Re: Essential Electives at the Hideout Theatre (Tuesday Nigh
Posted: October 12th, 2010, 9:10 pm
I like this.acrouch wrote: Improv is usually comedy, but the best improvisers aren’t just telling jokes — they’re acting.
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Essential Electives at the Hideout Theatre (Tuesday Nights)
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Essential Elective: Acting for Improvisors
Posted: October 25th, 2010, 9:00 pm
Hello Everybody!
This is Audrey Sansom. I’d like to invite you to take an Essential Elective at the Hideout Theater.
Tuesday October 26 7-9 PM
Acting For Improvisors with Audrey Sansom
We will be focusing on modern and classical theater techniques as a strong foundation for any improv performer. I will draw on my professional training and my longstanding practical experience on stage to help you develop your own acting style. This class is designed for improvisors of all levels of experience.
This is Audrey Sansom. I’d like to invite you to take an Essential Elective at the Hideout Theater.
Tuesday October 26 7-9 PM
Acting For Improvisors with Audrey Sansom
We will be focusing on modern and classical theater techniques as a strong foundation for any improv performer. I will draw on my professional training and my longstanding practical experience on stage to help you develop your own acting style. This class is designed for improvisors of all levels of experience.
Posted: October 26th, 2010, 10:01 am
as a former troupe mate of Audrey's AND someone who's studied theatre with her, i can't recommend this class highly enough. at the very least, it's good to know where we come from. and Audrey Sansom knows her shit! 
Posted: November 9th, 2010, 1:11 pm
Tonight Troy is teaching Attack of the Genre!
If genre work seems intimidating or foreign, I highly recommend this. Troy has significant experience doing improvised genre work. He's the director of Start Trekkin', and directed Hitchcocked! this past year.
Here's the description.
"Playing genre on stage is great fun, and helps you make strong choices, characters and stories. Troy Miller of Junk (director of Start Trekkin’ and Hitchcocked!) will show you how to play in almost any genre (whether you know it well or not) by latching on to one or two key ideas, then fleshing out that improvised world using body language, establishing setting and mood, and utilizing conventions like narration, sound effects and playing multiple characters."
Tonight at 7PM. Free for Hideout students, and only 15 dollars for everyone else.
If genre work seems intimidating or foreign, I highly recommend this. Troy has significant experience doing improvised genre work. He's the director of Start Trekkin', and directed Hitchcocked! this past year.
Here's the description.
"Playing genre on stage is great fun, and helps you make strong choices, characters and stories. Troy Miller of Junk (director of Start Trekkin’ and Hitchcocked!) will show you how to play in almost any genre (whether you know it well or not) by latching on to one or two key ideas, then fleshing out that improvised world using body language, establishing setting and mood, and utilizing conventions like narration, sound effects and playing multiple characters."
Tonight at 7PM. Free for Hideout students, and only 15 dollars for everyone else.
Posted: November 16th, 2010, 2:31 pm
Tonight!
Sean Hill, the flippin' founder of The Hideout, and its owner for 10 years, returns to teach an Essential Elective:
Improv Tool Belt with Sean Hill, 7-9PM
Ever been in an improv scene that you knew was coming apart at the seems but weren’t sure how to fix it? Sean Hill of Junk (Founding Owner and Artistic Director of the Hideout Theatre) will help you equip your improv tool belt and learn when and how to use the right tool fix your broken scenes. WARNING – This workshop may include laughter and fun.
Free for Hideout Students, $15 for everyone else.
http://www.hideouttheatre.com/classes/e ... lelectives
Sean Hill, the flippin' founder of The Hideout, and its owner for 10 years, returns to teach an Essential Elective:
Improv Tool Belt with Sean Hill, 7-9PM
Ever been in an improv scene that you knew was coming apart at the seems but weren’t sure how to fix it? Sean Hill of Junk (Founding Owner and Artistic Director of the Hideout Theatre) will help you equip your improv tool belt and learn when and how to use the right tool fix your broken scenes. WARNING – This workshop may include laughter and fun.
Free for Hideout Students, $15 for everyone else.
http://www.hideouttheatre.com/classes/e ... lelectives
Posted: November 29th, 2010, 12:48 pm
Tomorrow night the Essential Electives continue with our first ever workshop taught by the fabulous Ted Rutherford!
Tuesday, November 30, 7-9pm
Building Sustainable Characters with Ted Rutherford
I love a big, physical characters as much as the next improviser — they get a lot a mileage in short form shows — but those characters are often “one note” and don’t have the legs to carry you through strong scene work or a narrative. Ted Rutherford of Junk (instructor with Merlin-Works) will help unpack those larger than life characters into ones with depth and dimension without loosing the fun or energy. Participants will walk away with the tools and techniques needed to create big characters that are built to last.
FREE for Hideout students, only $15 for everyone else.
http://www.hideouttheatre.com/classes/e ... lelectives
Tuesday, November 30, 7-9pm
Building Sustainable Characters with Ted Rutherford
I love a big, physical characters as much as the next improviser — they get a lot a mileage in short form shows — but those characters are often “one note” and don’t have the legs to carry you through strong scene work or a narrative. Ted Rutherford of Junk (instructor with Merlin-Works) will help unpack those larger than life characters into ones with depth and dimension without loosing the fun or energy. Participants will walk away with the tools and techniques needed to create big characters that are built to last.
