CLASSES
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CLASSES 🍎
Entrances And Exits: Led by Corey Podell and John NOrris
This workshop will take place in The Vault.
This two day workshop is for those from all performance backgrounds and experience levels. Some familiarity with performing and creating work is nice but not essential.
Day one: The focus will be on stage time and reps. Breaking the ice. Honing your presence and audience connection through clowning exercises and other techniques designed to narrow down what makes you funny and engaging as a performer.
Day two: Building off what we find on day one, we will explore different approaches to creating work for the stage.
A two day workshop is quite short so we are capping the size at 12 people to ensure maximum amount of reps/stage time. Come prepared to be challenged and to have a lot of fun.
CLASS:
Saturday 11/2 from 11 AM - 4PM
Sunday 11/3 from 12:30PM - 5:30PM
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Corey Podell is an actor, director, and teacher. Most recently, she directed the stage shows Mr. Chonkers, Vanessa 5000, Gutterplum, Queen of Fishtown, and The Underground Monk Show. Corey is a founding member of and performer in ‘Clown Zoo’ and has years of experience teaching improv and sketch comedy at The Groundlings Theater under her belt.
John Norris is an absurdist comedian. He has studied/trained in clown, bouffon, mime, theater, and sketch and improv comedy. He worked with John Gilkey for years and was an ensemble member of The Murge. He taught with The Idiot Workshop for several years (which he loved)and he stopped teaching during 2020 and decided to focus on performing. In 2022, he created the show Mr. Chonkers, which has found some success and he performs it at festivals and venues all over the world. He spends part of the year in Las Vegas performing in the show Absinthe at Caesar’s Palace.