An Exploration of Acting, Improvisation, Clown, and Therapeutic Arts!

“There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion”    Carl Jung 

The Playground:

The group meetups will consist of an exploration of techniques and games drawn from various Acting, Improv, Clown and Therapeutic traditions.  Classes will include warm-ups tailored towards increasing sense-awareness and tapping into your intuitive self, games to enhance a sense of playfulness and create familiarity and respect within the group, and performance work that focuses on allowing you to express and be seen in your authenticity. 

The classes will take a creative approach towards exploring, embracing, revealing, and often gently stripping away social masks. Through guided exercises, the work provides an invitation to uncover something more essential and unique to oneself, often resulting in a greater sense of well-being, freedom, and confidence. This class is an opportunity to come out, tap in, and reconnect with our personal and most heartfelt truths. The work is lots of fun, safe and invigorating, but also goes deep as it brings to the light some of our most tender, hidden, and sometimes neglected parts.  Accessible to anyone and everyone, all that is required of participants of the class is a sincere desire to explore themselves more fully.

While anyone is welcome to join in, these classes are especially beneficial to artists, performers, and those looking to reconnect with their creative selves.  Since the nature of the work often involves a journey into the rich tapestry of images and desires we all have within ourselves, it can be a great way to rekindle inspiration towards the creation of new work.  For actors, classes will be especially useful in opening up emotional blocks while providing pathways towards a fuller and more intimate discovery of ones inner characters. Exercises will provide you with tools for accessing your inner archetypes, allowing them to freely come out and have their voices be heard.

About Me:

My educational background is in Philosophy, Acting, Improv, Clown, and the Therapeutic Arts. I am especially interested in exploring the crossover between the therapeutic realm and the life and needs of the actor/artist.  I am also interested in how this work can impact people from all walks of life simply by virtue of their being human. I will always be a student of this work - the learning never ends, but have reached a point where it is time for me to branch out, and begin to share it with others. If you have any questions about my background, feel free to send me an email.  I'd be happy to share more with you.

Cost: 

Suggested donation of $20 - or pay what you can :)

Future Work and Sideprojects:

Clown Workshops!

Clowning is a beautiful art form that truly celebrates the human condition.  It embraces the whole spectrum of humanity from our darkest and most violent urges to our most tender and vulnerable places of love, sadness, and joy.  This workshop will be a process of embracing all aspects of ourselves, and through the use of the tiniest mask in the world (the red nose), foster permission to express, share, and celebrate these aspects of ourselves with others.

Let me know if this interests you and we can work on setting up a time to get started!

Looking forward to playing with you,

Kate :)