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PLAY / SHAKESPEARE The PLAY SHAKESPEARE
"Shakespeare and Improv" Workshop is an active, fun and exciting way to
explore both disciplines. All interested students will explore
Shakespeare (his life, times and scenes from his plays) and Acting/
Improvisation, then blending both through readings, discussion and
scene work. Working together as an ensemble, students will
develop trust and self-confidence, and experience the power of
improvisational theater games - a tool used by both professional actors
and corporate executives to develop communication, creativity and
leadership skills.
For those who may only
be familiar with Shakespeare's works in the classroom, it is a chance
to experience the plays as they were meant to be — read out loud and
performed. For students with performance experience, they will
have the chance to learn about the history of Shakespeare's theater and
work on a variety of scenes from the canon. The combination of
text and physical work can yield powerful results. Studying
Shakespeare in the classroom is sometimes daunting, especially for
younger students. Students will be able to incorporate what
they've learned from this workshop into their later academic
experiences with his work.
Many of the virtues of
participation in extracurricular sports can also be found in students
who participate in arts programs: appreciation, camaraderie, as well as
a sense of growth and true achievement. Dance, music, visual arts
and theater are an important part of a student's educational
process.
The instructors, Mark Edward Lang and Alison J. Murphy, are professional actors and teachers who have worked extensively with the East Lynne Theater Company in Cape May, as well as with theaters in New York and across the country. They bring their broad-based practical skills learned from years of studying and performing Shakespeare and Improvisation to this dynamic and unique workshop. This unique course incorporates material developed by Viola Spolin (the inventor of Theater Games) along with techniques used by the Royal Shakespeare Company and other theater groups to train their performers. The best actors, and perhaps the most successful people in life, have a combination of confidence, discipline and spontaneity that this course seeks to encourage and develop.
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