Creating Original Material - Clown Theater Lab

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Creating Original Material is the next step in performance development. Working though changes with Stanley illuminates a path that can be used again and again. - Michael Getlan

Mask Arts Company
presents

Clown Theater Lab
Creating Original Material II
for solo clowns, physical theater performers & small groups

8 Weeks
Feb 20 - Apr 10,
Sunday & Tuesdays, 7 - 9 PM

The workshop challenged me to jump-start a project I had been incubating. I was surprised--astonished, really--at how it fell together in the workshop. Before this, I had never imagined myself as able to write for myself. Now I have proven to myself that I can compile a performance from a simple prop and an idea. - Jonathan Slaff

Stanley has an amazing eye for developing material, for seeing where the opportunities lay in a scene; but more importantly, he's able to communicate and inspire performers to find these opportunities for themselves. The class is a joy. - R David Robinson

$550 for both Sunday & Tuesday
$295 for Sunday or Tuesday only
pierStudios at Pier 40, Hudson River Park, NYC

For information - reservations
212-255-2882
stanley@maskarts.com
www.maskarts.com

Stanley Allan Sherman in Clown Theater
Graduate Ecole Jacque Lecoq

Los Angeles Times: A Magical Clown Act Takes Flight
By Kirk Ellis
There hasn't been a clown act like Stanley Allan Sherman's Aero Show Featuring the Star-Spangled Banner since Bill Irwin rolled into town with his Regard of Flight a few seasons back...
The results are nothing short of magical.

The Columbus Dispatch: Seriously, you must go see this clown
By: Michael Grossberg
Take your kid! If you don't have any [kids]... Borrow a few. Anyone who doesn't grab the whole family to see this weirdly wonderful fellow deserves to be arrested for criminal negligence. His show is that special...
Raises high expectations. The rest of the Festival is going to have to be darned good to live up to them.

John Paulsen's Lonely Banquet
John brought me in to work with him on his show for the run at Here Art Center in NYC.
Stanley challenged me to pursue the territory within myself unvisited, to take my work to the place of the uncommon. He demanded that I not be satisfied with just entertaining people, but to give them theatre. Stanley should have walked into the theatre wearing a demolition helmet... demolish your safety zone, demolish your safety net. Break it and show me your unique self, your unique vision for our ailing world. Working with Stanley was like the difference between seeing a vacation postcard to actually soaring through the Grand Canyon. Don't show me the postcard... take me there, take me to the Grand Canyon... Scared of the edge?... Great. Me too. Let's go! How exciting! - John Paulsen

Gautham
I'm still applying the principles we practiced... In short, I'm really grateful for the work we did together. It's opened up so much for me. Thank you!! - Gautham Prasad

Bride of Beowulf: Developed and Directed by Stanley Allan Sherman
A two person children's clown style show that toured for 4 year with Young Audiences. The show was based on the story Beowulf and incorporated clowning, puppetry, movement, opera, acting and story telling.
The students were very enthusiastic. One of the best programs I've seen! - Young Audiences Program Observer
An outstanding creative approach to presenting a difficult topic. - S.M. Williamson, PTA Rep. Point o' View Elementary

OffOff Online: The Russians are Coming?
By Kelly Aliano
Duet for Solo Voice... directed by Stanley Allan Sherman... hilariously funny and eerily discomfiting... an enjoyable hour spent in the theater... displays the coherence of Sherman's vision and creativity.