Jeffco Improv Festival Registration '24 (Responses)


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2		Jeffco Improv Festival
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10			April 12, 2024
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12			Robert and Judi Newman Center for Theatre Education 1101 13th St, Denver, CO 80204 With gratitude to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts
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15	Today's Schedule				Map
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19	Check-in		8:15-8:30am
20	Opening Ceremonies		8:30-9:00 am
21	Session 1		9:10-10:25 am
22	Session 2		10:35-11:50 am
23	Lunch Break/ MS Games After Food Studio 11		12:00-1:00 pm
24	Session 3		1:10-2:25 pm
25	Session 4		2:30-2:55 pm
26	Closing Ceremonies		3:00-4:00 pm
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28	Session 1		9:10-10:25 am	Room Capacity
29	Bradford K8 Fine Tuning Your Performance		Studio 1	30
30	Space Work and Stage Picture		Studio 2	25
31	Character and Relationships		Studio 5	25
32	Improv For Performers		Studio 6	20
33	Long Form		Studio 8	30
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35	Del Close - Improv Pioneer		Studio 11	35
36	Short Form Improv		Studio 12	35
37	Session 2		10:35-11:50 am
38	AWest, Golden Fine Tuning Your Performance		Studio 1	30
39	Space Work and Stage Picture		Studio 2	25
40	Character and Relationships		Studio 5	25
41	Improv For Performers		Studio 6	20
42	Long Form		Studio 8	30
43			Studio 9	20
44	Del Close - Improv Pioneer		Studio 11	35
45	Short Form Improv		Studio 12	35
46	Session 3		1:10-2:25 pm
47	Chatfield, Standley Lake Fine Tuning Your Performance		Studio 1	30
48	Space Work and Stage Picture		Studio 2	25
49	Character and Relationships		Studio 5	25
50	Improv For Performers		Studio 6	20
51	Long Form		Studio 8	30
52			Studio 9	20
53	Del Close - Improv Pioneer		Studio 11	35
54	Short Form Improv		Studio 12	35
55	Session 4		2:30-2:55 pm
56	Arvada West Rehearsal		Studio 1	30
57	Chatfield Rehearsal		Studio 2	25
58	Golden Rehearsal		Studio 5	25
59	Bradford k-8 Rehearsal		Studio 6	20
60	Pomona, Ralston Valley & Green Mountain		Studio 8	30
61	Standley Lake High School Rehearsal		Studio 9	20
62	Doral Academy		Studio 11	35
63	Alameda International & Bear Creek		Studio 12	35
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72	3:00-4:00 pm				DCPA Workshop Facilitators
73	Bradford K8 Chatfield High School - The Chatfield Giggle Gang Golden High School - Screamin Demons Arvada West - Theoretically Funny Standley Lake High School - Mixed Nuts				David Saphier		DCPA - Short Form Improv
74						Explore short form improv with master teacher and seasoned actor David Saphier. This workshop will focus on the improv skills needed to make theatre games entertaining and engaging for audiences. David Saphier joined the DCPA Education department as a teaching artist in 2001. Before moving to Denver, he interned in education departments at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and The Coterie Theatre. In Denver, he has worked with the Denver Victorian Playhouse, Shadow Theatre Company, and is currently an associate member of the Band of Toughs. He was last seen on the stage as Polonium in Nirvamlet for the Band of Toughs in the Boulder Fringe Festival. Each summer, he directs a production for the Middle School production program and titles have ranged from The Phantom Tollbooth to The BFG to Bard Wars and the list continues to grow. David received his BA from The Colorado College and his MFA in Theatre for Youth from Arizona State University.
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80					DCPA - Del Close - Improv Pioneer			Sam Wood
81	EXPECTATIONS Please use today to absorb and learn as much as you can. Use this time to learn with peers from other schools! The expectation is that you are in workshops throughout the day. The Denver Center is generous to have us here, please help keep this space clean, leave every room better than it was when you got there. Pick up after yourselves and each other.				In this interactive workshop explore the theatrical Improv exercises and activities of Del Close, one the most influential Improv artists of the 21st century. Samuel Wood received his MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory. After graduation, he lived in South Carolina where he was co-chair for the Charleston County School of the Arts’ Theatre Department. Additionally, he was a faculty member for Trident Technical College’s Speech Department. While in Charleston, Mr. Wood directed and taught for The Charleston Stage Company. He also was privileged to be both a director and an actor in productions for the Spoleto Festival USA. He also has worked in the world of Applied Theatre using theatre as the vehicle to address social injustice and health equity across the state of Colorado.
