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Character Lab: Bringing Characters to Life through Play
with Justine Williams
Mondays, 6-9pm
April 1st - May 13th
Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th St, Manhattan
$420
SIGN UP TODAY!
with Justine Williams
Mondays, 6-9pm
April 1st - May 13th
Houghton Hall, 22 East 30th St, Manhattan
$420
SIGN UP TODAY!
Class Description:
Where do characters come from? What is the relationship of the actor to the character they inhabit, and how might the actor play in such a way so that both actor and character can come fully to life on stage?
Through games, exercises and exploits from the worlds of clown, commedia and the pandemonium arts, performers will discover and create original characters by following their playful impulses and imaginations on stage and playing with, for and through the audience.
During the lab, participants will develop two character studies — emerging with tools to create brand spankin’ new characters and material from scratch, and to reimagine their approach to dusty old characters in plays.
Where do characters come from? What is the relationship of the actor to the character they inhabit, and how might the actor play in such a way so that both actor and character can come fully to life on stage?
Through games, exercises and exploits from the worlds of clown, commedia and the pandemonium arts, performers will discover and create original characters by following their playful impulses and imaginations on stage and playing with, for and through the audience.
During the lab, participants will develop two character studies — emerging with tools to create brand spankin’ new characters and material from scratch, and to reimagine their approach to dusty old characters in plays.
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Teacher Bio:
Justine Williams is an actor-creator and director who makes performances and films. Her work is informed by 20+ years dedicated to the “pandemonium arts” — training in clown, commedia dell’arte, bouffon, physical comedy, and the playful instigation techniques of Theater of the Oppressed. Justine has been an artist-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Media Lab, and an artist resident/fellow at Queer | Art, The Public Theater, The Orchard Project, Ars Nova, New Georges, Dixon Place, Abrons Arts, NYWIFT and Lighthouse Film Festival. Her work as an actor/director has screened at film festivals such as New Directors/New Films at Lincoln Center/MOMA, Rotterdam International Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival and Woodstock Film Festival, among others. Justine has been on faculty at the David Geffen School of Drama since 2013, where she teaches acting through play, collaboration and ensemble-devising, and where she facilitates the development of new plays. Based between Brooklyn and Paris, Justine is also a licensed coach and offers private/group coaching for actors/artists on craft and creative life. |
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