Present
Physical Comedy & Clown with Mark Jaster and Sabrina Mandell
2-day intensive: November 16 & 17, 10am - 5pm
@ The SubHub (Home to Submersive Productions) 3523 Buena Vista Avenue, Baltimore MD, 21211
This workshop will be a super-charged, slam-dunk laboratory where performers can get down to the nitty-gritty of what it means to “take the stage” and PLAY.
We will explore physical techniques that support comic performance, with exercises in stillness, reaction, focus, clarity of mimetic gesture, illusion, physical characterization, the divided self, status in the duo and trio, the inclusion of the audience, and clown. Mark draws on his training with Étienne Decroux and Marcel Marceau. Sabrina draws on her training with Dody DiSanto in the LeCoq pedagogy and almost two decades of experience as a theatrical clown. Their complementary approaches combine to address nuts-and-bolts physical, technical and structural skills and the more esoteric issues of honesty, presence and accessibility.