January 12th/19th/26th 1-3pm

at Chaos Bloom Theater 70 S Broadway

The Power of Mask Work for improvisors: Allowing the body to express what the face can not.

Wearing a mask in theater training means committing fully to your physical self. Your entire body becomes the instrument for conveying thoughts, emotions, and narratives.

In this workshop you will:

• Learn how to create dynamic and engaging characters with physical expression rather than words.

• Find the truth of unexplored personas within yourself: personas you can use to come alive on stage.

• Gain confidence with instinctual movement, rather than thought.

• Discover how to use your body, the breath, and the space around you to convey the inner life of a believable character.

• Learn methods to portray heightened emotions.

• Read your scene partner more deeply.

Michael has studied acting and scene study at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. He is one of the founding members and performs for the contemporary Clown Troupe Idiot Theatre. He performed with the Commedia dell’Arte troupe Tut Zanni at Denver’s Savoy Theatre. He directed the one act play “You Go,” at the Wheat Ridge Theatre Company’s stage. Mike is an improvisor performing in Denver, and has written and performed sketch comedy with the group Midnight Snack in Denver and with the Parker Players in Parker, Colorado. He has studied Narrative Improvisation with the group PGraph in Austin, Texas.