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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:
Want to use your clown skills to create original characters that play in front of an audience? Want to develop characters for your own solo material? Or maybe you are an actor looking for a fresh approach to characters in dusty old plays….?
Character Lab will use various Clown techniques and the ferocity of your pleasure and fun when playing on stage, to bring original characters to life and enliven your approach to established characters.
During the lab participants will develop two character studies. The first, something brand spankin’ new birthed straight outta your imagination. The second is up to each participant. Maybe a role from an iconic play? Or another original creation? Up to you!
After 7 weeks participants will emerge with tools to create original characters and material from scratch, as well as a reimagined approach to traditional character building.
Want to use your clown skills to create original characters that play in front of an audience? Want to develop characters for your own solo material? Or maybe you are an actor looking for a fresh approach to characters in dusty old plays….?
Character Lab will use various Clown techniques and the ferocity of your pleasure and fun when playing on stage, to bring original characters to life and enliven your approach to established characters.
During the lab participants will develop two character studies. The first, something brand spankin’ new birthed straight outta your imagination. The second is up to each participant. Maybe a role from an iconic play? Or another original creation? Up to you!
After 7 weeks participants will emerge with tools to create original characters and material from scratch, as well as a reimagined approach to traditional character building.
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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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