Just Off Broadway Theatre Association

"Byrd Productions' Summer Physical Theater Intensive"
Presented by Byrd Productions Movement Theatre
July 24 - 28, 2006
10:00AM - Noon

4 teachers - 5 days - only $100

Ages 14 and up Call 816-753-0517 to register

THE TEACHERS -

Dan Griffiths: founding member of KAPOOT CLOWN THEATER, hailing from
Chicago where he’s the Director of the Chicago Physical Theater Institute and works
with the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit, Dan will lead the first 4 days of the
workshop.

Dean Hatton: recent resident of Minneapolis and veteran of many Festivals –
Fringe/Foole/Movement etc., Dean excels in creating original solo works of depth and
foolishness requiring much bravery as a performer. Dean will co-lead the final
workshop day with…..

Renee Howard: after having received a Theater degree from Jacksonville State
University in Alabama, Renee spent two years in Hollywood doing extra work for
movies then moved to Minneapolis, to study the Margolis Method with Master
Teacher Kari Margolis. This is where she met Dean.

Beth Byrd-Lonski: artistic director of Byrd Productions Movement Theater right here
in Kansas City, producing her own and other’s works since 1995. She’s also works
with City in Motion Dance Theatre as the director of Dance in the Park and Modern
Night at the Folly. She’ll be leading the warm-ups.

THE WORKSHOP –

The first four days will introduce and reinforce the concepts and techniques
instrumental in the creation of clown theater. The workshop will consist of exercises
and discussion focused on the intricacy of movement and the potential for emotional
_expression through the body. You will discover the underlying fundamentals
necessary for physical performance and the principals behind mime technique and
physical comedy while gaining greater control of your body, learning to manipulate
space and increasing your physical presence.

The fifth day Dean will explore ways to make feeling and expressions clear through
the use of the body by using some basic mime and movement theater techniques. Then
Renee will finish the workshop by demonstrating the importance of movement for the
speaking actor. Actors will learn a few exercises that will help them on the journey to
find the place where the voice is never separated from the actor.

Then go see Dean & Renee in their KC Fringe Festival show, Skitz-ophrenia at
6:30 Thursday & Friday July 27 & 28, 8:00 Saturday July 29and 2:00 Sunday July 30
All shows are at The Farm - 18th & Locust KCMO.

Go to www.kcfringe.org for more details.

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Just-Off Broadway Theatre
3051 Central in Penn Valley Park

P.O. Box 411653
Kansas City, MO
64141

(816) 784 - 5020