Physical Comedy Technique: Acting & Clowning Shake Hands
The Rockwell, 255 Elm Street, Somerville, MA
Admission: $400 – $500
8 Week Clown Class with Sheriden Thomas What makes a good clown can make a better actor—and what makes a good actor can make a better clown. Come play with the tools that make comedy work. We’ll put timing, progression, dynamics, status, and physical storytelling center stage, along with a playful glossary of techniques and sayings gathered over decades of studying, performing, directing, and teaching theatre and clown. The goal is not simply to understand why something is funny, but to discover how to make it happen—and happen again. We’ll work with a shared vocabulary for recognizing, creating, sharpening, and repeating comedy onstage. Sheriden is a classically trained actor who has been a union-card-carrying actor since 1972. Performing in regional theater seasons with The Guthrie Theater, Dallas Theater Center, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and California Shakespeare Festival. Now an emeritus faculty member at Tufts University, where Sheriden directed, taught acting and physical theater since 2004. Her study and love of clown and foolishness remains an ongoing part of her everyday life. The series will culminate in a showing of the work. Come play. Come discover what your…