[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"post-party-soft-2":3,"siteSettings-header":25,"navigation":28},[4],{"id":5,"status":6,"date_created":7,"date_updated":8,"user_created":9,"user_updated":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"excerpt":12,"cover_image":13,"publish_date":14,"meta_title":12,"meta_description":12,"content":15,"cover_image_override":12,"tags":23,"gallery":24},"5be626a1-8095-474a-bf40-bac023d548b8","published","2026-03-20T04:00:58.557Z","2026-03-20T22:24:42.538Z","330cdc5a-6d3f-456c-aec8-de6c0e72ce85","Party Soft #2","party-soft-2",null,"5dbc2943-bc47-4e2e-a1ae-2a9a3145bd17","2023-03-17",{"blocks":16,"version":22},[17],{"type":18,"data":19,"id":21},"raw",{"html":20},"On February 22, 2023, we had such a wonderful second gathering of ease & care! Thank you to Heather Cohn, Lori Elizabeth Parquet, Rebecca Ana Peña, Corinna Schulenburg, Isaiah Tanenbaum, and Salma Zohdi for co-creating and facilitating this event. In the spirit of our commitment to Open Source theatre, we’re sharing the run-of show and key resources.\n\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003Cem>PARTY SOFT \u003C/em>RUN OF SHOW:\u003C/span>\n\u003Cul>\n \t\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introductions\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n\u003C/span>\n\u003Cul>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Name, pronouns, land acknowledgment, one word to describe the energy you’re coming into the space tonight, and pass to someone else\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Party Soft\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and ROAR—what are they? \"\u003C/span>\u003Cem>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Party Soft\u003C/span>\u003C/em>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is part of a new body of work Flux is making called Rituals of Abundance and Renewal, or ROAR. Our first \u003Cem>Party Soft\u003C/em> was in June of last year, and just as we did then, this party will unfold in five parts. Because we love alliteration, all five parts begin with the letter P: Prepare, Praise, Presence, Practice, and finally, because we’re a little silly, Potpourri. (Maybe we’ll make the fifth one Play, maybe we’ll keep it Potpourri.)\"\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flux’s Core Value of Collective Care: \u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our commitment to supporting each other extends beyond our professional collaboration. We’re dedicated to the well being and thriving of each Creative Partner, both within Flux and in our lives. This collective care extends in concentric circles to our wider communities\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">The introduction of Pingo\n\u003Cul>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PDF for printing and playing:\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n\u003C/span>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/3koinqn6hk5mwy0/PINGO%20Sheet%20PDF.pdf?dl=0\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.dropbox.com/s/3koinqn6hk5mwy0/PINGO%20Sheet%20PDF.pdf?dl=0\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google doc for copying to your own drive and doing on your machine:\u003C/span> \u003Ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RsUar5lYegJNUim-kJMrq7W_U92cVYcToOh9Pd44U2c/edit#gid=0\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RsUar5lYegJNUim-kJMrq7W_U92cVYcToOh9Pd44U2c/edit#gid=0\u003C/span>\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“How can we access pleasure, joy, and liberation if we’re too tired to experience it? If we’re so exhausted, how would we be able to recognize that we’ve reached our liberation? Will we be too tired to know it?” -Tricia Hersey \u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cul>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PREPARE, led by Rebecca Ana Peña\u003C/span>\n\u003Cul>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"> Box breathing, music, and vocalizations of intention for the night.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PRAISE, led by Heather Cohn\u003C/span>\n\u003Cul>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I am dust and I am stardust,\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A fragile collection of glitter crumbs,\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ages-old, already honed by countless\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">supernovas,\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who decided to come together and dance,\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a short, sacred time,\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As one magical me-made shape.” -\u003C/span>\u003C/i>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Micah Bucey for Ash Wednesday\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writing exercise, “Ode to Our Body Part\"\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli aria-level=\"2\">Inspiration from The Best Part of Me by Mercena West Schulenburg, 8 years old: \"My feet are very useful. They help me in many ways. Here are some of the ways they help me. They help me roller-skate on the pavement. Without my feet I couldn’t put on my rollerskates and skate around. Without my feet I couldn't stand and I would fall over. My feet help me run as fast as a cheetah and win every race. My feet help me dance gracefully in ballet and leap quickly through the jungle like a tiger. My feet help me tiptoe when my baby cousin is asleep. These are all of the many things my feet help me do.\"\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli aria-level=\"2\">Call and response of sharing the odes and praising the body.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PRESENCE, led by Lori Elizabeth Parquet\u003C/span>\n\u003Cul>\n \t\u003Cli aria-level=\"2\">Story sharing: What is something that feels difficult right now? Please let us know how you’d like us to receive it. Do you want us simply to witness? Would you like comfort? Or solutions?\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PRACTICE, led by Corinna Schulenburg & Salma Zohdi\u003C/span>\n\u003Cul>\n \t\u003Cli aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Ours seems to be a world that values ‘strength.’ We want ‘hard’ bodies, ‘strong’ minds, ‘tough’ wills, ‘hard as nail’ determination, ‘rugged’ personalities, ‘sturdy’ character, and so on. I wonder if we have confused hardness with the strength it takes to truly give and receive love. Let us praise softness.” -Omid Safi\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharing of self and collective care practices\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collective action: #FreeAlaa @Freedomforalaa (IG):\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> “\u003C/span>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have decided to start an open hunger strike until I am free. The health of my body is of no value as long as it’s forced to submit to an unjust power in an open-ended imprisonment that has nothing to do with the law or with justice.”\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ritual of the water glass and self/collective love.\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">POTPOURRI, led by Isaiah Tanenbaum\u003C/span>\n\u003Cul>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share filled-out Pingo cards\u003C/span>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003C/li>\n \t\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Closing with s\u003C/span>hared breath\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>","xiTKpY0oeA","2.25.0",[],[],{"header_cta":26,"header_cta_url":27},"Get Tickets","/productions/fear-wonder",[29,35,42,45,51,57],{"id":30,"label":31,"url":12,"sort":32,"is_external":12,"parent":12,"page":33},3,"About",1,{"slug":34},"about",{"id":36,"label":37,"url":12,"sort":32,"is_external":12,"parent":38,"page":40},5,"Retreat",{"id":39},4,{"slug":41},"flux-annual-retreat",{"id":39,"label":43,"url":12,"sort":44,"is_external":12,"parent":12,"page":12},"Programs",2,{"id":46,"label":47,"url":12,"sort":44,"is_external":12,"parent":48,"page":49},6,"Sharing Power",{"id":39},{"slug":50},"sharing-power",{"id":52,"label":53,"url":12,"sort":30,"is_external":12,"parent":54,"page":55},7,"Core Work",{"id":39},{"slug":56},"core-work",{"id":58,"label":59,"url":12,"sort":39,"is_external":12,"parent":60,"page":61},8,"Living Ticket",{"id":39},{"slug":62},"living-ticket"]