Weekly Electives at the Hideout Theatre (Wednesday Nights)

Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell · February 6th, 2012, 11:45 pm

android lady wrote:
android lady wrote:Oh HEY!!! I just checked Hideout Theatre's Website and noticed that my elective is up there too!

Pretty as a Picture with Sarah Marie Curry
Wednesday, February 8, 7:00-9:00pm

As improvisors we have the rare gift of being director, actor and writer, but so often our staging falls short in the balance. We tend to stand three feet apart, create flat lines, block each others bodies, cluster, trap each other in large cast scenes, and stand, sit and play in the same ways! In this workshop Sarah Marie Curry (Girls Girls Girls, Improv for Evil) will teach the basic elements of staging, balance, position in relation, composition and technique to make you a more dynamic and inspired performer.

REGISTER:http://www.hideouttheatre.com/classes/e ... lelectives

BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMP!!!

THIS IS WEDNESDAY!

to quote the lady...

yah yah yah yah yah!!!

Ryan Hill · Post by **Ryan Hill** » February 7th, 2012, 12:36 am

android lady wrote:THIS IS WEDNESDAY!

I'll be there.

Justin D. · Post by **Justin D.** » February 13th, 2012, 12:34 pm

Justin D. wrote:
acrouch wrote: Wednesday, February 15, 7-9pm
Be Deliberate and Be the Character with Justin Davis
Stop thinking like yourself and start thinking and acting like the characters you portray. In this workshop Justin Davis (Institution instructor and Hideout performer) will help your characters find their own voices and show you that it’s okay, even great, to let go of worries about characters saying the “wrong thing” in a show. Make your thoughts not your own and don’t be afraid to stick to them. Eventually you stop thinking like your characters and simply start being them.

You will have the most delightful case of multiple personality disorder when this elective is over.

Bump bump. Do the bump for this Wednesday's elective. Bump bump.

Justin D. · Post by **Justin D.** » February 15th, 2012, 1:20 pm

Just to get this thread above the spam showing up on the boards lately that's not getting deleted.

Justin D. · Post by **Justin D.** » February 16th, 2012, 1:46 pm

Thanks to everyone that came out and for staying past nine. It was a great group of people.

Ryan Hill · Post by **Ryan Hill** » February 16th, 2012, 4:24 pm

Justin D. wrote:Thanks to everyone that came out and for staying past nine. It was a great group of people.

Thanks, Justin. Really great workshop.

Sarah Marie's was amazing too.

I benefit from every one of these.

Vicki · Post by **Vicki** » February 16th, 2012, 6:09 pm

I enjoyed the elective also. It was cool to see how we can create something out of just little things.

Thank you for staying late with us. We appreciate that so much.

acrouch · Post by **acrouch** » February 20th, 2012, 12:38 pm

New electives available online!

Wednesday, February 22, 7-9pm
Intro to Musical Improv with Kacey Samiee
Sometimes improv needs a little razzle dazzle. Kacey Samiee (Director of May/June’s mainstage Rock Opera) will lead you through the basics of musical improv in both short form shows and long form narrative. Learn to seamlessly weave in and out of song, communicate with the musical improviser, work as an ensemble or solo singer, apply song structure, and take a first crack at this amazing (and totally freakin’ scary) form of improv. Featuring special guest accompanist Michael Brockman.

Wednesday, February 29, 7-9pm
Keith Says... with Troy Miller
Keith Johnstone is a fascinating guy. He pioneered a lot of fundamental theories that shape modern improv. He wrote two seminal books, dozens of plays, and has taught, lectured and directed theatre around the globe. His wisdom and insights into performance, storytelling and life can be as profound as they are simple. Troy Miller (Hideout instructor and director) has studied with Keith extensively, and this class is a chance to workshop some of his core ideas and talk about some of his most recent thoughts, as unfiltered as possible. Nerd out!

Post by **happywaffle** » February 20th, 2012, 1:30 pm

Arg, RIGHT when I'm out of town. You did that on purpose, Kacey.

acrouch · Post by **acrouch** » February 22nd, 2012, 12:20 pm

Two or three spots left in Kacey's Intro to Musical Improv class tonight!

acrouch · Post by **acrouch** » March 6th, 2012, 4:04 pm

March Electives are available online (only $15 each):

Wednesday, March 7, 7-9pm
Improvising in the Dark: The Bat with Michael Jastroch
One of the perennial highlights of the Hideout Improv Marathon and a ColdTowne Theater student favorite, The Bat is a Harold performed entirely in the dark. This workshop with Michael Jastroch (ColdTowne owner and instructor) will focus on the skills necessary for performing blind: making organic transitions and connections, superlative listening, strong character work, performing in the moment and 100% unconditional “yes, anding.” Students will learn how to first embrace, then harness and control chaos. Plus, we’ll get to do funny voices and make sound effects.

Wednesday, March 14, 7-9pm
Filling The Empty Space with Kristin Firth
Do you struggled with what you should be doing with your hands on stage? Gotten one too many drinks out of the fridge that is always downstage right? Kristin Firth (Hideout performer, Institution instructor) can help you create a meaningful environment on stage that is more than just a means to an end. It can help establish the tone of the scene, your character’s background and emotion, and add depth to your scenes. We’ll work on skills to help you build environments collaboratively and to up your confidence and precision in creating an unlimited number of mimed objects.

Wednesday, March 21, 7-9pm
Character Consistency with Asaf Ronen
It happens to all of us: that character choice drops, that physicality choice morphs into something completely different, that accent changes country a couple of times. Asaf Ronen (Education Director for the Institution Theater) will show you how to better ground your characters so that they will live out the ENTIRE scene. Learn how to make the characters more consistent and the inconsistencies part of the character.

Wednesday, March 28, 7-9pm
Chase the Ball with Roy Janik
Roy Janik (Hideout owner, instructor and director) wants you to think of the focus of a scene as a physical ball of glowing energy. If you’re talking about something that’s happening elsewhere, that’s where the ball is. If you’re discussing a past or future event, the ball has warped through time and is now there. So what do you do in a scene if the ball gets away from you? You either coax it back in, or you chase it.

Spots · Post by **Spots** » March 6th, 2012, 4:08 pm

Holy. Those last two really speak to me.

hujhax · Post by **hujhax** » March 6th, 2012, 11:41 pm

Oh, man, performing the Bat with all those Coldtowne folks was one of my favorite hours of the Marathon. Yay Jastroch!

--
peter rogers @ home | http://hujhax.livejournal.com

[...] both directors focus on people rather than plots, and know that every person is a startling original while most plots are more or less the same.
-- Roger Ebert, on Rohmer and Ozu

Ryan Hill · Post by **Ryan Hill** » March 6th, 2012, 11:48 pm

I had the pleasure of watching Roy discover his "Chase the Ball" concept in our Level Five class. It's a really great way to look at improv.

Spots · Post by **Spots** » March 7th, 2012, 2:36 am

Banter can be a big hurdle for many people to overcome. We should definitely strive to make active choices in our scenes. Chase the ball!