Courses / Workshops

The following are examples of classes offered. All are adaptable and additional offerings are available.

Teaching Approach: classes are built using varied engagement modalities with learning principally happening on your feet: physicalized, interactive, and responsive to others with opportunities to sit for discussion, observe, and analyze. Readings, viewings, and reflections offer asynchronous opportunities to synthesize ideas, build inquiry, and form a preparation technique. Classes are strive for exploration, application, iteration, and observable outcomes.

Theatre for Social Change

This course explores the transformative power of theatre as a tool for social justice, community engagement, and political activism. Students will examine historical and contemporary models of socially engaged performance, including Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed, documentary theatre, response pieces and performance movements. Sessions focus on a process of on-your-feet devising via exercises and performance with additional reading, reflection, and discussion. Students will learn how to create original performances that address urgent social issues and amplify marginalized voices. The course emphasizes collaboration, critical thinking, and ethical engagement with communities. Students will culminate their experience by developing and presenting a short socially conscious performance piece aimed at inspiring dialogue and change. No previous performance experience required—just a passion for making a difference through art.

Target clientele:  all actors, directors, and creatives

Stage Adaptation

This course explores the art of theatrical adaptation—transforming existing works such as novels, poems, films, historical events, or personal narratives into compelling stage performances. We also explore the art of adapting isolated inspirations such as images, found texts, and memories. Students will examine a variety of adaptation techniques to analyze how form, structure, and meaning shift across mediums in translation to the stage. Through exercises, exploration, and collaborative workshops, students will experiment with reimagining source material while developing their own unique theatrical voice. Students will deliver different adaptations weekly with a culmination of presenting an original adapted scene or short performance piece.

Target clientele: all actors, writers, directors, theatre-makers and creatives

Theatre Directing Fundamentals

This workshop offers a comprehensive introduction to the art and craft of theatre directing. Students will explore the director’s role in interpreting scripts, shaping performances, and collaborating with actors, designers, and production teams. Through practical exercises, script analysis, and scene work, students will develop the skills necessary to articulate a clear directorial vision and bring it to life on stage. Emphasis will be placed on storytelling, staging theory, and leadership in the rehearsal process. By the end of the course, students will direct a short scene, demonstrating their understanding of the directorial process from concept to performance.

Target cliente:  aspiring directors, actors who want to learn the perspective and/or comprehend directorial language, theatre-makers and creatives seeking to produce from a vision. No prior directing experience is required, but a strong foundation in theatre performance or production is recommended.

The directing courses can be extend to workshops focused on:

  • working with actors & stage theory

  • page to stage process, text analysis, dramaturgy

  • vision for production design and composition

  • production team collaboration

Acting I

This course introduces students to the fundamental principles of acting for the stage, with an emphasis on truthfulness, presence, and imaginative engagement. Through exercises in voice, movement, improvisation, and scene work, students will explore techniques for building believable characters and authentic relationships onstage. The class focuses on developing the actor’s instrument—body, voice, and emotional availability—while cultivating skills in script analysis, listening, and ensemble collaboration. Students will work with contemporary texts with coursework culminating in the performance of monologues and/or scenes.

Target cliente:  aspiring/practicing actors, directors who want to learn the perspective, theatre-makers and creatives

Script Analysis & Dramaturgy

This workshop provides a foundational approach to analyzing theatrical scripts and introduces students to the theory and practice of dramaturgy—the art of shaping, contextualizing, and deepening theatrical storytelling. Students will study a range of plays from various periods, genres, and cultures, developing tools to uncover dramatic structure, character motivation, thematic content, and stylistic elements. Emphasis will be placed on close reading, critical thinking, and practical application of analysis in the rehearsal and production process. Students will also explore the dramaturg’s multifaceted role in new play development, production support, research, adaptation, and audience engagement. Through script analysis, group discussions, and hands-on projects, students will learn how to ask critical questions, provide constructive feedback, and gain a deeper understanding of how scripts function as blueprints for performance. This course is essential for anyone interested in creating compelling, informed, and intentional theatre.

Target cliente: Ideal for students interested in writing, directing, or theatre scholarship. This course cultivates the skills to think deeply about how and why stories are told on stage. No prior experience required.