If you’re in Portland and want to do some mad physical theater, exploring the principles of choral improvisation (and who doesn’t want to explore the principles of choral improvisation, anyway?) it’s not too late, folks: info below. RSVP by putting the magic “@” between jessicawallenfels and gmail.com.

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You’re invited to take part in a free workshop Many Hats Collaboration is offering to Portland’s theater community. We had a great past season and want to say thanks to everyone who helped make that possible – as well as those who are new to us – with a visiting artist opportunity.

WHO: You! And us: Many Hats Collaboration (http://www.manyhatscollaboration.com) and Dara Weinberg, a visiting director from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Los Angeles

WHAT: Ensemble Performance, Generative Creation, Physical Theater

WHERE: Performance Works NorthWest
4625 SE 67th Ave.
Portland, OR 97206
503.777.1907

WHEN: Tuesday, August 28, from 8pm-10pm

HOW: RSVP por favor. If you really want you can donate a couple of bucks to go toward space rental but other than that, its free.

WHAT AGAIN? AND WHO?
Jessica Wallenfels (dir. Rest Room, Break, Then Open; choreog. OSF’s Romeo and Juliet, Mutt) and Dara Weinberg (AD on this season’s OSF shows Tartuffe, Romeo and Juliet, see bio below) will be divvying up a couple of hours to experiment and share on ensemble movement and physical theater. This will be on-your-feet actor/mover type stuff in a no-pressure environment. You’ll be creating and working in a group, as well as bouncing off of varied directorial viewpoints, in this evening for novices through experts. Many Hats Collaborators Lava Alapai and Annalise Albright will be on hand and throwing into the mix.

Don’t forget to RSVP! See you the 28th.

Dara Weinberg is a director and choreographer who works with the free radical chorus, an experiment in improvised choral theater and creating choruses through imitation. Until recently LA-based, Dara directed The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, an improvised dance play based on William Blake’s poetry, at the Met Theatre Company. Other Los Angeles directing credits include A Vast Wreck and Brandohead at Theatre of NOTE. She assistant directed the premiere of My Wandering Boy (dir. Bill Rauch) at South Coast Rep. At the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, she assistant directed Romeo and Juliet (dir. Bill Rauch) and Tartuffe (dir. Peter Amster). Other credits include Human Bombing for the Berliner Compagnie as well as choreography for the West Bay Opera Company and Sacred Fools Theatre Company. She assistant directed The Stones (dir. Corey Madden) at the Kirk Douglas.