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Poetry Into Performance Workshop with Tannis Kowalchuk Actor and co-writer for Cleveland Public Theatre’s The Confessions of Punch and Judy Running now through February 23rd
Saturday, 23 February 10am—Noon CSU Factory Theatre Main Stage 1833 East 24th Street Free and open to the public Space is limited, so please e-mail theatre@xxxxxxxxxxx to reserve a spot.
Tannis Kowalchuk, co-founder, actress, and artistic director of NACL Theatre (North American Cultural Laboratory), an ensemble that operates a theatre and artists residence in Highland Lak e, NY, will be teaching a workshop on crafting performances out of non-dramatic verse. The workshop will instruct the participants in ways that an actor can create his or her own original physical and vocal material—raw material to be used as the physical subtext of their performance piece. The class will end with presentations of the poetry performances, with a brief discussion and analysis to follow.
Please be dressed to move and bring pencil and paper for notation and writing exercises. Prior to coming to New York in 1997, Ms. Kowalchuk was a graduate of The University of Winnipeg Theatre department and a core member of Primus Theatre, a prominent experimental theatre troupe based in Winnipeg, Canada. With NACL she has toured to Canada, England, Italy, and Balkan Europe, and has created and performed lead roles in The Secret Storey, A Canon for the Blue Moon, ASPHYXIA and Other Promises, Arca Nova, The Time Cycle, Invisible Neighborhood, and 10 Brecht Poems. 10 Brecht Poems has toured extensively to over 30 venues. Her one-woman performance, The Passion according to G.H. has played in New York, Toronto, Cleveland, Washington, DC, Maine, Philadelphia, Halifax, and Montreal. She created The Confessions of Punch and Judy with director Raymond Bobgan (Cleveland Public Theatre) and actor Ker Wells (Number Eleven Theatre, Toronto). The Confessions of Punch and Judy has toured to Cleveland Public Theatre, HERE Arts Center (New York City), Theatre Centre (Toronto, Canada), On the Waterfront Festival (Halifax, Canada), The Network of Ensemble Theatre’s Festival (CA), The Mad River Festival (Blue Lake, CA), Manitoulin island, and Theatre Projects Manitoba in Winnipeg. In 2005, Tannis was a guest lecturer at Rutgers University where she played the role of Mother Courage in Mother Courage and Her Children. She is a collaborating artist/performer on The Mystery of Lakewood House, a site specific performance developed collaboratively at NACL with an international company in 2005/6. Kowalchuk continues to tour her repertory throughout the year and is currently working on NACL’s newest show, The Uncanny Appearance of Sherlock Holmes. |