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88	RESPECT/PROFESSIONALISM Represent Jeffco well, respect our hosts, celebrate the community that we have. Build relationships with students from other schools!				Heather Curran		DCPA - Long Form
89						Experience the energy, excitement, and challenges of Long Form Improv with and exceptional artist Heather Curran. This interactive workshop will look at the fundamental building blocks of Long form Improv. Heather is a teaching artist with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and an instructional coach for new teachers in the School of Education at Metropolitan State University Denver. Heather earned her Master's of Education in Curriculum and Instruction and is a certified mindfulness and meditation teacher. When she's not teaching, you can see her play with her improv team, Velvet, and the Chaos Bloom Players at Chaos Bloom Theater or performing her original music and comedy on various stages around town.
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93	LUNCH Lunch is on your own. (Pack a lunch/plan accordingly). Middle Schoolers must stay in the building. High Schoolers- Weather permitting lunch can be eaten outside and gotten from 16th street mall.
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99	Closing Ceremony Adjudicator				Brian McManus		- Character and Relationships
100						All great Improv scenes and games require intriguing characters with engaging relationships. Working with Brian McManus, a professional theatre artist, explore the tools and skill that will give you the “know how” and the confidence to improvise effective theatrical characters and interesting relationships. Brian has studied and performed the art of improvisation for almost 30 years, including five years in New York City with the Upright Citizens Brigade, The People’s Improv Theater, the renowned Armando Diaz and more. He performed locally with Impulse Theater for five years and was a cast member for several seasons of the Denver Center’s Off-Center show Cult Following. Currently, you can see Brian in ‘King Penny’ an improvised 1940’s style radio show. Brian teaches improv classes for teens and adults at the Denver Center Academy, theater students at the University of Northern Colorado and presents workshops annually at regional improv festivals and conferences. He also guest teaches at many middle and high schools in the region. Come play!
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103		Adjudicator - Fine Tuning Your Performance
104	Beau Augustin is the Dance and Drama Theater Arts Instructional Curriculum Specialist for Denver Public Schools where he supports and coaches teachers and collaborates in orchestrating student opportunities like the DPS Shakespeare Festival. In addition to serving arts teachers within Denver Public Schools, Beau also serves the theatre education community through his work with the Colorado State Thespians Board. Beau holds a Bachelors in Theatre Education from the University of Northern Colorado, and a Masters in Directing from the Chicago Conservatory of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Recently, he chaired the 2018 and 2022 Colorado Drama and Theatre Arts Academic Standards revision. Beau regularly performs with EPiC (evergreen players improv comedy) in Evergreen, CO. Lastly, he takes great pride in being one of the collaborators to start the Jeffco Improv Festival something like 13 years ago and is grateful for the privilege to be part of this afternoon's festivities.
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106					- Space Work and Stage Picture			Archer Rosenkrantz
107					As improvisers, we are not only story tellers. We are set designers, props masters, and costume makers as well! With space work, we can create immersive worlds that feel alive and lived in, breathing life into our performances. One of our most important jobs as improvisational artists is to help the audience suspend disbelief with us by helping them to visualize our environment and the people within it. In "Space Work and Stage Picture" you will learn important physical concepts such as isolation, click on/off, and relational distance. Furthermore, we will take a step back as directors to discover how we can block interesting scenes in real time to create engaging and captivating stage picture. Archer Rosenkrantz (They/Him) is a trans, queer, and autistic performance artist from Los Angeles. They’ve been studying improv since they were a kid, beginning with the ComedySportz High School League. Since then, they’ve studied under notable schools of comedy all over the country. Although improv is their home, they can be found on stages around Colorado performing in plays as well as sketch, puppetry, and walk around characters. Archer formally studied Inclusive Education in college, and their passion for teaching follows them into the artforms they love.
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114					DCPA - Improv For Performers			TIm McCracken
115					Discover in partnership with Tim McCracken, the Head of Acting at the DCPA, how improv skills, tools and strategies are essential to every performer’s creative process in rehearsal and on the stage. Mr. McCracken is the Head of Acting for the Adult Program at the DCPA – Education Department. He is a professional actor, director, teacher and playwright, having performed in theatre, television and film for over 25 years. He has appeared in numerous theatre productions in New York City, including with the New York Shakespeare Festival and New York Theatre Workshop, and in regional theatres around the country. He has performed locally in numerous productions with the DCPA Theatre Company, Curious Theatre Co., the Arvada Center, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, BETC, Local Theatre Co., and Stories on Stage. He has appeared in film, television, and numerous national commercials over the years. Timothy has taught at many universities nationally. He has an MFA in Theatre from the DCPA’s National Theatre Conservatory, and a BA in Theatre from Whitman College.
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