The Comedic Monologue – Tuesdays

This monologue class will focus specifically on the comedic audition piece and is open to all levels of experience. Find the truth, play the situation, and learn some of the specific techniques for delivering a comic monologue as an audition piece. We will also apply...

Improvisation for Collaborating, Creating & Connecting

Improvisation is not just for actors! "Applied Improvisation," that is, improvisation theatre techniques and theories applied to human development and training, is a rapidly growing field of practice. Innovative organizations around the globe now hire impro-trained...

Exploring Place in Your Play

In this three-hour zoom workshop, we’ll talk about how to choose the perfect setting for your play, and how that decision can open up a million wonderful possibilities for the story you’re trying to tell.  We’ll explore other playwrights’ set descriptions, and discuss...

Authoring Queer Futures

A seminar-style workshop devoted to examining creative work by LGBTQ+ artists in the post-AIDS era. Adin Walker, a PhD Candidate at Stanford in Performance Studies and choreographer of ART's recent Indecent, will lead students through his research on the subject of...

(Play)Writing Thru the Quarantine

One of the most beautiful aspects of playwriting is that it is an invitation for others to collaborate, from the actors, directors, designers, stage managers and finally the audience. Playwriting is community-making.  And that is something we surely and sorely need in...

The Comedic Monologue – Wednesdays

This monologue class will focus specifically on the comedic audition piece and is open to all levels of experience. Find the truth, play the situation, and learn some of the specific techniques for delivering a comic monologue as an audition piece. We will also apply...