[NEohioPAL] PLAYscape!: Etudes

[Heads Up Productions]

The Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture/New World  
Performance Lab

& Heads Up Productions Present…

PLAYscape!: Etudes

The Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture/New World  
Performance Lab and Heads Up Productions present July’s PLAYscape!  
Workshop. This month’s family-friendly event explores the myth of  
Pandora’s Box using performer generated etudes. The one-day only  
workshop will be held at the Balch Street Theatre, 220 South Balch  
Street in Akron, on July 28 from 2-4:30. The event is free, but  
donations will be gratefully accepted.

Kyle Jozsa, Heads Up’s artistic director, will lead participants  
through light physical training, culminating in the creation of  
individual etudes* in response to the Pandora myth. This workshop is  
designed to show actors how training can relate to work on a  
production but is fun for actors and non-actors alike. Please come  
prepared to move.

*An etude is a short study of a technical skill.

Kyle, who heads all of the company’s training, recently returned from  
a summer intensive with the Massachusetts-based research company,  
Double Edge Theatre. After a week-long workshop with Jerzy Grotowski’s  
fromer lead actress, Rena Mirecka, Kyle was taught Double Edge’s  
dramaturgical research methods of exploration through training. Having  
recently devised pieces on Prometheus and The Green Man, Kyle works  
with etudes as a means to further develop technique and imagination.

PLAYscape! is a new program sponsored by CATAC/NWPL at the company’s  
Balch Street Theatre Space.  On the last Saturday of each month, the  
company will host a series of interactive theatre adventures,  
landscapes, and escapes.  Create puppets and masks. Learn about  
storytelling and movement techniques. Explore yoga, history, science,  
and current events.  Come play with some of Akron’s most innovative  
artists and discover the magic and mystery of theatre. This series of  
community and family-oriented adventures promises to engage children  
and adults of all ages.
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