How do you write a sword fight? Or a moment of caresses between a robot and a human? In this workshop, participants will attempt to act out what others have written, giving everyone an opportunity to observe and re-describe. Learn to bring your action to realistic, vivid life without stumbling into odd descriptions (he looked back at her with his eyes). An analysis of what makes an effective written action drawn from the theatre work of Montanaro, LeCoq, Meyerhold, Chaikin, and Spolin.

Exercises include easy-to-do theatre games that illustrate how to use physical action to portray emotions, lessons on how martial arts work in practice (an examples from cinema), writing from action in class, acting out your writing as you work.

In person and online classes available. Inquire about fees.