PLAY•JAM with Brooke Shilling

PLAY•JAM is a space dedicated to play. (surprise!)

These drop-in workshops are about adults experiencing embodied play as a practice in-and-of-itself. 

Register now for PLAY JAM 7 on Tuesday April 28 w/ acclaimed Philly theatre-maker, Brooke Shilling!💥 We’re so excited for Brooke to share her playful approach to creation with the PJ community. 🎉

“Jammers will focus on using play, physical movement, mime techniques, and ensemble-based collaboration to explore telling big stories on a tiny stage. We’ll play a bunch of games, make a couple of things, and interrogate the idea of scale - zooming in, zooming out, and zooming all about.”🔥.

ALL experience levels are welcome and playful experimentation benefits everyone. Welcoming community, low stakes, high joy. COME AND GET IT! 🦆🦆🦆

Pig Iron Studios - Philadelphia
April 28, 2026
7-9pm | $10-$30 sliding scale drop in
Please register in advance

Play Jams are offered twice a month (second Sundays & final Tuesdays) inviting participants out of their bot-brains and into their bodies. Facilitators offer a structure of theatre games and creative exercises to spark spontaneous collaboration, exploration, and hahaha-ification-sensations. We welcome people where they are, and encourage a supportive, safe, and celebratory time for joyful abandon. 

WHO: All adults age 18+! These sessions are great as a creative tool for performers and artists of all kinds, but it is beneficial for anybody searching for a little movement, connection, and levity in their life. Jams are currently capped at 18 participants. 

WHERE: Pig Iron Studios (The Pig Iron School) - 1417 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19122

HOW MUCH:  $10-$30 sliding scale. Your spot is reserved once payment is received. Walk-ins are welcome should there be available slots left. 

PLAY•JAM strives to keep fees low in order to make Jams financially-accessible and trust you to pay what you can afford. These fees cover space rental cost, and provide modest stipends for the time and energy of facilitators and admin. If you would like to participate but you can’t do the fees, please reach out to discuss what accommodations can be made. 

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Questions & requests: michael.amendola.8@gmail.com. 

PLAY•JAM is inspired by "Clown Gym" founded by Julia Proctor,  which ran from 2014-2024 in New York City.  Play Jam strives to bring the spirit and ethos of Clown Gym to North Philadelphia.