Creating and working as an ensemble
Sharing space with others by giving and receiving focus
Collaborating and supporting each other in service of scenes and plays
Listening deeply and responding authentically
Acting techniques
Long-form improv
Memorizing and performing monologues and scenes
Audition techniques
Stage speech and freeing the voice
Using the stage effectively
Performance techniques
Facing and walking through stage fright
Public speaking
Understanding and tapping into familiar and unfamiliar emotions in safe and healthy ways
Centering techniques
Physical and emotional grounding
Harnessing life experiences and imagination for creation
Developing confidence and self-expression
Finding the story and creating characters (physically and emotionally)
Improvising with set characters and story ideas
Playwriting
Text analysis
Memorizing lines
Rehearsal process
Designing and building sets and costumes
Breathing practices
Vocal warm ups
Freeing and projecting the voice
Stretching and physical warm ups for actors
Finding the physical and vocal qualities of characters
Clown work and physical comedy
Taking direction
Deep listening skills
Authentic communication
Relating to people from different backgrounds
Creative problem-solving
Collaboration in service of a shared goal
Ensemble thinking practice