Studio Wayne
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PUPPETRY
In this workshop, students will learn about different types of theatrical puppets, their uses on the theatrical process, and try out some of their own design!

RHETORIC
So much more than simile and metaphor, Elizabethan writers used hundreds of rhetorical devices to help both their characters and the performers bringing them to life! Identify these in the play you just saw and find modern connections everywhere from The Grinch to pop music to Marvel movies!

CLOWNING
Before the big-top style clowning that we know now, was the OG clowning: Commedia dell’Arte. Join Wayne Teaching artists in this engaging workshop bring all sorts of clowning tropes to the stage!

STATUS ON STAGES
Some places on stage have more power, some characters on stage have more power, this workshop gets students on their feet and explains power dynamics on stage and in society that helps make your acting choices as strong as possible!

PANTOMIME
Pantomime is the art of telling a story without words, we see this in our everyday life (body language, Tom and Jerry Cartoons and Pixar shorts, etc.) In this workshop students learn how this “universal language” can be used in everyday life and for theatrical storytelling!

ELIZABETHAN DANCE
Courtly dance has more in common with the Cupid Shuffle than you would think! Students learn the rules of courtly dance, from the bows, to the different geometric patterns and shapes in this hands on (and feet in) workshop!

STAGE COMBAT
The only fight where the victim is in control. Trained teaching artists walk students through the basics and illusion of hand to hand combat for the stage. This workshop is recommended for Middle school and up.

*The Teaching Artist reserves the right to “bench” any participant who is participating in an unsafe way.

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