Upcoming Workshops
Summer Clown with Christopher Bayes
Jump into your body....Open like a little flower....Rediscover your playful spirit, and the simple pleasure and ferocious generosity of performance. Shake it up and shake it off.
In this program, we pursue the clown together in all of its messy and hilarious beauty. Those enrolled this summer will relentlessly search for the Clown through a brand-new curriculum, reconsidered for and tailored to remote learning. We’ll dive deep into the pedagogy developed by Christopher Bayes (Head of Physical Acting, Yale School of Drama) and detailed in his book Discovering the Clown or The Funny Book of Good Acting. Students will learn to listen and respond with the whole body, helping them develop a playful and dynamic relationship with the virtual audience. Take bold risks full of audacity; make a big noise; embrace disaster discover triumph — all in search of the most elusive of things…fun! Let’s find out what is funny about you! We’ll make a mess together in gleeful pandemonium! Walk away a more open, hilarious, and dynamic performer. Find your Clown!
TWO-WEEK PROGRAM
Admission is open to all students.
June 15th – June 26th, Monday - Friday |
On Zoom | 1-4:20 pm EST, with a 20-minute break
$750 | Early Bird Enrollment through June 1st – $25 off!
To sign up or ask questions, email admin@thepandemoniumstudio.com
Jump into your body....Open like a little flower....Rediscover your playful spirit, and the simple pleasure and ferocious generosity of performance. Shake it up and shake it off.
In this program, we pursue the clown together in all of its messy and hilarious beauty. Those enrolled this summer will relentlessly search for the Clown through a brand-new curriculum, reconsidered for and tailored to remote learning. We’ll dive deep into the pedagogy developed by Christopher Bayes (Head of Physical Acting, Yale School of Drama) and detailed in his book Discovering the Clown or The Funny Book of Good Acting. Students will learn to listen and respond with the whole body, helping them develop a playful and dynamic relationship with the virtual audience. Take bold risks full of audacity; make a big noise; embrace disaster discover triumph — all in search of the most elusive of things…fun! Let’s find out what is funny about you! We’ll make a mess together in gleeful pandemonium! Walk away a more open, hilarious, and dynamic performer. Find your Clown!
TWO-WEEK PROGRAM
Admission is open to all students.
June 15th – June 26th, Monday - Friday |
On Zoom | 1-4:20 pm EST, with a 20-minute break
$750 | Early Bird Enrollment through June 1st – $25 off!
To sign up or ask questions, email admin@thepandemoniumstudio.com
Basic Teacher Development Program with Christopher Bayes
Adapted for the first time to be taught remotely over Zoom, The Teacher Development Program offers acting teachers (and actors/directors interested in teaching) the opportunity to return to the classroom and augment their skills under the guidance of master teacher Christopher Bayes (Head of Physical Acting, Yale School of Drama). In anticipation of a fall semester taught remotely around the country, we’ll examine how to take advantage of Zoom as a means through which to teach physical acting and comedy the fun way.
In the first week, participants will study clown on their feet as acting students, with an eye toward the craft of teaching – giving them the visceral and kinesthetic understanding of the work requisite to teach Clown. Questions of teaching methodology will be examined both through hands-on experience and discussion sessions.
In the second week (as well as the third week included in the Advanced Program), participants will observe Christopher Bayes teach The Pandemonium Studio’s Summer Clown Program. Additional discussions with Christopher Bayes will be scheduled outside of class to provide a chance for questions and to process the work.
“We will illuminate the pedagogical arc that I have developed over the last twenty five years, and investigate the push and pull techniques of provocation, shepherding, and discovery. We’ll delve into the how and the why of all of the nonsense - learning to celebrate the joy and risk inherent in embracing the mysterious, hilarious, and poetic journey of discovering the clown.” – Christopher Bayes
Recommended Texts: Discovering the Clown or The Funny Book of Good Acting by Christopher Bayes.
THE TWO-WEEK BASIC PROGRAM
June 8th – June 12th, Monday – Friday |
On Zoom | 1-4:20 pm EST, with a 20-minute break
June 15th – June 19th, Monday – Friday |
On Zoom | 1pm-5pm EST (final half-hour reserved for discussion with Christopher Bayes)
$850 | Early Bird Enrollment through June 1st - $25 off!
See application details below.
Adapted for the first time to be taught remotely over Zoom, The Teacher Development Program offers acting teachers (and actors/directors interested in teaching) the opportunity to return to the classroom and augment their skills under the guidance of master teacher Christopher Bayes (Head of Physical Acting, Yale School of Drama). In anticipation of a fall semester taught remotely around the country, we’ll examine how to take advantage of Zoom as a means through which to teach physical acting and comedy the fun way.
In the first week, participants will study clown on their feet as acting students, with an eye toward the craft of teaching – giving them the visceral and kinesthetic understanding of the work requisite to teach Clown. Questions of teaching methodology will be examined both through hands-on experience and discussion sessions.
In the second week (as well as the third week included in the Advanced Program), participants will observe Christopher Bayes teach The Pandemonium Studio’s Summer Clown Program. Additional discussions with Christopher Bayes will be scheduled outside of class to provide a chance for questions and to process the work.
“We will illuminate the pedagogical arc that I have developed over the last twenty five years, and investigate the push and pull techniques of provocation, shepherding, and discovery. We’ll delve into the how and the why of all of the nonsense - learning to celebrate the joy and risk inherent in embracing the mysterious, hilarious, and poetic journey of discovering the clown.” – Christopher Bayes
Recommended Texts: Discovering the Clown or The Funny Book of Good Acting by Christopher Bayes.
