This workshop guides participants to discover the stories hidden inside their bodies. Following from the idea that our bodies retain information from our life experiences, the instructors use movement and theatre games to draw this information out of the participants and guide them as they write out their discoveries and develop them into individual performance pieces.
With a focus on community building through the arts, this class welcomes non-performers and performers alike. Class size is lim...
This workshop guides participants to discover the stories hidden inside their bodies. Following from the idea that our bodies retain information from our life experiences, the instructors use movement and theatre games to draw this information out of the participants and guide them as they write out their discoveries and develop them into individual performance pieces.
With a focus on community building through the arts, this class welcomes non-performers and performers alike. Class size is limited to 12 participants.
The final performance will benefit the Center's mental health program.
About the instructors:
Alex Kitay is an accomplished storyteller. He produced his first solo performance, Charles Manson, Where Are You?, in L.A, Scotland, England, and Ireland. His writing, producing, and performing talents earned him a nomination for the Hilton Edwards Award for Outstanding Achievement in Production at the 3rd Annual Dublin Gay Theatre Festival. Alex offers a spirited energy in mentoring others, helping them find the voice to tell their own stories.
Will Proctor began his performance art career at Highways Performance Space where he was mentored by Tim Miller and Doug Sadownick. He curated the controversial Boys Shorts II, which drew congressional attention during the NEA funding debates and produced his own show, The Men in Me. Recently, Will won an Scenie for his performance as the Apostle Thomas in the Garage Theatre’s production of Corpus Christi. He received a master’s from the College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University and co-developed the first arts education collaborative program for The Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh. He is an alumnus of the professional screenwriting program at Writers Boot Camp.