CHECK BACK OFTEN FOR NEW WORKSHOPS! Start Your Week With LAByrinth Every Monday for three weeks we will be hosting AFFORDABLE workshops featuring teachers from our reknowned Master Classes!  Monday, March 29th Dropping in and Hanging out w/ Portia Part 1 Monday - March 29th:  10am - 12noon Part 2 Monday - March 29th:  12noon - 2pm Cost:  $60 for both parts. Introduces students to a process of creating and entering a character by opening up their instruments and tapping into their truths. (Bring water, wear loose clothing and prepare to move.) Part 1: Dropping into the instrument through movement. Part 2: Dropping in and Hanging out in the character.   Students will be lead through a series of awareness's that will unlock the instrument and apply it to a character in a monologue provided in class. Writing Workshop w/ Cusi Cram Monday - March 29th:  2pm - 4pm Cost:  $30 A speedy romp through the opposing forces of dramatic structure and the limitless imaginative possibility of the unconscious. This class is about pushing different buttons to inspire you and explore dramatic forms through a series of short, fun writing excercises that aim to push you toward writing that unwritten masterpiece that's aching to be told. Monday, April 5th Physical Zero w/ Russell G. Jones   Part 1 Monday - April 5th:  10am - 12noon   (Part 2 Monday - April 12th:  10am - 12noon)   Cost:  $60 for both parts Our bodies absorb and record constantly, most often without our being conscious of it. In order to achieve the vulnerability required to channel creative energy we must be open.   Physical Zero is designed to strip away recorded tension, and leave us reconnected to a more open and present self.  It is a series of group and individual exercises including some isometrics, yoga, and guided imagery. PZ includes practical adjustments that you can do in the chair before an audition as well as exercises that you can do during rehearsal, a marriage of practical and ethereal leaving us here and now.   Physical Devising w/ Scott Illingworth Monday - April 5th:  2:30pm - 5pm     Cost:  $30 Generating Ideas & Ensemble with the Whole Body   Using a variety of movement exercises students develop body awareness, ensemble listening, and create moments of amazing physical theatre that spark the creation of new work. Whether you're looking to find methods to use with a company or for new ways approach your own art, this class offers a unique set of tools to generate immediate, personal, and highly imaginative theatre. Monday, April 12th Physical Zero w/ Russell G. Jones   (Part 1 Monday - April 5th:  10am - 12noon)   Part 2 Monday - April 12th:  10am - 12noon   Cost:  $60 for both parts Our bodies absorb and record constantly, most often without our being conscious of it. In order to achieve the vulnerability required to channel creative energy we must be open.   Physical Zero is designed to strip away recorded tension, and leave us reconnected to a more open and present self.  It is a series of group and individual exercises including some isometrics, yoga, and guided imagery. PZ includes practical adjustments that you can do in the chair before an audition as well as exercises that you can do during rehearsal, a marriage of practical and ethereal leaving us here and now. Dropping the Mask w/ Charles Goforth   Monday - April 12th:  2pm - 5pm   Cost:  $35 Fundamentals of creating character from the self.   Techniques for personalization and command of new text for both auditioning and as a foundation for continued work. To sign up for any of our workshops, please call (212) 513 - 1080 COACHING FOR ACTORS * Work on audition material, monologue, scene, or just actors looking to work out – 30 or 60 minute coaching sessions available with LAB Member Elizabeth Canavan 30 minute sessions $60, 60 minute sessions $100 COACHING FOR PLAYWRIGHTS * Work with LAB Member Andrea Ciannavei. Bring a play or scene in progress for feedback and/or get writing exercises to encourage the generation of new work. 60 minute sessions $100 To schedule a Coaching Session email coaching@labtheater.org. Include: Your name Which session you are interested in Your availability Contact information * 100% of fees for these classes are donated to LAByrinth Theater Company