We are excited to offer this opportunity! 
An 8-hour workshop over two days! 

Only 12 students will have the chance to learn the Spolin Technique from the very talented Aretha Sills, the granddaughter of Viola Spolin!

Workshop: September 28th 1pm- 5pm
                    September 29th 1pm- 5pm

Actors, educators, directors, and improvisers and all who wish to play are invited to experience Viola Spolin’s transformative techniques and learn how to incorporate them into their practice through play.

Designed to introduce the key principles of Viola Spolin’s revolutionary acting, directing, and teaching methods in two days (eight hours of play), the weekend intensive with side-coach Aretha Sills will help players be more fully present onstage and off.

Beginners and experienced players are welcome!

Aretha Sills is a writer and teacher of improvisational theater and creative writing. The granddaughter of Viola Spolin, she studied theater games with her father, director Paul Sills (creator/director of Compass, The Second City, and Story Theater), and has conducted workshops for Paul Sills’ Wisconsin Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Sarah Lawrence College, Northwestern University, and The Ed Asner Family Center. She has worked with Tony- and Emmy-Award winning actors and has trained faculty from Northwestern, DePaul, Columbia College, The Second City, The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, and many other institutions and schools. She created and directs an improvised show that tours Los Angeles public elementary schools. She’s given keynote addresses at the California Educational Theatre Conference and the Applied Improvisation Network World Conference. You can learn more about Viola Spolin and find Aretha’s workshops at www.violaspolin.org.

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