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How WE WORK

Workshops

Workshops are the core of The Anger Project. In these sessions, we move, scream, dance, draw, paint, write, play, smash things, share stories, and breathe. We might sing. We might hold space for silence. Sessions are deeply rooted in embodiment practices (somatic work and movement improvisation) to help us access the wisdom held within the body.

Workshops prioritize privacy, safety, and choice, including the right to be anonymous, the right to be witnessed, and the right to opt out.

While no space is ever fully safe, we commit to creating as safe a space as possible. We do this by investing in practices that not only welcome challenging conversations but also implement deep listening strategies designed to help us witness and honor the wisdom inherent within the body.

Anger is a tipping off point, not an end place. We begin here precisely because anger is so often used against us to shame, silence, and control. What is buried beneath repressed anger? Grief, pleasure, fear, joy? What is your anger saying to you, needing from you, asking of you? We invite you to join us and listen.

Grief Workshop Freewrite Exercise

Facilitated by Maria Renée Johnson

Enough to take me away or down or to the edge of the ocean where I'd sit and scream if I could feel it or see the moon or hold a candle in my hand and wait wait wait to tell you all the things I tried when you closed your ears and mind and tried to eat me. To silence what was there. My face. And voice. And still. Enough. Be still. Don't cry. Don't talk. Don't tell. Pretend. Enough. Enough isn't enough. To push you off the edge of the earth. To bury my heart. To hide the things I saw and know. You. Told me to sit still. Stay quiet. Enjoy it. Forget. Enough. Of you and your sadness and the hole you dropped me in. Enough of the walls I've build inside me at your request. Enough. To say and eat and pray and feel and be. I am enough. I've had enough. Of you. Forever. I told you once that I saw it, both of us falling in your lies. And wondered what I would have without them.

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WRITING BY HAAS (SERIES 2)

Performances

Sometimes what emerges from our time together are shared rituals, private acts of closure, ceremonies, or collective expressions created and experienced only by those in the room.

Other times, our experiences catalyze into public invitations that take shape as performances, events, or works-in-progress showings, which invite audiences into the layered, vulnerable, and sometimes surprising nature of the work.

Film Series

The Anger Project is currently working on a ten-part, documentary-style, short film series, each one highlighting someone's anger story through movement and conversation. To date there are two complete and one in process.

Rage-Mobile (in development)

A new component of The Anger Project is a Rage-Mobile, one that is intentionally designed with and for our community.

While commercial rage rooms offer important outlets for release and can be powerful experiences for many people, the feedback we've received from participants who’ve experienced commercial rage rooms—The Anger Project has supported visits across the U.S., including Arizona, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Texas—has been instrumental in shaping the decision to move forward with creating our own Rage-Mobile. Many participants have reported feeling uncomfortable in commercial spaces that automatically record their sessions without explicit consent and resist turning off these recordings when asked, citing promotional use. Others have described environments that feel hyper-masculine or aggressive, with a “bro” culture that prioritizes spectacle over emotional safety. Complaints have also included unsanitary conditions, lack of staff support, and little to no space for reflection or intentional processing. These insights have helped us recognize the need for a different kind of space, one grounded in care, consent, and community.