ArtsBloom Workshops

ARTSBLOOM WORKSHOPS

MAR 2, 1-5PM
PRINCIPLES OF DIRECTING & ACTING

Facilitated by Chicago based Actor, Director & Producer, Manna-Symone Middlebrooks. This workshop will offer an introduction to the foundational principles of Directing & Acting. Beginning with an exploration of artistic point of view and dramaturgy, participants will be encouraged to follow creative impulses and learn to engage a play with the fullness of themselves. In either the role of Actor or Director, participants will take a scene from page to stage.

Manna-Symone Middlebrooks (she/her) is a Chicago-based director, producer, and artistic leader specializing in new plays and reimagined classics. Her work is centered around emergence, identity, love, & healing.

Currently, she is an MFA Directing Candidate at Northwestern University. There she also serves as the Artistic Producer of the Black Graduate Artist Group and MFA Writing for Screen & Stage Reading series.

Tickets are $30. Student tickets are $25 with proof of valid student ID at door. A limited number of funded tickets available for members of the ROC Geva Pass program, for more details, click here

Geva’s ArtsBloom Workshops are facilitated by locally and nationally renowned theatre artists. Professional enrichment workshops, in Geva’s Fielding Stage, are open to anyone ages 14 and up and include interactive instruction on topics such as: arts & activism, acting, embracing & celebrating difference, and more! These workshops are funded in part by the City of Rochester’s ArtsBloom grant with the goal of “enriching and expanding the experience of public art for all Rochesterians by reaching historically underserved residents, while increasing economic opportunities for local artists and small arts organizations in Rochester.”