Event

CIF 2015 Workshop with Michael Gellman (Session 2)

BEYOND LONG FORM - AN IMPROVISATIONAL EXPLORITORIUM

Improvisation is an ancient craft started by actors for actors to present and tell their stories. Exciting and inspired performance comes from the ground up and in these two intensive workshops participants will explore essential elements of the dramatized story.

In the first evening we will develop methods of improvisation we can use to create modern day stories for the media including Techniques from his book Process: An Improviser's Journey.

In the second workshop participants will develop and create plays for the stage.
"stage to page"

Michael J. Gellman attended his first Improvisational workshop in 1969 at The Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis and has not looked back. He is an alumni of The Second City Mainstage - Chicago, served as a resident director there directing 22 shows for Second City, acting as Artistic Director of The Second City - Toronto and is a founding faculty member of The Second City Training Center serving as a Program Head and Head of The NYC Training Center. He has been Nominated for Best Director for The Jefferson Awards and twice for The Dora Mavor Moore Awards (Canada's Tony) and won Best Director for Detroits' Chalmers Award. Other Credits include; Artistic Associate - Organic Theatre, Artistic Director and founder of The Windy City Workshop and Theatre Works, Co-Artistic Director Wavelength and taught for Victory Gardens Training Center, The Audition Center, Act One Conservatory and Artistic New Directions in NYC. He is currently a Senior Faculty member at The Second City Training Center and an Associate Faculty member at Columbia College's - Comedy Studies Department.