Posts Tagged “magnet”

Improvised Shakespere Workshop Sunday at Magnet

by Ben Whitehouse.

Was pretty excited to sign up for this class over at Magnet Theater and as there is still a spot available before Sunday’s class, I thought I would bring it to your attention, if you didn’t know about it already. Forsooth!

Lawrence Olivier Hamlet

NEW!!! IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE with Blaine Swen ONE DAY WORKSHOP!!!*

Take a risk! Learn how to create a fully improvised story using the language and themes of William Shakespeare! We’ll explore the use of heightened emotional responses, rich character subtext, finding the game within a scene, and developing a sense of play. Our class will be filled with power struggles, star-crossed lovers, sprites, kings, queens, princesses, sword-play, rhyming couplets, asides, insults, persons in disguise and all that we’ve come to expect from the pen of the Great Bard. One day workshop. Limit 16 students. Pre-requisite: Level One or equivalent experience.

Availability: OPEN
Instructor: Blaine Swen
Dates: January 25 (One Day Workshop)
Day: Sunday
Time: 3-6pm
Price: $50
Location: Pearl Studios 500 8th Avenue 4th Floor, between 35th/36th Sts

For specific dates and locations click here.

Remember: Your registration is not complete until you have paid.

*Cod piece not included

A Busy Bee

by Ben Whitehouse.

Thanks for all the e-mails recently asking where I’ve been on the site. It’s been a busy few weeks at UCB as I ready for my 201 class show. I’ve also been scheduling up improv classes and sketch writing classes at UCB and Magnet respectively. Combine that with a pretty aggressive practice group schedule and busy month at work… you get my point. Luckily today is my class show and I hope to get more time to relate my thoughts about UCB 201.

I won’t get into the specifics right now, but we had a teacher change more than half way through the class to Neil Casey, who blew our minds. It not only changed my perception of scene-work, but also changed my perception of game playing.

I’ve also signed up for my first sketch writing class, with the illustrious Chicago improvisor Armando Diaz, at Magnet Theater which starts Wednesday. I’ve never taken any sketch before, but after acting in a sketch, at UCB’s Liquid Courage for a friend, I was inspired to start writing. I, of course, hit a few road blocks and decided that perhaps some tutelage would be useful.

All right, I’ll be back in the saddle shortly. Thanks again for the concern. I am not dead.