FREE for Hideout students, only $15 for everyone else.
http://www.hideouttheatre.com/classes/e ... lelectives
Posted: November 29th, 2010, 12:51 pm
This is another class that makes me so happy, and it has nothing to do with the venue.
Ted is such a natural, amazing performer. I've said many times, I would (and have) watch Ted do absolutely nothing on stage, and be totally entertained.
Ted is such a natural, amazing performer. I've said many times, I would (and have) watch Ted do absolutely nothing on stage, and be totally entertained.
Posted: November 29th, 2010, 12:56 pm
I actually use something Ted did in a Junk show once as a frequent example in class.kbadr wrote:This is another class that makes me so happy, and it has nothing to do with the venue.
Ted is such a natural, amazing performer. I've said many times, I would (and have) watch Ted do absolutely nothing on stage, and be totally entertained.
It was in a Threefer. The opening group, which was a super new group, came on. They did an admirable job, but it was a struggle because of their nervous entergy.
Junk came on, and the very first scene started with just Ted coming out, sitting in a chair and smoking. And the audience laughed really hard before he said anything. It was just because of his complete confidence and comfort in being that character. The audience put themselves in Ted's control, and had permission to let go.
Posted: January 10th, 2011, 2:36 pm
Essential Electives are back in 2011. We're dedicating two or three Tuesdays each month to drop-in classes with some of the best instructors in town.
Tuesday, January 25, 7-9pm (This Special Workshop is Free To Everyone!)
Improv, Hypnosis and Trance with Andy Crouch and Eric Walden
The best improv often happens in a trance state. Andy Crouch (Hideout Director of Education) will facilitate an experimental session with Eric Walden (hypnotherapist and Vegas-trained stage hypnotist). Eric will do a hypnotic induction after which we’ll do scenes, games and character interactions with anyone who goes under. Don’t worry, everyone knows you won’t do anything you don’t want to do while hypnotized — but I bet we’ll be able to make some funny, fascinating stuff happen.
Tuesday, February 8, 7-9pm
Romance and Intimacy on Stage with Kaci Beeler
Want to go deeper with your characters and relationships in improv? Want to get comfortable touching and being touched by your fellow actors onstage? Well, this cozy little two hour workshop by Kaci Beeler (Hideout Theatre performer and director) can help get you there. Whether you’re playing a husband and wife, brother and sister, or doctor and patient, you’re portraying an intimate relationship, with its own secret set of customs and traditions. While we can’t create an entire backstory for every relationship we portray onstage, we can convey greater emotional weight and depth by allowing true humanity to shine through in our scene work. Close those distances on stage and get closer, you’ll feel more deeply connected to your scene partners and, surprisingly enough, yourself. Please wear closed toed shoes to this workshop. Breath mints will be provided.
Tuesday, January 25, 7-9pm (This Special Workshop is Free To Everyone!)
Improv, Hypnosis and Trance with Andy Crouch and Eric Walden
The best improv often happens in a trance state. Andy Crouch (Hideout Director of Education) will facilitate an experimental session with Eric Walden (hypnotherapist and Vegas-trained stage hypnotist). Eric will do a hypnotic induction after which we’ll do scenes, games and character interactions with anyone who goes under. Don’t worry, everyone knows you won’t do anything you don’t want to do while hypnotized — but I bet we’ll be able to make some funny, fascinating stuff happen.
Tuesday, February 8, 7-9pm
Romance and Intimacy on Stage with Kaci Beeler
Want to go deeper with your characters and relationships in improv? Want to get comfortable touching and being touched by your fellow actors onstage? Well, this cozy little two hour workshop by Kaci Beeler (Hideout Theatre performer and director) can help get you there. Whether you’re playing a husband and wife, brother and sister, or doctor and patient, you’re portraying an intimate relationship, with its own secret set of customs and traditions. While we can’t create an entire backstory for every relationship we portray onstage, we can convey greater emotional weight and depth by allowing true humanity to shine through in our scene work. Close those distances on stage and get closer, you’ll feel more deeply connected to your scene partners and, surprisingly enough, yourself. Please wear closed toed shoes to this workshop. Breath mints will be provided.
Posted: January 11th, 2011, 9:59 am
More Electives on the schedule:
Tuesday, February 22, 7-9:30pm (note longer session)
This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared with John Ratliff
The useful skills we learn in class — agreement, game, “rules” of scenework — are only a means to an end. The real improv starts once we let go of what we’ve learned and start playing completely in the moment … but it’s easy, and tempting, to play it safe and keep clinging to the guardrail of technique. In this workshop with John Ratliff (Coldtowne instructor and Hideout performer) you’ll explore ways to ground your improv in the immediate reality of here and now, no matter what’s going on in your scene. Participants in this class should be comfortable playing characters much like themselves in emotionally realistic scenes.
