Actors and performers from across the world take part in a devising intensive workshop at the Celebration Barn Theater in South Paris. The barn was started by world famous mime Tony Montanaro in 1972 as a workshop and teaching space for aspiring artists. Montanaro has since died, but the space and its function remain the same.

Nettie Lane of Brattleboro, left, lets out a long, drawn out scream of "No!" as she and other actors and performers from across the world take part in a devising intensive workshop at the Celebration Barn Theater. In this particular scene, Lane was partaking in physical theater based on the Civil War, where students bend, twist, and shape their bodies in unison.

Sarah Chalfie, of New York, N.Y., and Michela Micalizio, of Falmouth, take part in a weight sharing exercise.

Michelle Meyer, left, of Boston, and Nettie Johnson, at right, of Brattleboro, Vt., support Rene Johnson as the trio acts out a physical theater scene based on the word "Cathedral" during a morning session of a devising intensive workshop at the Celebration Barn Theater. Johnson is the residential manager at the barn but also takes part in the classes.

Karen Montanaro, an instructor in the devising intensive workshop at the Celebration Barn Theater in South Paris, and Davis Robinson, also an instructor, show students how to share weight with one another while performing physical theater. Montanaro's former husband Tony Montanaro was a world famous mime and founded the barn in 1972 as a teaching ground for artists from around the world.

Montanaro holds hands with Robinson as they show students how to share weight with one another.

A participant in the loft at the Celebration Barn Theater.