Create + Connect: Theatre Workshop with Jannesa Johnsrude
Event Information
About this Event
(NOTE: Donations are encouraged but not required)
WHAT: Theatre Workshop
WHO: Janessa Johnsrude
WHEN: 7:00 - 8:15 pm EST
WHAT TO HAVE: comfortable clothing and space for movement; writing instrument
Pelican Bay Prison Arts Theatre Program Director and physical theatre artist, Janessa Johnsrude, will lead a workshop presentation of the "character projects" curriculum she has designed and implemented at Pelican Bay State Prison in California. The workshop will detail class structure, ensemble building techniques, devising for solo and group projects, and her experience working with ensembles of incarcerated individuals to generate original performance.
Janessa is a Canadian born artist and educator who teaches theatre at Pelican Bay State Prison as a contractor with the William James Association. She is also a faculty member of Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre.
Art by W.B. Livingston III