Tuesday, March 8, 7-9pm
Attack From the Side: Support and Editing with Roy Janik
Even if you’re not in the scene, you’re in the scene. Even when you’re standing in the wings, the whole show is your show…which means that you should always be ready to jump into the fray at a moment’s notice. But when, why and how should you support a scene? When do you edit or end a scene? What are the different types of edits, and when is it appropriate to use each kind? Roy Janik (Hideout Artistic Director and member of Parallelogramophonograph) will help you explore all these questions in this class.
Tuesday, February 22, 7-9:30pm (note longer session)
This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared with John Ratliff
The useful skills we learn in class — agreement, game, “rules” of scenework — are only a means to an end. The real improv starts once we let go of what we’ve learned and start playing completely in the moment … but it’s easy, and tempting, to play it safe and keep clinging to the guardrail of technique. In this workshop with John Ratliff (Coldtowne instructor and Hideout performer) you’ll explore ways to ground your improv in the immediate reality of here and now, no matter what’s going on in your scene. Participants in this class should be comfortable playing characters much like themselves in emotionally realistic scenes.
Tuesday, March 8, 7-9pm
Attack From the Side: Support and Editing with Roy Janik
Even if you’re not in the scene, you’re in the scene. Even when you’re standing in the wings, the whole show is your show…which means that you should always be ready to jump into the fray at a moment’s notice. But when, why and how should you support a scene? When do you edit or end a scene? What are the different types of edits, and when is it appropriate to use each kind? Roy Janik (Hideout Artistic Director and member of Parallelogramophonograph) will help you explore all these questions in this class.
Posted: January 12th, 2011, 12:05 pm
I think you guys may have done this before and I'm just not recalling, but I'd love to get some in-depth stage combat guidance. I know Kaci's taken some classes and I suspect Arthur has. And maybe there's some expert we could bring in. Da'Shade Moonbeam might be a cool person to get with about it. I know he does capoeira and stage combat. It seems like a real hole that most people in our community don't have experience in but that could do us a lot of good. Anyway, in case you're taking unwarranted requests...
Posted: January 12th, 2011, 12:18 pm
not sure of anyone in town (i have some experience, but nothing in depth enough i would feel comfortable teaching)...but Ben Sterling's incorporated a lot of improv specific stage combat principles into Start Trekkin' NYC. not sure when he'll be back in town again (he was just here for the holidays a couple of weeks ago), but if this gets any traction before then he'd make an invaluable resource when it comes to combining the two.LisaJackson wrote:I think you guys may have done this before and I'm just not recalling, but I'd love to get some in-depth stage combat guidance. I know Kaci's taken some classes and I suspect Arthur has. And maybe there's some expert we could bring in. Da'Shade Moonbeam might be a cool person to get with about it. I know he does capoeira and stage combat. It seems like a real hole that most people in our community don't have experience in but that could do us a lot of good. Anyway, in case you're taking unwarranted requests...
Posted: January 12th, 2011, 1:37 pm
Da'Shade helped my friends choreograph some fight scenes for their web-series (and starred in some of those fight scenes too). http://www.themisadventures.tvLisaJackson wrote:Da'Shade Moonbeam might be a cool person to get with about it.
I'd love to learn more improv-specific stage combat from whoever.
Posted: January 12th, 2011, 6:00 pm
I know Mike Kinald has had stage combat training. Personally, I'd love to take a class from him on it.
Posted: February 8th, 2011, 11:56 am
Tonight! 7-9pm
Romance and Intimacy on Stage with Kaci Beeler
Want to go deeper with your characters and relationships in improv? Want to get comfortable touching and being touched by your fellow actors onstage? Well, this cozy little two hour workshop by Kaci Beeler (Hideout Theatre performer and director) can help get you there.
Whether you’re playing a husband and wife, brother and sister, or doctor and patient, you’re portraying an intimate relationship, with its own secret set of customs and traditions. While we can’t create an entire backstory for every relationship we portray onstage, we can convey greater emotional weight and depth by allowing true humanity to shine through in our scene work. Close those distances on stage and get closer, you’ll feel more deeply connected to your scene partners and, surprisingly enough, yourself.
Please wear closed toed shoes to this workshop. Breath mints will be provided.
Free for Hideout students... only $15 for everyone else.
http://www.hideouttheatre.com/classes/e ... lelectives
Romance and Intimacy on Stage with Kaci Beeler
Want to go deeper with your characters and relationships in improv? Want to get comfortable touching and being touched by your fellow actors onstage? Well, this cozy little two hour workshop by Kaci Beeler (Hideout Theatre performer and director) can help get you there.
Whether you’re playing a husband and wife, brother and sister, or doctor and patient, you’re portraying an intimate relationship, with its own secret set of customs and traditions. While we can’t create an entire backstory for every relationship we portray onstage, we can convey greater emotional weight and depth by allowing true humanity to shine through in our scene work. Close those distances on stage and get closer, you’ll feel more deeply connected to your scene partners and, surprisingly enough, yourself.
Please wear closed toed shoes to this workshop. Breath mints will be provided.
Free for Hideout students... only $15 for everyone else.
http://www.hideouttheatre.com/classes/e ... lelectives