An intensive course that focuses on
the development of each student’s
unique imagination, using improvisation
as a tool for actors to explore
their creativity, rather than as a
performance end in itself. An excellent
follow-up course for students
who enjoyed the Drama Workshop
or other similar, improv-based acting
courses, or for actors (and others)
who want to develop their full powers
of creative self-expression on stage
or in real life.
| As a 23-year veteran and former Artistic Director of Living Stage Theatre Company, Arena Stage's improvisational outreach theater, Oran Sandel received national recognition working with at-risk youth and disenfranchised adults. Today, he works as a freelance consultant, teacher, writer, director and performer to keep alive the vision of Living Stage's late founder, Robert Alexander: to demystify the creative act and remind us all that we were born to create. The last few years have seen him performing at venues such as Horizons Theater, The Washington Revels, Discovery Theater, the Library of Congress, Adventure Theatre and Creative Cauldron. Teaching credits include: The Smithsonian Associates, The Shakespeare Theatre, Center Stage, Center for Inspired Teaching, Theatre Lab, Strathmore Arts Center, Centronia and the Sitar Arts Center. Recently, he co-directed African Continuum Theatre's outreach company, BobCo (Back on the Block Company) with fellow Living Stage veteran and African Continuum's founder and Artistic Director, Jennifer Nelson. |
