2008 Improvisational Theater Workshops Our first Story Theater Intensive and second annual Teachers Workshop intend to provide energy and inspiration for  classroom and stage. Both workshops are dedicated to the practice of Viola Spolin's work (Improvisation for the Theater, Northwestern University Press). Actors, theater students, teachers and other players are invited.   Paul Sills, whose mother is the late Viola Spolin, has been active in improvisational theater all his life. He originated The Second City and Story Theater, was co-founder of Compass, The Game Theater, Sills & Co. and the New Actors Workshop in Manhattan. Paul Sills’ Story Theater, Four Shows, is published by Applause Books.
Wisconsin Theater Game Center's workshops in Door County are scheduled on the following dates: July 27 - August 2, 2008 Story Theater with Paul and Carol Sills Story Theater allows a group to transform stories or literature into onstage contemporary performance. The approach emphasizes communication, both verbal and nonverbal, through the Spolin theater games Sills employs when he introduces, casts and directs his choice of material. The intensive will include the group adaptation of a story during a rehearsal process that leads to performance. This experience, while spontaneously involving all members of group, can transfer to many other curriculum areas, bringing delight and satisfaction back into learning. Paul and Carol Sills will coach. Tuition is $500. August 3 - August 9, 2008 Teachers Workshop... with Bob Moyer and Max Schafer Players in this workshop especially intended for teachers are offered an immersion in ideas, strategies and resources through a comprehensive sampling of Viola Spolin's theater games. Bob and Max are seasoned by a lifetime of training with both Spolin and Sills. Bob Moyer was for many years, story theater and improvisational theater High School Drama Program Director at North Carolina High School of the Arts. Max Schafer, currently teaching in a California distinguished charter school, is author of Spolin’s software version of Theater Games for the Classroom, NorthwesternUniversity Press. Tuition is $600;  $550 for alumni.
Max Schafer, Bob Moyer and Paul Sills see more Workshop Photos Workshops: take place in studios at the Sills farm in Door County, the peninsula in Lake Michigan north of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Schedule: Players always arrive on a Sunday before the first workshop. Workshops are held twice a day, Monday through Friday, from 10am - 1pm, and 4 - 6pm. Each intensive ends with a small celebration following the final Friday workshop.
To Register in any Workshop or for further details contact… Carol Sills 'til May in California by phone at 323.851.1380 or by mail addressed to: 6923 Woody Trail, Los Angeles, CA 90068. after May at the Wisconsin Theater Game Center, 2397 Old Lime Kiln Road, Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 Phone 920.854.5072 REGISTER ON-LINE Lodging: Players arrive and depart on a Sunday. Live with fellow players in countryside artist's hostels or other traditional hospitality providers. Sister Bay and Ephraim are the nearest villages. Baileys Harbor, Fish Creek andEllison Bay provide additional nearby possibilities. You can  find out more at  DoorCountyLodging.com and check other vacation retreats and obtain travel information at DoorCounty.com.
Come Play Theater Games in Los Angeles, California! Side coach Aretha Sills offers workshops in Viola Spolin’s Theater Games. Click to find out more...

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