What is the best way to prepare a theatre scene that needs a punch or a kiss with middle or high school students? This workshop will explore ways to safely and effortlessly move your student actors into the scene based on the high energy and excitement that the narrative provides.
Brad Willcuts is associate professor of musical theatre and choreography at Michigan State University. His professional credits include Broadway, national tours, international and regional theaters, and the Metropolitan Opera. He served as associate director and choreographer for the Dolly Parton musical Here You Come Again, which premiered at the Delaware Theatre Company then toured internationally. Willcuts has also served as associate choreographer or fight choreographer on Amazing Grace (on Broadway), Legende Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, the Legend – in Prague), Catch the Wind (in Denmark), and Porgy and Bess (with the Metropolitan Opera). He choreographed the reimagined, pre-Broadway production of The Fantasticks.