Winter Workshops is a set of short shows hosted by Olivet’s student-led Green Room Theater. This year’s performances include: “The Yellow Wallpaper,” “We Can’t Talk About This,” and “A Monster Calls.” Each one of these stories features amazing student actors, directors, and stagehands.
Below you will find stories on the production of the plays, as well as the actors and Green Room Theatre.
Winter Workshops were performed on November 14 and 15, 2025, at Sims Educational Center.
What Is Green Room Theatre Company?
Students huddle around scripts, paint set pieces, and adjust light cues — all without a single faculty member in sight. This is the world of Green Room Theatre Company, Olivet’s entirely student-led theatre, which gives emerging artists the chance to…
Putting Up “The Yellow Wallpaper”
The first show featured during Winter Workshops was “The Yellow Wallpaper,” a thrilling challenge for the Green Room Theatre Company. An adaptation of Charlette Perkin’s story of the same name, the stage play explores the story’s original themes of “sexual,…
“We Can’t Talk About This”
Domestic abuse is a situation that seems impossible to navigate. The one-act show We Can’t Talk About This shows the home and school life of a family with an abusive father. This play was directed by Katie DeVries and Lauren…
The Making Of “A Monster Calls”
Winter Workshops is an annual set of plays put on entirely by student directors. This year Green Room Theatre Company put on three workshops: “The Yellow Wallpaper,” “We Can’t Talk About This,” and “A Monster Calls.” “A Monster Calls” was…
Behind the Scenes of The Actors
There are a variety of student actors who were involved in the production of Winter Workshops 2025. These actors brought the stories and characters to life. Understanding how they prepare for their roles and how they draw emotion is what…
About this project:
This set of stories was created by Katie DeVries, Alaina Sanders, Katelyn Swan, Nathaniel Evans Trudeau, and Hannah Villarreal as a final project for the Multimedia Storytelling class at Olivet Nazarene University.
