Weekly Electives at the Hideout Theatre (Wednesday Nights)
Classes, training, and other opportunities for artistic and professional development.
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Couple spots left in Asaf's Character Consistency elective tonight!
http://www.hideouttheatre.com/classes/e ... lelectives
http://www.hideouttheatre.com/classes/e ... lelectives
Thanks Ryan! It was super fun to teach. Especially the part where I got to turn the lights on and blind you all.Ryan Austin wrote:Really loved The Bat elective this week. Lots of great exercise in organic work and hardcore "Yes And"ing. Highly recommended if this format gets taught again at some point. I know I'll be there!
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"Racewater dishtrack. Finese red dirt warfs. Media my volumn swiftly" - Arrogant.
Get some Roy Janik this Wednesday evening!
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.
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.
April Electives are online! Classes are $15, FREE for current Hideout students (email classes@hideouttheatre.com for the discount code). Please only register for classes that you're absolutely certain you can attend.
Wednesday, April 4, 7-9pm
Bettering Your Stage Presence with Jon Bolden
Everything you do on stage should be done with purpose. In this workshop, Jon Bolden (Hideout Theater instructor and director) will show you how better stage presence can captivate an audience and improve your scene work. Are you speaking clearly and with enough volume? Are you fully visible? Do you place your chairs in a purposeful and graceful manner? Do you look like you are in control? Jon offers a variety of Hideout-approved technical tips that will get you looking and feeling more confident on stage. You’ll learn how to create compelling stage pictures. You’ll get personal feedback. You’ll learn some unspoken rules of theater and improv etiquette. You’ll leave with some practical skills that you can apply immediately to your work.
Wednesday, April 11, 7-9pm
Viewpoints for Improv with Ted Meredith
Viewpoints has been used by choreographers, directors and actors alike to enhance the composition of their scenes and provide a vocabulary for creating expression out of movement and gesture. Ted Meredith (Institution instructor) will show you how to turn this artistic study into a greater awareness of how you use the stage and your body. We’ll explore how Space, Shape, Time, Emotion, and Movement can create and even supersede Story. Be sure to wear something you can comfortably move in!
Wednesday, April 18, 7-9pm
Practicing Improv at Home Alone with Ceej Allen
Wanna learn how one of Austin’s most darling improvisers learned the craft of improv when he wasn’t in class learning the craft of improv? In this elective you will learn exercises that you can perform at home to hone your characters, learn your emotional facial zones, practice space work and get comfortable doing monologues and solo scenes. All by techniques discovered by Christopher “CeeJ” Allen (Confidence Men: Improvised Mamet and Franz & Dave) years ago because he just couldn’t stop doing improv and wanted to develop skills more quickly.
Wednesday, April 25, 7-9pm
Let’s Break the Rules! with Jason Vines
You’ve all heard the “rules” of improv before. “Don’t ask questions, YesAnd, No blocking” and so forth. Jason Vines (Hideout performer and director) wants you to find out what happens when you deliberately break these rules. You may find that you’re able to have a perfectly good improv scene. You also may find that these rules exist for very good reason. Either way, we’ll have a blast!
Wednesday, April 4, 7-9pm
Bettering Your Stage Presence with Jon Bolden
Everything you do on stage should be done with purpose. In this workshop, Jon Bolden (Hideout Theater instructor and director) will show you how better stage presence can captivate an audience and improve your scene work. Are you speaking clearly and with enough volume? Are you fully visible? Do you place your chairs in a purposeful and graceful manner? Do you look like you are in control? Jon offers a variety of Hideout-approved technical tips that will get you looking and feeling more confident on stage. You’ll learn how to create compelling stage pictures. You’ll get personal feedback. You’ll learn some unspoken rules of theater and improv etiquette. You’ll leave with some practical skills that you can apply immediately to your work.
Wednesday, April 11, 7-9pm
Viewpoints for Improv with Ted Meredith
Viewpoints has been used by choreographers, directors and actors alike to enhance the composition of their scenes and provide a vocabulary for creating expression out of movement and gesture. Ted Meredith (Institution instructor) will show you how to turn this artistic study into a greater awareness of how you use the stage and your body. We’ll explore how Space, Shape, Time, Emotion, and Movement can create and even supersede Story. Be sure to wear something you can comfortably move in!
Wednesday, April 18, 7-9pm
Practicing Improv at Home Alone with Ceej Allen
Wanna learn how one of Austin’s most darling improvisers learned the craft of improv when he wasn’t in class learning the craft of improv? In this elective you will learn exercises that you can perform at home to hone your characters, learn your emotional facial zones, practice space work and get comfortable doing monologues and solo scenes. All by techniques discovered by Christopher “CeeJ” Allen (Confidence Men: Improvised Mamet and Franz & Dave) years ago because he just couldn’t stop doing improv and wanted to develop skills more quickly.
Wednesday, April 25, 7-9pm
Let’s Break the Rules! with Jason Vines
You’ve all heard the “rules” of improv before. “Don’t ask questions, YesAnd, No blocking” and so forth. Jason Vines (Hideout performer and director) wants you to find out what happens when you deliberately break these rules. You may find that you’re able to have a perfectly good improv scene. You also may find that these rules exist for very good reason. Either way, we’ll have a blast!
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Ted Meredith still has a couple spots in his workshop on Viewpoints tonight. Get some!
http://www.hideouttheatre.com/classes/e ... lelectives
http://www.hideouttheatre.com/classes/e ... lelectives
Don't miss Chris "Ceej" Allen's workshop on Practicing Improv at Home Alone. You don't need other people to practice your craft.
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I'm doing this tomorrow! There are some people signed up. If you're into this: http://forum.austinimprov.com/viewtopic.php?t=13391 and into confronting a lot of the demons that keep you from being your best, come on down.
Wednesday, May 2, 7:00-9:00pm
The Hardcore S**t with Jeremy Sweetlamb
Some exercises are designed to push the improviser to his/her outermost limits, from whence no candyasses return. If you’re looking for your next frontier and willing to fail in major ways, this is the elective for you. Jeremy Sweetlamb (Hideout director, instructor and OOB Exec. Prod.) will judge you harshly, bare your vulnerable places and push you out the other side of it a stronger, better improviser.
register: http://www.hideouttheatre.com/classes/e ... lelectives
Wednesday, May 2, 7:00-9:00pm
The Hardcore S**t with Jeremy Sweetlamb
Some exercises are designed to push the improviser to his/her outermost limits, from whence no candyasses return. If you’re looking for your next frontier and willing to fail in major ways, this is the elective for you. Jeremy Sweetlamb (Hideout director, instructor and OOB Exec. Prod.) will judge you harshly, bare your vulnerable places and push you out the other side of it a stronger, better improviser.
register: http://www.hideouttheatre.com/classes/e ... lelectives
Kareem Badr is descending from his sky cave of fancy suits and martinis to teach an elective tonight:
Wednesday, May 9, 7-9pm
Details and Instant Relationship with Kareem Badr
Learn how to enter a scene with calm, patient energy and create rich detailed relationships with your scene partners. Kareem Badr (Hideout owner and member of Parallelogramophonograph) will help you find the joy in details and space work to keep yourself engaged and grounded in the scene setting.
Wednesday, May 9, 7-9pm
Details and Instant Relationship with Kareem Badr
Learn how to enter a scene with calm, patient energy and create rich detailed relationships with your scene partners. Kareem Badr (Hideout owner and member of Parallelogramophonograph) will help you find the joy in details and space work to keep yourself engaged and grounded in the scene setting.