PIG IRON THEATRE COMPANY

WORKSHOPS

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PIG IRON THEATRE COMPANYworkshops and residencies

Collaborat ion. Risk-taking. The pleasure of performance. Pig Iron’s educational workshops andresidencies offer some of the most unique andcomprehensive approaches to performance

training in America.

Working within our two-t ime OBIE Award-winningensemble’s core creative tenets - physicalcharacter work and actor-generated playmaking -Pig Iron has instructed hundreds of performers incol leges and universit ies, and in our own pro-fessional workshop series.

Drawing on our r ich knowledge of contemporaryDrawing on our r ich knowledge of contemporarydance, clowning, mime, and music, we chal lenge our students to unlock theatre’s creative potential by moving beyond famil iar sett ings into shared imaginative worlds .

Photo : Love Unpun ished (2006)

“ [Our ] awesome teachers rea l l y fo rced me to take r i sks and t ry new th ings . The c lass rea l l y became an ensemble and learned to

work toge ther rea l l y we l l . ” - s tudent tes t imon ia l

AVAILABLE WORKSHOPS

Workshop par t i c ipan ts w i l l t ra in w i th P ig I ron ’sensemble members , mov ing f rom the neut ra l mask to the C lown, w i th e lements o f movement ana lys is and co l labora t i ve p laymak ing . When work ing on the Neut ra l Mask , par t i c ipan ts w i l l be pushed to f ind a neu t ra l p resence on s tage , engaged w i th the space , p repared , a le r t , a l i ve . p repared , a le r t , a l i ve . Work ing th rough improv isa t ion and in smal l g roups on p ro jec ts , par t i c ipan ts w i l l ga in an apprec ia t ion fo r the body ’s express iveness ons tage.

When work ing on the C lown, par t i c ipan ts w i l l bu i ld on th is neu t ra l p resence and w i l l work to d iscover the i r own persona l c lown. Wi th l i t t l e e lse bu t a red nose , these c lowns become acu te ly aware o f the i r env i ron-these c lowns become acu te ly aware o f the i r env i ron-ment , o f the i r re la t ionsh ip w i th the aud ience and o f the i r own par t i cu la r sense o f humor. The workshop conc ludes w i th p resenta t ions o f c lown “numbers , ” deve loped in c lown fami l ies and in consu l ta t ion w i th the workshop leaders .

ENSEMBLE PLAYMAKING

Pig I ron has become known as a co l labora t i ve deve lopmenta l ensemble . Over the las t 14 years , the company has c rea ted 24 o r ig ina l works . When mak ing our work , we o f ten s ta r t f rom very d i f fe ren t p laces : w i th a theme, a se t o f charac te rs , a space , an h is to r i ca l f igure . The work , then , i s to c rea te a

Photos : Chekhov L izardbra in (2007)

NEUTRAL MASK AND CLOWN

MELODRAMA

Th is workshop takes i t s lead f rom Jacques Lecoq 's research in to me lodrama, fus ing mus ic , movement , nar ra t ion and drama in o rder to make an aud ience c ry.

Wi th me lodrama, the goa l i s to s tage s to r ies in such a way tha t they move an aud ience emot iona l l y, indu lg ing in sadness and sen t imen-ta l i tta l i t y. Exp lo r ing themes o f innocence, revenge, jea lousy and se l f -sacr i f i ce (among o thers ) , th is workshop w i l l a l low s tudents to tap in to the i r own en joyment o f sweep ing nos ta lg ia and to t ry to f i l l - as Lecoq pu t i t - “Les Grands Jes tes . ”

Work ing w i th pan tomime, l i ve mus ic and sound e f fec ts , nar ra to rs and c lass ic me lodrama s t ruc tu res , the workshop w i l l conc lude w i th the c rea t ion o f a shor t fu l l y - rea l i zed me lodrama

then , i s to c rea te a fu l l y - in tegra ted p iece - w i th i t s own un ique ac t ingmethodo log ies , des ign e thos , and re la t ionsh ip to nar ra t i ve - f rom th is s ta r t ing po in t .

The Ensemble P laymak ing workshop w i l l focus on P ig I ron ’s t r ied-and-t rue p laymak ing methods . Par t i c ipan ts w i l l be g iven per fo rmance ass ignments – themes, s to r ies , charac te rs , a p iece o f mus ic – wh ich must be so lved as an ensemble . The p laywr i t ing and d i rec t ing du t ies w i l lmus t be so lved as an ensemble . The p laywr i t ing and d i rec t ing du t ies w i l lbe shared among the ensemble , and dec is ions a re made co l labora t i ve ly. Th is work -shop emphas izes the genera t ing o f o r ig ina l mater ia l , the phys ica l i za t ion o f charac te rs and thea t r i ca l ideas and the s t ruc tu r ing o f g roup improv isa t ions in to f in ished p ieces .

