This workshop is designed to get your heart pumping and your laughter going with a series of fun physical activities and vocal warm-ups. Participants will be able to take this sequence back to their classrooms to encourage risk and playfulness. Activities in this session are inspired by the approach to clown technique of Christopher Bayes of the Yale School of Drama. This workshop is a great introduction to the world of clowning.
Sarah Hankins is a director, actor, teacher, and theatre administrator with a strong focus on collaboration, physical theatre, and heightened language. She recently joined the Tennessee Shakespeare Company as the manager of education and outreach. Hankins was recently the artistic director at Triad Stage, a professional regional theater in North Carolina, and previously she was a freelance theater artist in New York City. She has taught theater education programs from Maine to Florida, for students ranging from kindergarten to college, including teaching and directing at Greensboro College and Guilford College.