Put the Funny in Your Body and Move it Around: A Play and Physical Expression Masterclass!

Using elements of Commedia, Clown and Physical Comedy we'll jump into the comic world and discover physical characters with expressive articulations and gestures. Focussing on the body as a primary vehicle for communication we'll develop games using elements such as rhythm, repetition, sequencing successes and failures, escalation, and of course sharing with the audience. All the while, making more room in your body for your talent, and encouraging openness, abandon and an elastic connection between you and the audience. 

Virginia Scott is in town to direct The Servant of Two Masters at Fort Lewis College. She regularly directs all types of physical theater including the Commedia Company and Some Clowns, which perform original commedia and clown shows respectively in New York City. Recently she directed an original clown show with the third-year MFA students at ACT at the Strand Theater in San Francisco and the Government Inspector and Waiting for Godot at SUNY Purchase. This summer she created an original gestural language adaptation of The Odyssey in residency at the Visionary in Mount Vision, NY. She will direct an Off-Broadway production of The Chairs upon her return to NYC this spring.

Virginia has taught Clown, Movement, Commedia, Physical Comedy and all sorts wiggling around at schools such as Brooklyn College (MFA), The Juilliard School (MFA/BFA), Pace University (BFA/BA), ACT (MFA), USC (MFA), Movement Theater Studio, and Tisch at NYU (BFA). She was a co-founder and faculty member of the Funny School of Good Acting and recently published through TCG Discovering the Clown: the Funny Book of Good Acting. Virginia offers Clown, Commedia and physical comedy training and consulting through her studio www.fizgig-studio.com.

February 1st
10AM-1PM

Uptown Pagosa location given to registrants. 
$45.00 total:
$5 DEPOSIT required at time of booking to cover space and hold your spot.  
$40 CASH directly to Virginia on the day. 

Lickety-Split offers improvisation classes that focus on games, character development, and ensemble work. Classes are open to anyone, regardless of experience level, unless a prerequisite is specifically listed. With training from the UCB, iO, the Second City, Magnet and Annoyance theaters, Lickety-Split brings high-level, professional comedy classes to Pagosa Springs. 

A willingness to learn and have fun is all that is required. It is Lickety-Split’s mission is to bring fun and laughter and joy to their audiences and students and they believe whole-heartedly that anyone can learn to improvise. 

Class-sizes are limited to ensure all participants get plenty of experience and feedback.