TRYPS - Kids workshop this Friday!

Megan Hovde Wilkins and Stacey Siegert will be teaching 2 workshops in Columbia, MO at TRYPS this Friday Oct 28th from 10am-5pm.

Check out http://www.tryps.com/ for more info

This Saturday Oct 29th! Chicago Actor in town!

Megan is in town this Saturday to teach an afternoon of workshops in Improvisation...

Email actorswithmoxie@gmail.com for more information.

Megan Hovde Wilkins is a professional actor and improviser in Chicago, and has been performing and teaching improvisation for 10 years.   She was in the Second City National Touring Company, performing improv and sketch comedy all over the world.   She was a member of the Main Stage at the Second City Novi (Detroit) where she wrote and performed in Michigan Impossible: All Laid Off And Nowhere To Go, before which, and after which, she took to the seas to be in The Best of Second City on Norwegian Cruise Lines.  Most recently she performed in The Second City Does Baltimore at Baltimore's Centerstage Theater, and wrote and performed in Chicago in 2 lady sketch show, Faux Real .   In addition she can be seen at the IO Theater (Improv Olympic), the Annoyance Theater and has performed at improv festivals all over the country- with improv teams American Dream and KOKO , among others .   Offstage, she is a teacher in the Conservatory and Beginning Program at the Second City Training Center, and has taught many workshops along the way. 

Only 2 weeks away! 2nd City Actor Megan Hovde Wilkins will be in town!

2ND CITY ACTOR IN TOWN TO TEACH IMPROVISATION!!

Actors with Moxie presents:

Professional series workshops

Improvisation for Intermediate & Advanced Actors

October 29, 2011 with Megan Hovde Wilkins from the Second City in Chicago

WHEN: Saturday, October 29th, 2011  1pm-3:30 or 4pm-6

WHERE: The Fish tank 1715 Wyandotte, in the Crossroads, Kansas City, MO 64108

COST: $40

Intermediate Improv for Actors 2 hours 4-6pm $40

For the day player.  Had a little improv in your life? Want some more?  We will build on concepts and hone skills in this course.  Doing is the best path towards learning, so we will do.  In this session we will focus on character work- developing and maintaining interesting choices and creating sustaining believable characters.  Solid character work is one of the most important elements of both long and short form improv.

Impressionism Advanced Improv for Actors 3.5 hours 1-3:30pm $45

What impression do you make as an improviser?  We will run a course of exercises, after which I will meet with everyone and explain what I see and notice when watching you improvise.  As a part of the conservatory faculty at Second City- I evaluate many, many improv auditions, and I can tell you what I would think if I saw you audition, or if I saw you in a show.  I will be honest in my assessment, from the perspective of a director, teacher and fellow improviser.    We will then do some more improvising, letting you digest and apply any thoughts or challenges I may have for you.  Sometimes an outside eye can inspire you in a new way, let’s see…

*Experience level: Must feel comfortable improvising. 

**Space is limited**

Please see the attached Registration Form and please mail in with a money order or check. Please make sure the check is made out Actors with Moxie You may bring cash to workshop but we need a reg form to hold your place in the workshop.

For questions and to enroll please contact:     

Stacey Siegert   actorswithmoxie@gmail.com or

Megan Hovde Wilkins meghovde@gmail.com

Megan Hovde Wilkins is a professional actor and improviser in Chicago, and has been performing and teaching improvisation for 10 years.   She was in the Second City National Touring Company, performing improv and sketch comedy all over the world.   She was a member of the Main Stage at the Second City Novi (Detroit) where she wrote and performed in Michigan Impossible: All Laid Off And Nowhere To Go, before which, and after which, she took to the seas to be in The Best of Second City on Norwegian Cruise Lines.  Most recently she performed in The Second City Does Baltimore at Baltimore's Centerstage Theater, and wrote and performed in Chicago in 2 lady sketch show, Faux Real .   In addition she can be seen at the IO Theater (Improv Olympic), the Annoyance Theater and has performed at improv festivals all over the country- with improv teams American Dream and KOKO , among others .   Offstage, she is a teacher in the Conservatory and Beginning Program at the Second City Training Center, and has taught many workshops along the way. 

Thank you!

Actors with Moxie would like to extend a big thank you to Karen Wight-Greenberg for coming to KC from NYC and teaching her Move It! Improvisation workshop last Saturday at The Fishtank Studio.

It was a great workshop!

Check out The Fishtank and all they have going on...

Hello fellow AWM folks-

Our next 2 wokshops will be held at The Fishtank.

Check it out at:

http://fishtanktheater.blogspot.com/2011/10/coming-up-at-fishtank.html?spref=fb

Tonight! Come play with us!

Join Ed Doris tonight in our Ongoing Imprvisation Classes...

7-9pm at The Westport Flea Market at 817 Westport Rd in the Comedy City space.

Cost is $35

What else you gonna do on a Monday night?

:)

NYC Teacher coming to KC to teach 1 day workshop 10/16/11

Let me know if you can attend this unique workshop!  Spaces are filling up fast!!


IMPROVISATION!!
Actors with Moxie Presents:
Move it! Yes, I mean you. (Physical Improv class)
October 16, 2011 with Karen Eleanor Wight from New York City

WHEN: Sunday, October 16th, 2011 9am-12pm
WHERE: The Fishtank 1715 Wyandotte, in the Crossroads, Kansas City, MO 64108
COST: $50

Move it! Yes, I mean you. (Physical Improv class)
This class incorporates elements of clowning, mime, and environmental work and applies them to improv scene work. By freeing up the body, the student will discover new characters, different approaches to creating a relationship onstage, and tools to add variety to their scene work. During the class, the student will be given the opportunity to do both solo and duo work as well as participate in side coaching using some of the learned techniques. The class will begin with a group stretch, followed by exercises, and solo/scene work-- please wear comfortable clothes and shoes and be prepared to move!

Max. Participants: 15


Karen Eleanor Wight is a NYC-based actress, dancer, improviser, and teacher. She most recently co-starred in the Off-Broadway production of "The Screwtape Letters", a two-person play in which she created and performed the role of a demon-creature, Toadpipe, as well as 7 additional characters all portrayed using physical transformation. Karen also performed "The Screwtape Letters" at the Lansburgh Theatre in DC and on tour to cities including San Francisco, Louisville, Phoenix, Austin, and Houston.  Karen has been improvising for 17 years and is one-half of the wordless improv duo Imp with Asaf Ronen--think Chaplin meets Looney Tunes.   Imp performs long-form improv at festivals around the country including the Mainstage at CIF and the Del Close Marathon.  Imp has headlined at the Seattle Festival of Improv Theatre ('05, '06, '07, & '08), Austin's OOB Fest, Oberlin Improv Conference, San Francisco Improv Festival (Shaun Landry, Artistic Director), Providence Improv Fest, Miami Improv Fest, and Second City in LA (Dave Razowsky, Artistic Director) and many others.  Karen is also a founding member of goga and The Greenstone Players.  In addition to performing, Karen teaches improv at festivals nationally and internationally including Seattle, Toronto, New Zealand, Austin, Baltimore, Providence, Oberlin, Miami, and Los Angeles. For clowning and corporel mime, she has studied with Christopher Bayes (of Julliard, Kennedy Center, and NYU) and Christopher Eaves (student of Marcel Marceau) respectively.