WORKSHOPS 2015
All workshops open to performers and public alike. Get to know the performers a little better and learn what they have to share about the solo theatre experience. Walk away with a fresh perspective and a few new tools in your creative tool belt. All workshops will be held at the Margo Jones Theatre.
Sign Up:
To reserve a spot, send an email to [email protected] or head over to the CONTACT page and send a note. Specify which workshop you'd like to participate in. We'll get back with you to confirm. Payment will be collected at time of workshop via cash, check or credit.
All workshops open to performers and public alike. Get to know the performers a little better and learn what they have to share about the solo theatre experience. Walk away with a fresh perspective and a few new tools in your creative tool belt. All workshops will be held at the Margo Jones Theatre.
Sign Up:
To reserve a spot, send an email to [email protected] or head over to the CONTACT page and send a note. Specify which workshop you'd like to participate in. We'll get back with you to confirm. Payment will be collected at time of workshop via cash, check or credit.
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Fringe Fest Touring 101
with Grant Knutson Have a great (portable) fringe show? Want to tour it around to fringes and festivals like the Dallas Solo Fest in the U. S. and Canada? Join us for an intro to the logistics side of touring; the different ways fests pick & pay their artists, how to choose which fests will work best for you, how to schedule, budget & market on the road. The class will be a discussion, with the chance to check out marketing materials from different festivals and touring shows. Additionally, we'll schedule a personal follow-up with artists who want to discuss their individual shows doen the line. Through his company, Minion Productions, Grant Knutson helps independent artists develop their shows, fund raise and tour. Dates/Times: Saturday, June 6 @ 11:30 am and Saturday, June 13 @ 11:00 am Workshop duration: 1.5 hours Cost of workshop: $20 Class limit: 10 |
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Embodied Narratives
with Brigham Mosley and Laura Hix Through stories, we connect. Our personal narratives are our stories, our process of meaning-making as we encounter the world around us. Through personal narratives, we reflect on our past, make sense of our present, and imagine our future...and when these narratives are embodied and performed for others, they become a powerful point of connection. In this two and half hour workshop, Director/Drama Therapist Laura Hix and Writer/Performer Brigham Mosley guide participants through a process of conjuring, scripting, and embodying these narratives, ultimately transforming them into evocative, original solo performance pieces. Dates/Times: Saturday, June 6 @ 1:00 pm Workshop duration: 2.5 hours Intended for: writers/performers Cost of workshop: $30 Class limit: 15 people maximum |
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Creating Solo Performance Material Through Improvisation
with Carla Cackowski In this workshop, you will experiment with improvisation as a means to create solo performance. Participants will discuss ideas with the group and then be prompted with different improv exercises that can be crafted into written show material. Whether you're looking for a way to begin writing the soloshow you've always wanted to do, or are looking for an opportunity to delve deeper into work previously written, this workshop will give you the tools to express your unique point of view by simply saying "yes and" to yourself. Dates/Times: Saturday, June 6 @ 3:30 pm Workshop duration: 2 hours Intended for: anyone (age 16+) Cost of workshop: $25 Class limit: 16 people maximum |
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Free Your Voice
with Bremner Duthie Too often performers are conditioned to think they have a "speaking voice" and a "singing voice” and struggle to shift easily between those two states. Yet, in fact, the voice we use to speak, laugh, cry, shout, scream and yawn is the same voice we use to sing. Whether you want to be a professional singer, or to launch into song in a theatre piece, or if you sing in a band, or if you want to free your speaking voice for the stage or other professional work, Bremner works on learning how to connect to your voice with an approach that is physically energizing, vocally freeing, and infinitely practical. Bremner is a graduate of the voice program of McGill Music in Montreal, has twice attended the institute for 20th Century opera in Banff, Alberta, has an active vocal studio in New Orleans and has performed in every kind of singing theatre, from touring Broadway musicals, to Jazz, Cabaret and Contemporary Music Theatre. www.bremnersings.com Dates/Times: Saturday, June 13 @ 12:30 pm Workshop duration: 2 hours Intended for: anyone, but performing experience helps Cost of workshop: $30 Class limit: 8 people maximum |
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In the Weeds: Getting Unstuck While Developing Your Show
with Lesley Tsina There’s an interesting, and often endless-seeming middle ground between the raw idea for a show and a show with a shape. This is a workshop for getting unstuck. We’ll do group writing and performing exercises to figure out what’s important to the story, and to you. And we’ll talk about strategies for finishing and next steps. Please bring ideas, notes, sections, outlines, sources of inspiration and other half-finished thoughts. Dates/Times: Saturday, June 13 @ 2:30 pm Workshop duration: 2.5 hours Intended for: Writers/performers Cost of workshop: $30 Class limit: 10 people maximum |
