Participants will explore the art of physical storytelling through safe, choreographed stage combat techniques. This workshop emphasizes safety, collaboration, creativity, and character development while teaching the fundamentals of stage fighting for performance. Students will gain confidence in their physical expression and learn how movement can tell powerful stories on stage.
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Classes
Ages 14-18
Wednesdays (August 6, 13, 20, 27)
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM (Performing Arts Space)
Instructor
Joseph Price
Joseph Price is the Executive Director for Interact. He spent over 30 years in higher education where he was Chair of Theatre and Dance at Missouri State University, Program Director for the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater BFA Actor Training Program and Associate Head of MFA Acting at the University of Missouri, Kansas City/Kansas City Rep. He is a founding member of A Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago and his professional directing credits include: Clybourne Park, Xanadu, The 39 Steps, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Well, Painted Alice, Bright Ideas, Blue/Orange, Fuddy Meers, The Shape of Things, The Pillowman and the World Premiere of James Stills’ The Velvet Rut. He directed The Cripple of Inishmaan for Kansas City Actor’s Theatre, A Steady Rain for Riverside Theatre and the World Premiere of Wild Boy, The Musical, book by the head writer of Sesame Street, Lou Berger. He has directed numerous university productions including American Clock,Uncle Vanya, A Bright New Boise, Enron, Anything Goes, Present Laugher, Boesman and Lena, Tape, The Importance of Being Earnest, Polaroid Stories, Mad Forest and Killer Joe. He has served as fight director for over 100 productions and has taught stage combat at top conservatories. Acting credits include numerous productions in regional theatre, commercials and the CBS series Dangerous Curves. In the 1980s he starred as Choo Choo the clown in the Preschool Express Video Series. Joseph Price received his MFA from Southern Methodist University.