A Ritual Theatre Experience for Enliven Festival
CALL FOR ARTISTS & PERFORMERS
Regenesis is a living, breathing ritual theatre piece—part choreography, part emergent performance, part ceremony, part collaborative myth-making.
We are gathering a dedicated troupe of performers to co-create this work.
This is an invitation to those who feel called to art as a living force—
to those who listen beyond the human voice.
Movers & dancers
Singers & musicians
Poets & spoken word artists
Visual artists & aesthetic visionaries
Performers of any gender who feel resonance with ritual, myth, and embodied storytelling
This is not traditional theatre.
This is oracular ritual theatre—a practice of using art as a medium to steward more-than-human voices into council during times of change.
We are welcoming:
THE WORK
Over three months, we will train and create together using the Animist Arts method—a process rooted in communion with nature, animist ritual, and collaborative creation.
This year, we will be working in relationship with the Tree of Life / Mother Tree,
listening for the myth that wants to emerge from her through us.
Through movement, voice, image, and story,
we will catch and animate the teachings and medicine that the Mother Tree spirit shares with us into a live performance at Enliven Festival.
The piece will include:
Group choreography
Solo and small group performance opportunities
Emergent, improvisational ritual elements
Opportunities for troupe members to to share additional solo performances throughout the festival weekend
COMMITMENT
Being a core performer requires a full commitment to the process:
Phase 1 — Online Creation (Zoom)
Sundays: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (PST)
May 17 – June 14Wednesdays: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM (PST)
June 17 – July 29
Participants will be guided in crafting their own costumes as part of the creative process between May-June.
Phase 2 — In-Person Immersion (Salt Spring Island, BC)
July TBC (6 days)
Daily: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Location announced soon
Snacks and lunch provided
Participants are responsible for organizing their own accommodation for the immersion.
Tuition
$1500 or $600 over 3 months (May—July)
Tuition includes:
A 3-month immersive ritual theatre training + creation process
Teachings in Animist Arts, oracular communion, and becoming the vessel
Collective choreography + solo performance development
A live performance at Enliven Festival
Your festival ticket
Costume materials + guidance to create your own piece
A 6-day in-person immersion on Salt Spring Island
A devoted creative ensemble + mentorship throughout
This is a non-profit, community-supported creation.
Your tuition directly supports:
Studio + rehearsal space
Costumes + production
Guides & guest teachers
Lunches & snacks during the immersion
A shared investment in the art, the process, and the world we are creating together.
Regenesiis explores art as a living bridge—
linking human and more-than-human worlds,
weaving personal expression into collective myth,
grounding creativity in earth-based service,
and transforming imagination
into shared, lived ritual.
Deepen your artistic voice
Engage in ritual and embodied creation
Be part of a devoted, collaborative troupe
Contribute to a living piece of ceremonial theatre
If you hear the call,
we invite you to step forward and apply.
Application deadline: May 2nd
Accepted artists will be notified by May 5th
If you are unable to commit to the full performer journey but feel resonance with the work, we welcome support in other creative roles— including the Mother Tree sculpture build, musical accompaniment, costume, props, sound, and lighting design.
These roles are essential to the world we are building.
Festival tickets for collaborators are not guaranteed and will be discussed on a case-by-case basis.
This is a Invitation to:
Full Journey Overview
A Ritual Theatre Creation Process
This journey unfolds over three months as a collective rite of passage—moving from connection, to inquiry, to transmission, to creation, to performance, and finally, integration.
Each phase builds upon the last, weaving individual artistry into a shared myth.
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May 17
We begin by gathering.
Introductions + getting to know one another
Sharing our artistic practices and pathways
Opening the field of trust and collaboration
Setting the intentions for this work
Overview of the full journey ahead
This is where we arrive as individuals and begin to become a collective body.
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May 24
We enter into council.
What threshold are we standing at as humanity?
What is alive right now?
What is being asked of us?
What edges are we up against?
This session grounds the work in real, present-time relevance—
locating the myth within the world we are living in. -
May 31
We open the divination portal.
Making offerings to the Tree of Life / Mother Tree
Learning oracular and divination practices
Bringing our inquiries into communion
Receiving guidance, teachings, and transmissions
Each participant will have the opportunity to become a vessel—
to listen, receive, and transmit. -
June 7
The inner council gathers the transmissions and begins shaping the myth.
Sharing emerging scenes, themes, and storylines
Assigning and exploring roles within the piece
Beginning costume creation
Participants will:
Begin crafting costumes (materials provided)
Receive guidance for mask-making and design
Embody one or multiple characters within the myth
You will also be invited to:
Create a 2-minute solo piece inspired by the transmission
Record and submit a video of your solo
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June 17 – July 1
We begin building the piece.
Learning and integrating collective choreography
Developing and refining solo performances
Weaving individual pieces into the collective structure
Key Dates:
June 17: Begin choreography + solo development
June 21 (optional): Open support call for solos / questions
June 24: Rehearsal + role anchoring
July 1: Ritual-focused rehearsal
(Choreography will also be shared via video for at-home practice.)
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July TBC (Salt Spring Island)
We come together in person.
This is where the piece comes alive in the body.
Full-day rehearsals (10am–6pm)
Sharing and integrating solos
Solidifying choreography and performance roles
Finalizing ritual architecture
This time also includes:
Nature connection
Rest + integration
Community bonding
Sauna / spa evening
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July 12 – 29 (Zoom)
We refine and prepare.
July 12 (optional): Solo / rehearsal support
July 15: Preparation
July 19 (optional): Additional support
July 22: Final preparation
July 29: On-site dress rehearsal at Enliven
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July 31: Performance (evening)
August 1: Community Integration Circle + Closing Ceremony
August 5: Final Integration Call (Zoom)
Phoebe Fae is a ritual theatre director, expressive arts therapist, creative vocational mentor, and artist devoted to the meeting place between art, ceremony, and the living world.
Her work explores how creative process can become a vessel for transformation—both personal and collective. Through movement, story, sculpture, and ritual, she creates spaces where people can listen beyond themselves and participate in something larger.
Rooted in animist practice and a deep relationship with the more-than-human, Phoebe’s work invites the emergence of living myth—art that is not just performed, but inhabited.
Regenesiis is an expression of this devotion: a collaborative ritual theatre piece that brings artists together to co-create a place-based myth of renewal.
At the heart of her work is a simple intention—
to help bring more-than-human voices into council during times of change.
About the Director
Special Thank You to..
THE MANY WHO HAVE INSPIRED & SUPPORTED THE WORK
Sarah Sataya
Paige Penny
Kaylian James
Mackenzie River
Cat Wilson
Enliven Festival
Maia Love
Katie Mclean
Ivy Valentine
Hayley Flinn
Jasmine Blue
Charlie Timbrell
Isis Indriya
Eve Bradford
Sedona Swan
John Luther
Anabel De La Forêt
Alicia Miecznikowski
Bronwen Olson
Celine Cobb