A Special Message from Phil Knoerzer, Artistic Coordinator
& All the Brainstormers
Hello, Brainstormers Audiences!
After a long break owing to the COVID-19 virus, the Brainstormers are back! And, if safety protocols are in place, we’re scheduling programs. Our programs on about two dozen topics of interest are designed to engage audiences intellectually in an entertaining way. Although there is no charge for any of them, free-will donations are gratefully accepted.
At this time we are booking for the 2024. Since our schedule fills up quickly, we encourage you to book early. An extensive list of references is available if you’d like one.
We very much look forward to hearing from you. YOU are the reason we do this.
Contact Scheduling coordinator Betty Accordino at Brainstormerswny@yahoo.com or 716-713-0834 with any questions.
Thank you for your understanding and support! Be Well!
Be Entertained
and Informed
Here’s a novel program idea for your group of seniors that will engage them intellectually in an entertaining way. And it’s free!
The Brainstormers are a group of “seasoned” actors who volunteer their time and talent in creating and performing well-rehearsed staged readings of vignettes that dramatize for senior citizens issues of concern to them and for general audiences a variety of moral dilemmas.
Immediately after each staged reading, the actors engage audience members in a discussion of the issue or dilemma dramatized in a way that encourages them to share their thinking with each other. The program as a whole can last anywhere from thirty to sixty minutes.
Since its founding as the AARP Players in 2006, the Brainstormers have presented well over 100 programs to senior groups and a number of church-related adult groups as well as one service club – several of these groups more than once and a few several times.
"What impressed me the most was the skill with which the actors engaged the audience in performance and discussion of issues addressed in the play. The troupe's sensitivity, warmth, and good humor enabled lively, open and honest conversation."
Margaret Gordon, Spiritual Life Committee Chair
Westminster Presbyterian Church
"Theatre goes gray and it gets more exciting! Kudos to the “seasoned” actors and writers, who uplift the senior set with life affirming tragicomedy! A Brainstormers performance provides welcome segue to thought provoking discussions and
enlightenment around the topic of growing older. Bravo Brainstormers!”
The Baptist Manor Writers Collective
The Brainstormers Company
You may recognize some of the members of the Brainstormers and may have seen some of them on Buffalo's professional theatre stages over the years
"We love giving back.
We love to inspire conversation through theatre.
We love acting without having to memorize, and we love making a difference."
Jess Abel
Betty Accordino
Susan Anner
Patricia Armstrong
Diane Cammarata
Margo Davis
Nancy Doherty
Keith Elkins
John Fantini
Anna Kay France
Janice E. Franke
Kelly Gantt
Anne Gayley
Camille Greco
Phil Knoerzer
Meghan Krank
Ian LaLonde
Lisa Ludwig
Sue Marom
Mary Moebius
Darlene Pickering-Hummert
Chuck Pierson
Will Siener
Kathleen Shoemaker
Linda Stein
Barbara Van Wyck