Par t i c ipan ts w i l l work on tak ing mater ia l deve loped th rough improv isa t ionand tu rn ing th is in to f in ished p ieces : p rec ise , fu l l , exuberan t and mov ing .

“These guys a re masters a t the i r c ra f t , and hav ing them here…is an enormous pr iv i lege . ” - s tudent tes t imon ia l

Photo : Miss ion to Mercury (2006)

SHAKESPEARE AND MASK PERFORMANCE

The Shakespeare and Mask Workshop w i l l focus on f ind ing a new thea t r i ca l language to per fo rm Shakespeare ’s works . S tudents w i l l be work ing w i th masks o f the Commedia de l l ’A r te and f rom the Ba l inese d ramat ic t rad i t ion , f ree ing up the per fo rmer to f ind a new way o f work ing on Shakespeare ’s charac te rs and language. The workshop ’sapproach w i l l be to t ra in the workshop par t i c ipan ts in mask techn ique , approach w i l l be to t ra in the workshop par t i c ipan ts in mask techn ique , a t ra in ing tha t invo lves movement d isc ip l ine , phys ica l approaches to charac te r, c lown, and wear ing the mask in o rder to b rea the l i fe in to i t .

Par t i c ipan ts w i l l engage each o ther in improv isa t iona l sess ions where the mask techn ique i s pu t to use . G iven Shakespearean tex ts , s tu -dents w i l l t r y to per fo rm the scenes w i th no words ; o r they see i f we can hear the tex t in a new way when a charac te r i s masked. U l t imate ly, workshop par t i c ipan ts w i l l work in smal l ensembles to deve lop a workshop par t i c ipan ts w i l l work in smal l ensembles to deve lop a Shakespeare scene us ing the techn iques worked on in the in i t ia l phases o f the workshop.

ABOUT PIG IRON THEATRE COMPANYPig I ron Theat re Company has been c rea t ing o r ig ina l per fo rmance works in Ph i lade lph ia s ince 1995, mak ing p lays about l i ve mus ic , dead peop le , neurosc ience and thwar ted love a f fa i rs th rough a un ique method o f co l labora t i ve c rea t ion and w i th a s igna tu re un ique method o f co l labora t i ve c rea t ion and w i th a s igna tu re phys ica l approach to charac te r. Pas t co l labora t ions have inc luded work w i th the legendary d i rec to r Joe Cha ik in , p laywr igh t Adr iano Shap l in , choreographer Dav id Br ick , and composer Cynth ia Hopk ins . P ig I ron ’s work has been seen a t thea te rs and fes t i va ls ac ross the g lobe , and the company has been recogn ized w i th two OBIE Awards and e igh t Bar rymores fo r i t s work . The New York Times ca l led P ig I ron “one o f the few groups success fu l l y tak ing thea t re in new I ron “one o f the few groups success fu l l y tak ing thea t re in new d i rec t ions . ”

Photo f rom Hel l Meets Henry Ha l fway by J .J . Tiz iou

WORKSHOP PRICES AND INFORMATION

2-3 day res idency per iod : $1,500 - $2 ,500

One-week res idency per iod : $3,500 - $5 ,000

Pr ices do no t inc lude per fo rmances o f P ig I ronreper to ry works , wh ich vary depend ing on theshow reques ted . For more in fo rmat ion on P ig I rontours , con tac t Tour ing Producer Barbara Hogue a tbarbara@ar tworkpro jec ts .o rg o r v is i t wwbarbara@ar tworkpro jec ts .o rg o r v is i t www.p ig i ron .o rg

Pig I ron Theat re Company ’s workshops and res idenc ies a re ava i lab le to co l leges and un ivers i t ies , h igh schoo ls , ac to r -t ra in ing p rograms, and g roups o f p ro fess iona l ac to rs . Mos tworkshops a re idea l l y su i ted fo r g roups o f 15 to 20 s tudents .

In add i t ion to the workshop fee , the to ta l cos t w i l l i nc lude t ranspor ta t ion to and f rom the workshop s i te , teacher hous ing , and per d iems.teacher hous ing , and per d iems.

P ig I ron ’s educat ion p rograms are led by Quinn Baur iedel , a co- founder and Co-Ar t i s t i c D i rec to r o f P ig I ron Theat re Company. Qu inn i s a g raduate o f Swar thmore Co l lege and Eco le Jacques Lecoq in Par is , and has per fo rmed in near ly a l l o f P ig I ron ’s o r ig ina l works . In add i t ion to h is teach ing work w i th the company, Qu inn a lso teaches a t Swar thmore and a t the Head long Per fo rmance Ins t i tu te .and a t the Head long Per fo rmance Ins t i tu te .

To book a workshop or res idency, o r to f ind ou t more about P ig I ron Theat re Company ’s educat iona l p rogramming, con tac t Qu inn a t (215) 873-0883 or quinn@pigi ron.org .