Event

Kristen Schier - Making Mischief (District Improv Festival Workshop)

In this workshop we borrow from the world of childhood, mischief and clown to make the idea of collaboration and "yes and" feel more dangerous. We will learn to exploit a sense of complicity with yourself, your scene partner and the audience for performance. The exercises in the workshop will call upon your a sense of play, risk and vulnerability all while encouraging you to trust the power and titillation found in your inner criminal.

Bio: Kristen Schier is the Artistic Director of The Philly N Crowd, which performs weekly shows at The Actor's Center. She also teaches and performs at the Philly Improv Theater (PHIT). You can also see her perform with the Real Housewives of Philadelphia.Kristen has also taught improv for Delaware Theater Company, Drexel University, and The Actor's Center.

She has a B.F.A. in Theater Arts from the University of the Arts and has been working in Philly as a professional actor, improviser and teacher for several years. She has worked with Commonwealth Classic Theater Company, Ego Po, and Vagabond Acting Troupe. She has appeared in many productions including the originally created Art of War, which received a Barrymore Nomination for Outstanding Ensemble.

Kristen has studied clowning intensively with Giovanni Fusetti. She has also studied improv at The Second City and at the Annoyance in Chicago. She has taken workshops and classes with such improv notables as Michael Gelman, Jill Bernard, Asaf Ronen, Mick Napier, Susan Messing and Rebeca and Rich Sohn, and Mark Sutton as well as members of the UCB Theater in New York City.