Theater

Motus Theater invites you to a special adventure of improvisational theater where you share a short reflection or a story, and then watch a diverse group of professional improv actors enact YOUR story on the spot using movement, music, and dramatic spoken word. The stories may be funny or sad; memories from long ago or yesterday. The audience and performers co-create a theater event whose subject is the life experiences of the people attending the show. Join us for an abundant exchange interconnecting our shared humanity through music, story, poetry, and improv theater.

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Bolder. Boulder. Better. With Motus Playback Theater at the City Council Chambers!
Feb
8
2:00 PM14:00

Bolder. Boulder. Better. With Motus Playback Theater at the City Council Chambers!

  • Penfield Tate II Municipal Building, Boulder City Council Chambers (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

What is your vision for Boulder over the next 20 years? What community issues are most important to you? What community assets are unseen or underutilized in the Boulder Valley that could support our shared future? Do you want to feel seen and heard by policy writers for the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan?

Motus Theater invites you to a special adventure in improvisational theater where you share a short reflection or a story about your vision for Boulder, and then watch professional improv actors enact YOUR story on the spot using movement, music, and dramatic spoken word. 

The city of Boulder is developing the next Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan (BVCP) to set priorities and goals for the future and the BVCP writers want to hear from YOU! Motus Playback Theater is here to help you express what you feel will build “A Boulder Future.” By sharing our stories we can influence the direction of Boulder for the next 20 years!

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UndocuAmerica: Reclaiming Our Presence Visual Arts Exhibit
Feb
1
to Feb 28

UndocuAmerica: Reclaiming Our Presence Visual Arts Exhibit

  • North Boulder Recreation Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Experience mural portraits of DACA-mented leaders whose stories of resilience are brought to life with QR codes linking to their personal monologues. Originally installed in 2022 and targeted by anti-immigrant vandalism, this exhibition is a healing response to erasure and exclusion.

This UndocuAmerica exhibit showcases murals of Motus UndocuAmerica monologists created by Edica Pacha.

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Bolder. Boulder. Better. With Motus Playback Theater
Jan
25
7:00 PM19:00

Bolder. Boulder. Better. With Motus Playback Theater

  • Canyon Theater at the Boulder Public Library (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

What is your vision for Boulder over the next 20 years? What community issues are most important to you? What community assets are unseen or underutilized in the Boulder Valley that could support our shared future? Do you want to feel seen and heard by policy writers for the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan?

Motus Theater invites you to a special adventure in improvisational theater where you share a short reflection or a story about your vision for Boulder, and then watch professional improv actors enact YOUR story on the spot using movement, music, and dramatic spoken word. 

The city of Boulder is developing the next Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan (BVCP) to set priorities and goals for the future and the BVCP writers want to hear from YOU! Motus Playback Theater is here to help you express what you feel will build “A Boulder Future.” By sharing our stories we can influence the direction of Boulder for the next 20 years!

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Civic Love Stories with Trans & Nonbinary Leaders
Nov
15
6:30 PM18:30

Civic Love Stories with Trans & Nonbinary Leaders

  • Canyon Theater at the Boulder Public Library (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Doors open for tea and cookies reception at 6:30p.m. followed by a 7p.m. performance of Motus Theater's TRANSformative Stories monologues for the Boulder Library’s Civic Dialogue series. In this special performance, transgender and nonbinary leaders perform artfully crafted personal stories about their hopes, dreams, and experiences of negotiating oppression and liberation, with live musical underscore. Colorado’s most diverse improv troupe, Motus Playback Theater, will then support the audience to reflect together on gender and reenact reflections on the spot. Regardless of your ideas about legislation focused on transgender & nonbinary people, come together for tea, cookies, and community to hear stories from your transgender & nonbinary neighbors so we all know more about the people impacted by anti-transgender legislation.

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Civic Love Stories with Undocumented Coloradans
Oct
19
6:30 PM18:30

Civic Love Stories with Undocumented Coloradans

  • Canyon Theater at the Boulder Public Library (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Doors open for tea and cookies reception at 6:30p.m. followed by a 7p.m. performance of Motus Theater's UndocuAmerica monologues for the Boulder Library’s Civic Dialogue series. In this special performance, immigrants with DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) perform artfully crafted personal stories about their lives, with a musical underscore. Colorado’s most diverse improv troupe, Motus Playback Theater, will then support the audience to reflect together on the experience of listening to the stories, and reenact reflections on the spot. Regardless of your ideas about immigration policy, come together for tea, cookies and community to hear stories from your undocumented neighbors so we all know more about the people impacted by these policies.