THE TWO-WEEK BASIC PROGRAM
June 8th – June 12th, Monday – Friday |
On Zoom | 1-4:20 pm EST, with a 20-minute break
June 15th – June 19th, Monday – Friday |
On Zoom | 1pm-5pm EST (final half-hour reserved for discussion with Christopher Bayes)
$850 | Early Bird Enrollment through June 1st - $25 off!
See application details below.
Advanced Teacher Development Program with Christopher Bayes
Picking up where basic Teacher Development left off, journey deeper into how to guide students in discovering the elusive Clown. Learn how to introduce the nose, develop Clown’s tricks, and attempt the most difficult feat of all: the Naming of the Clowns.
THE THREE-WEEK ADVANCED PROGRAM
June 8nd – June 12th Monday – Friday
On Zoom | 1-4:20 pm EST, with a 20-minute break
June 15th – June 26th, Monday – Friday
On Zoom | 1pm-5pm EST (final half-hour reserved for discussion with Christopher Bayes)
$1325 | Early Bird Enrollment through June 1st - $25 off!
Picking up where basic Teacher Development left off, journey deeper into how to guide students in discovering the elusive Clown. Learn how to introduce the nose, develop Clown’s tricks, and attempt the most difficult feat of all: the Naming of the Clowns.
THE THREE-WEEK ADVANCED PROGRAM
June 8nd – June 12th Monday – Friday
On Zoom | 1-4:20 pm EST, with a 20-minute break
June 15th – June 26th, Monday – Friday
On Zoom | 1pm-5pm EST (final half-hour reserved for discussion with Christopher Bayes)
$1325 | Early Bird Enrollment through June 1st - $25 off!
How to Apply:
Applications are now being accepted and are evaluated on a rolling basis. For full consideration, please submit all materials ASAP. Enrollment is limited. We encourage you to apply early to secure a spot. Some education institutions have funds available to support faculty in professional development. Admission is based on your stated personal approach to the actor’s process, your background, and your demonstrated interest in personal and professional development.
To apply, please prepare the following items and send to admin@thepandemoniumstudio.com:
Applications are now being accepted and are evaluated on a rolling basis. For full consideration, please submit all materials ASAP. Enrollment is limited. We encourage you to apply early to secure a spot. Some education institutions have funds available to support faculty in professional development. Admission is based on your stated personal approach to the actor’s process, your background, and your demonstrated interest in personal and professional development.
To apply, please prepare the following items and send to admin@thepandemoniumstudio.com:
- Teaching CV
- Acting Resume
- Statement of Interest
Ongoing Pandemonic Offerings
Laughing Club with Christopher Bayes
Since we find ourselves in extraordinary times full of mind-boggling gobbledygook and bewilderment we have decided to try something altogether brand new to ease our anxiety, boost our immune systems, purge some toxins and kick the endorphins off the charts and right in the yowie! It's called a Laughing Club.
It's a little bit clown warm-up, a whole lotta "ha ha," maybe some "wah wah," and hopefully some beautiful, spontaneous "la la la.” Sign up, and have a good fall-apart from the safety of your own living room, or bedroom, basement, bathroom, or kitchen (just not outside).
Click here for details!
Since we find ourselves in extraordinary times full of mind-boggling gobbledygook and bewilderment we have decided to try something altogether brand new to ease our anxiety, boost our immune systems, purge some toxins and kick the endorphins off the charts and right in the yowie! It's called a Laughing Club.
It's a little bit clown warm-up, a whole lotta "ha ha," maybe some "wah wah," and hopefully some beautiful, spontaneous "la la la.” Sign up, and have a good fall-apart from the safety of your own living room, or bedroom, basement, bathroom, or kitchen (just not outside).
Click here for details!
Acting as Play with Gabriel Levey
A Clown-based Scene Study class?? Over ZOOM?!? You got that right bucko!!
Harness your beautiful little idiot's relentless pursuit of fun. Stretch out your imagination and strengthen your wonder. Embrace the precarious pleasure of not needing to know what’s coming next. Find the fun in whatever given circumstances your character has no choice but to endure. And always lead with Hope, regardless of the inevitable disasters laid out in the text.
The Pandemonium Studio's own Gabriel Levey is bringing you this irreverent gem of a class in a brand spankin' new format adapted for remote learning! Bust out of the lonesome confines of your bedroom (or basement, or closet, or utility shed - we don't know) and find dynamic imaginative play in a new kind of ensemble.
Every Wednesday from 2-4pm, on Zoom.
Click here to sign up!!
A Clown-based Scene Study class?? Over ZOOM?!? You got that right bucko!!
Harness your beautiful little idiot's relentless pursuit of fun. Stretch out your imagination and strengthen your wonder. Embrace the precarious pleasure of not needing to know what’s coming next. Find the fun in whatever given circumstances your character has no choice but to endure. And always lead with Hope, regardless of the inevitable disasters laid out in the text.
The Pandemonium Studio's own Gabriel Levey is bringing you this irreverent gem of a class in a brand spankin' new format adapted for remote learning! Bust out of the lonesome confines of your bedroom (or basement, or closet, or utility shed - we don't know) and find dynamic imaginative play in a new kind of ensemble.
Every Wednesday from 2-4pm, on Zoom.
Click here to sign up!!
To sign up or ask questions, email admin@thepandemoniumstudio.com