TALKING TABOO – PLAYING WITH RACE, GENDER, AND OTHER NO-NOS

Ever wonder what it’d be like to play characters, relationships, and situations that you’ve always wanted to but others told you not to? Have you shied away from exploring new creativity because of how you may be perceived? This workshop is to discuss and play with the taboos of improv such as race, gender, religion, politics, sex, mortality, and language among many others to break down the barriers to unlock realism and depth to your scene work based on every day human experience.

Workshop Outline:

  • Discussion of taboos in students’ personal lives.
  • Discussion of taboos in improv.
  • Develop characters based on personal opinion regarding a given taboo.
  • Incorporate improvised monologues.
  • Incorporate real-life characters to develop new ones that embody a given taboo, e.g., the former Southern belle who allows a subtext of “southern pride” to support her dialogue.
  • Understand justification for these characters, i.e., when it’s “right” to use them. Explore dramatic improvisation, i.e. “not chase the funny”, when exploring these issues.

  • Special Instructions: None

    Length:
    Student Cap:
    Difficulty:

    3 hours
    12 students
    Medium
    Instructor:
    Nelson Velazquez

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