In-Person: Shakespeare Intensive with Brian Lohmann

Ft. Mason – BATS Annex and Bayfront Theatre

Class Time/Dates: 6:00pm-10:00pm on Friday, 10:00am-5:00pm on Saturday and Sunday // May 17, 18, 19

Schedule: 3 sessions

Class size: 12 students maximum

Prerequisite: Foundation 5 or instructor approval. Email bats@improv.org for the code.

Tuition: $324

Description:

What? Woulds’t thou seek to speak as though the Bard had cozened thine own tongue? Then get thee to a funnery. Three days thou wilt be party to the ins and outs of improvising Shakespeare; and like unto a party thou wilt giggle, nay guffaw, nay strain thy spleen while understanding what the heck makes Shakespeare playable, sayable, relevant today-able.

To wit we shall: Share our methods for exploring Shakespeare, then employ those methods to the fly-by-the seat of your pants nature of Elizabethan theater. (His actors had to improvise!)

When the hubbub’s done: You will be able to get on stage and speak the speech as it doth announce itself to you – spontaneously – with poetry and power. You will play big characters: clowns, rogues, braggarts, queens, witches, heroes and villains. There will be chases and physical comedy, space object sword fights and maybe a dance around a fairy ring, or two.

Art thou a tremble at the notion? Trust that after a few “thees” and “thous,” Shakespeare can be fun to improvise. So, why not “screw your courage to the sticking place” and give it a go. All the world’s a stage. Jump on! Available for students who have completed F5, or with consent of the instructor.