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Sunday, Sept 18
FREE!!!
12pm (45min)
INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL COMEDY
Central Square Branch Library
This fun, playful workshop will explore the physical comedy styles of Commedia dell'arte, Pantomime, and Slapstick.

Sunday, Oct 16
1-3pm
CasaNia
$25/35
COMIC LAZZI
Comic routines dating back to the 16th century, used by performers in Commedia dell'Arte, slapstick, silent comedies of Chaplin, etc, and modern sitcoms. These comic bits are meant to interupt the action, drawing the audience back in by the absurdities of the characters plights.

Sunday, Nov 20
1-3pm
CasaNia>
$25/35
PANTOMIME
Mime for every actor. Learn to see and use objects that are not really there, creating the set in your mind make your audience see it too!

Sunday, Dec 18
1-3pm
CasaNia
$25/35
MASKS OF COMMEDIA DEL'ARTE
Explore the masks of Commedia characters Arlecchino, Brighella, Capitano, & Pantalone and learn their movements, quirks, and social oddities!

Please wear non-restrictive clothing (no jeans
please), and either bare or sock feet.

Cost:
$25 pre-register before Oct 1st
$35 after Oct 1st

All Three
$60 Before Oct 1st!!!

Minimum of 4 students/Max 16

To register email:
morninghood at yahoo dot com
Website info coming soon at:
www.morninghood.com
CasaNia

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

Naomi Bennett is a physical comedian and teacher in the Cambridge/Somerville area. Her performances have been seen internationally: including the Avalon & Orpheum in Boston; Velocity in New York City; Tangénte in Montreal; & in Venice, Italy. The Grindhouse Marionettes, whom Miss Bennett is a regular performer, has opened for acts such as The Dresden Dolls and Nine Inch Nails. She has also recently formed the upstart Imo’an Performance Troupe which is currently working on The Silent Comedy Project for the Live Stage, exploring the silent movies styles of Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, & Buster Keaton.

Miss Bennett studied Commedia dell'Arte in Italy with VeneziaINscena, Physical Theatre with Andrew Hammerson in Montreal, locally with the Stanislavski Summer School, and earned a degree in Theatre from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Her theatre credits include choreographer and lead
actress for the Illegitimate Theatre Company’s musical productions “Mad Maids” (inspired by Genet's “The Maids”); actress and movement choreographer for “Some of my Best Friends are Men”, (inspired by Gore Vidal’s cult film/book “Myra Breckenridge”); and actress in an all woman adaptation of Gogol’s “The Gambles”.