Featuring Motus Theater UndocuAmerica monologists Laura Peniche, Alejandro Fuentes Mena and Cristian Solano-Córdova. Featuring music from acclaimed violinist Anthony Salvo (he/him). 

Doors open for reception with tea and cookies at 6:30 pm. Performance starts at 7 pm.

Registration is recommended for email reminders and to hold a seat until 6:50 pm. Walk-ins are welcome, but seating is limited. After 6:45 pm,. entry only through the Canyon entrance (north side).

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Motus Theater Playback Improv
Sep
7
7:00 PM19:00

Motus Theater Playback Improv

Motus Theater invites you to a special adventure of improvisational theater where you share a short reflection or a story, and then watch a diverse group of professional improv actors enact YOUR story on the spot using movement, music, and dramatic spoken word. The stories may be funny or sad; memories from long ago or yesterday. The audience and performers co-create a theater event whose subject is the life experiences of the people attending the show. Join us for an abundant exchange interconnecting our shared humanity through music, story, poetry, and improv theater.

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Law Enforcement Leaders Read “Women of Resolution”
Jun
15
4:00 PM16:00

Law Enforcement Leaders Read “Women of Resolution”

Women of Resolution weaves the stories of four Colorado women — Ingrid Encalada Latorre, Sandra Lopez, Rosa Sabido, and Araceli Velasquez —  who took sanctuary to prevent the separation of their families through deportation. Guest readers include: Boulder County Sheriff Curtis Johnson and District Attorney Michael Dougherty. Featuring award-winning photos of Joel Dyer and musician Teresita Lozano. 

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Art Opening and Performance: UndocuAmerica: Reclaiming our Presenc
May
10
to Jul 14

Art Opening and Performance: UndocuAmerica: Reclaiming our Presenc

  • Dairy Arts Center, Boulder (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Motus Theater for the premiere of an UndocuAmerica exhibit showcasing murals by Edica Pacha of Motus UndocuAmerica monologists that were vandalized and torn down when placed in public spaces in Denver and Boulder. And artwork, developed in collaboration with Motus Theater, for Motus immigration programming by Sebastian Sifuentes.

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Motus Theater Playback Improv
Apr
6
7:00 PM19:00

Motus Theater Playback Improv

Motus Theater invites you to a special adventure of improvisational theater where you share a short reflection or a story, and then watch a diverse group of professional improv actors enact YOUR story on the spot using movement, music, and dramatic spoken word. The stories may be funny or sad; memories from long ago or yesterday. The audience and performers co-create a theater event whose subject is the life experiences of the people attending the show. Join us for an abundant exchange interconnecting our shared humanity through music, story, poetry, and improv theater.

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"Motus Music to Restore the Heart" with violinist Anthony Salvo
Apr
6
1:30 PM13:30

"Motus Music to Restore the Heart" with violinist Anthony Salvo

This Motus Music session offers a tranquil experience of melodious beauty within a field of blessing. It is perfect for relaxation, reflection, and aligning your spirit with your truest intentions. There is room for 30 people to lie down and listen and another 60 to sit on a first come first serve basis. So come early if you want to lie down - and don’t forget to bring your yoga mat and blankets! Proceeds go to pay for the violinist, the space, and Motus social justice programs.

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Motus Theater Playback Improv
Feb
10
7:00 PM19:00

Motus Theater Playback Improv

Motus Theater invites you to a special adventure of improvisational theater where you share a short reflection or a story, and then watch a diverse group of professional improv actors enact YOUR story on the spot using movement, music, and dramatic spoken word. The stories may be funny or sad; memories from long ago or yesterday. The audience and performers co-create a theater event whose subject is the life experiences of the people attending the show. Join us for an abundant exchange interconnecting our shared humanity through music, story, poetry, and improv theater.

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"Motus Music to Restore the Heart" with violinist Anthony Salvo
Feb
10
1:30 PM13:30

"Motus Music to Restore the Heart" with violinist Anthony Salvo

This Motus Music session offers a tranquil experience of melodious beauty within a field of blessing. It is perfect for relaxation, reflection, and aligning your spirit with your truest intentions. There is room for 30 people to lie down and listen and another 60 to sit on a first come first serve basis. So come early if you want to lie down - and don’t forget to bring your yoga mat and blankets! Proceeds go to pay for the violinist, the space, and Motus social justice programs.

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