Unblocking expression through interdisciplinary techniques

About the Labs

We are all naturally creative. It’s a matter of plasticity, nurturing the creative muscles that allow us to enter flow-states with more ease and joy. Through a nimble, interdisciplinary approach to writing, play, and experimentation, together we’ll develop our ability to:

Improve our relationship to the imagination
Play with ideas and stories with greater fluidity
Calm the inner-critic and perfectionist
Enhance curiosity, presence, and joy in the creative process

Whether you're developing particular creative projects, have been thinking about it, or just want to bring more spontaneity into your life, the Labs welcome all backgrounds and experience levels. Bring yourself and see what shows up!

Courses:

Story Lab

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OVERVIEW

A six-week course designed to improve our understanding of story elements and ability to play with them. Richer, more-embodied storytelling helps us to go deeper in all creative projects! Across the course we’ll be exploring three main modalities of improv, as well as writing for performance:

SETTING - (BATS Improv SF) - Acting as If
CHARACTER - (Groundlings Theatre LA) - Comedy of the Who
PREMISE - (Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre NY) - Game of the Scene/Play
GENRE and CONFLICT - (UC Riverside MFA in Screenwriting) - Tone and Change

We’ll apply these tools to drafting, pitching, rewriting, and performing original character monologue and co-written sketches. While these may not be genres you are working in now, they are incredible tools for understanding story in a modular, iterative way. When we focus on process, the applications are widespread.