Happy, Playful, New Year! Mutlu, Oyunlu, Bir Yeni Yıl!

“Play means happiness!” wrote Viola Spolin’s teacher Neva Boyd in her paper The Theory of Play – We wish a very happy and playful new year!  Our classes in New York start on January 9th, sign up: wwwspolinist.eventbrite.com
“Oyun mutluluk demektir!” diye yazmış Viola Spolin’in hocası Neva Boyd Oyun Teorisi başlıklı araştırmasında. Biz de size çok MUTLU bir yeni yıl diliyoruz  2018’de Türkiye’deki eğitimlerimizde görüşmek üzere!

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Improvisation Show ; Viola Spolin’s Theater Games

Spolin-Ist Players are a diverse group of New Yorkers; actors, writers, therapists, software engineers, filmmakers who LOVE Viola Spolin’s Theater Games! Now we are ready for our next performance. In this open workshop formatted show you’ll get to witness our process of “follow the follower”, and “heighten and explore”* in the land of unknown.

WHERE: Alchemical Theater Lab: 104 W 14th Street, 2nd Floor, New York NY.

WHEN: March 21, 8pm

WHO: Dylan Grunn, Cihangir Duman, Meaghan Adawe McLeod, Bridget Knapp, Josh Thomas, Matthew Dietz, Kenan Baysal, Aydın Baltacı, and Ege Maltepe (Director/side-coach).

WHAT: FUN!

HOW: Tickets are only $5, get them online: www.improvisationshow.eventbrite.com

* Spolin’s famous side-coaching phrases. Known as the mother of improvisation in America, Viola Spolin changed theater for generations. Here‘s a recent article about the history of improvisation. And here is her extensive biography.

 

Spolin Theater Games; Performance

Our weekly classes in New York continue to be more and more fun every week. Now our diverse group of players are getting ready to perform their next performance of Spolin’s Theater Games. Come and witness our process in this open workshop format show on March 14, 2017 at Alchemical Theater LAB on 14th street.

Tickets are only $5, get them early to save your seats ; www.improvisationshow.eventbrite.com

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Players; Dylan Grunn, Cihangir Duman, Diane Calvert, Bridget Knapp, Josh Thomas, Matt Dietz, Kenan Baysal, Aydın Baltacı, and Ege Maltepe (Director & side-coach)

Summer 2016; Spolin-Ist style!

Spolin-ist’s Summer – 2016 ; Workshops in Istanbul (May & June) & weekly workshops in Central Park, New York along with Ege Maltepe‘s work on the Turkish translation of Viola Spolin ‘s seminal book; Improvisation For The Theater – That’s what we call an eventful summer!

Join us tomorrow August 30th at 6:30pm for the LAST Play Date in Central Park & drinks afterwards to say goodbye to the summer, Spolin-ist style!

Spolin-ist’in 2016 yazı; Mayıs-Haziran ayındaki Istanbul eğitimleri, ve New York Central Park’taki haftalık Spolin buluşmaları, bir yandan da Tiyatro için Doğaçlama ders kitabının Türkçe çevirisi – biz buna dolu dolu geçen bir yaz diyoruz! Yarın akşam New York Central Park’taki son açık hava dersi ile yaza veda edeceğiz. Çeviri ise devam ediyor… Takipte kalın 🙂