OVERVIEW

Are you looking for a way to dig deeper into your spontaneous creations and find more compelling and complex stories and truths? This three-hour immersive (and intensive) workshop invites actors to embody and remain in freshly created characters for the duration of an emotionally fraught encounter session – even during your coffee break! Each improviser receives an individualized character spine that they flesh out in real time during a facilitated dramatized group session. Recommended for non-beginners and/or those with an interest in sustaining rich and complex characterizations on either the improv or scripted stage.

TEACHER

David Charles, PhD, works as a professional improvisational practitioner, deviser, author, and improv scholar. A New Zealander by birth, David has called central Florida home since 2003, where he has served as a Professor of Theatre and Dance, Departmental Chair, Producing Director of the historic Annie Russell, and Founding Artistic Director of Rollins Improv Players at Rollins College (University).

His Improv Dictionary: An A to Z of Improvisational Terms, Techniques, and Tools with Routledge hits the shelves in April 2024. For more about David's career and projects, and to access his comprehensive online Game Library, visit www.improvdr.com