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Rosa Joshi Leads Antigone Workshop with UW Drama’s MFA PATP Cohort

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Rosa Joshi leads MFA PATP 3 students through ensemble-based movement during an Upstart Crow Collective workshop.
Rosa Joshi leads MFA PATP 3 students through ensemble-based movement during an Upstart Crow Collective workshop. Photo By Geoff Korf
Rosa Joshi leads MFA PATP 3 students through ensemble-based movement during an Upstart Crow Collective workshop.
Rosa Joshi leads MFA PATP 3 students through ensemble-based movement during an Upstart Crow Collective workshop. Photo By Geoff Korf
Rosa Joshi leads MFA PATP 3 students through ensemble-based movement during an Upstart Crow Collective workshop.
Rosa Joshi leads MFA PATP 3 students through ensemble-based movement during an Upstart Crow Collective workshop. Photo By Geoff Korf
Rosa Joshi leads MFA PATP 3 students through ensemble-based movement during an Upstart Crow Collective workshop.
Rosa Joshi leads MFA PATP 3 students through ensemble-based movement during an Upstart Crow Collective workshop. Photo By Geoff Korf
Rosa Joshi leads MFA PATP 3 students through ensemble-based movement during an Upstart Crow Collective workshop.
Rosa Joshi leads MFA PATP 3 students through ensemble-based movement during an Upstart Crow Collective workshop. Photo By Geoff Korf
Rosa Joshi leads MFA PATP 3 students through ensemble-based movement during an Upstart Crow Collective workshop.
Rosa Joshi leads MFA PATP 3 students through ensemble-based movement during an Upstart Crow Collective workshop. Photo By Geoff Korf

Upstart Crow Collective founder engages MFA actors in ensemble-based, devised practice exploring classical text as contemporary inquiry.

On November 12, acclaimed theatre artist Rosa Joshi spent the day on campus working directly with students in the School of Drama’s MFA Professional Actor Training Program (PATP), leading an immersive workshop rooted in Upstart Crow Collective’s Antigone.


Designed to move students through both text and embodiment, the workshop invited the MFA cohort to engage deeply with Antigone as a living, contemporary work; one that asks urgent questions about power, resistance, collective responsibility, and moral courage. Through movement, ensemble-based exploration, and devised processes, students investigated how classical texts can be reimagined through collaborative practice and human-centered inquiry.


Joshi, Founder of Upstart Crow Collective and Associate Artistic Director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival, guided students through the company’s approach to devising and adaptation, emphasizing rigor, curiosity, and the importance of ensemble in generating meaning. The session offered MFA actors a rare opportunity to experience firsthand how a professional theatre company activates classical material in rehearsal, allowing process to lead toward clarity and resolution.


The workshop complemented Joshi’s participation in the School of Drama’s interdisciplinary panel on collaborative creation later that evening, creating a full day of engagement that bridged theory, practice, and performance. For MFA PATP students, the experience underscored how devised methodologies, ensemble thinking, and interdisciplinary perspectives shape contemporary theatre-making, both in training and in the field.


Joshi’s campus visit also included participation in a panel discussion on collaborative creation across disciplines, presented in conjunction with the world premiere of OMNIA BREAK ROOM.


→ Read more about the panel conversation below: 

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