General Performance Track

General Performance Track - Looking for some direct application for improvisation?  All of the workshops in this track have been designed to encourage those who work on drama/creative teams where a variety of skills are necessary in order to successfully produce a performance piece.  For teams just starting out or teams that are asking themselves "where do we go from here?"

Beginner Performance

Duration: 1-2 hours

Attendance: min 6 / max 30

In short: How do you create something out of nothing?  Well if you know where to start, a process that can be very frustrating and an energy drain can suddenly become a very exciting event.  In this workshop students will learn the basic skills of brainstorming, creative thinking and play as a means of creating that starting point for some great performances. 

Intermediate Performance

Duration: 1-2 hours

Attendance: min 6 / max 30

In short: How about actor training.  Too often churches are dependant on the "natural talent" of their drama/creative teams.  In this workshop, students will work on basic acting skills and scene work -acting is reacting.  We should call this one, Confidence Building 101!

Advanced Performance

Duration: 1-2 hours

Attendance: min 6 / max 30

In short: You've got ideas and some mad acting skillz, but now what?  The focus of this workshop will be on bringing together some of these basic skills to build playable, solid, funny (or not) sketches through an easy to follow (and very repeatable) sketch building process.