The Workshop, A Dress Rehearsal for Life (2022)

Eleven hopeful participants, diverse in age, ethnicity, occupation, age, sexual preference, and objectives gather to attend an Inner Negotiation Workshop. As they share their stories and challenges, they all long to obtain something very specific. The seasoned workshop leader, Randi, discovers that Nigel, an old flame of hers, is one of the participants in the workshop she is leading. Nigel's objective is finding his frozen feelings that keep him from having a fulfilling relationship. The participants actions and songs show what they need to do to attain what they lack and want...thinness, boundaries, assertiveness, clarity, recognition, forgiveness, release, peace, and freedom from guilt, sadness, loss, and shattered dreams. They discover what they need to do, and what they need to risk, in order to get what they want. Bonds build, breakthroughs occur, and for some participants hopelessness surfaces causing hostility, separation, and acting out. As the stories unfold their human connections becomes evident as they establish bonds that make them eager to support each other in changing behaviors and getting what each one of them wants.