Workshop Information...

Performing longform solo improv is an incredible - and incredibly fun - test for a performer. Dribble Funk workshops introduce the performer to this unique and challenging form of improvisation as a form of pure PLAY. Seeking to unleash the performer's imagination, creativity and self-expression McEntire leads anyone willing to learn through the process of solo improvisation. The exercises and character work condition the performer to take complete responsiblity on stage, to deepen and enhance their characters, and to discover narrative plots and character connections that move and involve the audience. All this while still keeping the improv set fun and light in nature. Participants will develop a new set of technical skills, a new level of purpose and sense of commitment in performance, and will improve their ability, speed and momentum in initiating engaging situations onstage that in turn, bring to life a full-bodied improvised story. And have a blast doing all this!

WHAT IS A DRIBBLE FUNK? Dribble Funk is a completely improvised (i.e. NOT scripted) solo performance format developed by Brad McEntire originally in early 2005. The piece can last up to 50 minutes, and starts with either a short, informal Q and A with an audience member or a one-word suggestion. This chat or suggestion becomes the fodder for a spontaneous act of pure theatre. During the Dribble Funk, the solo performer portrays multiple characters in a cascading, interrelated network of improvised scenes, monologues, songs, abstractions and audience interactions that evolve into an unexpected multi-arc storyline. The structures and techniques of the format continue to evolve with each performance, but the Dribble Funk essentially surfaces in that crossroads between traditional theatre, longform improvisation and storytelling.

Inspired by archetypal story structure, cause and effect, contemporary clowning and pure play we begin to assemble scenes creating full, dynamic stories. The workshop will focus on the power of repetition, a liberated stage presence, physical storytelling, scene start initiations such as jump and justify, the multiple uses of monologue, meaningful audience interaction and basic story structure.

Learn a new skill set for your improv while having fun and celebrating risk taking!

WINTER "INTRO" WORKSHOP 2012

WHEN: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 from 7 PM to 10 PM.

WHERE: Alternative Comedy Theatre's Improv Lab, 5531 Dyer Street, #101, Dallas TX 75206. Map/Info here.

COST: $15 for full 3 hour workshop

[Class Limit Max = 10. To register call 214-476-3429 or e-mail: info@thealternativecomedytheater.com ]

Instructor: Brad McEntire

Brad has performed and taught improvisation since 2003. He is a veteran of both short and longform improv and has performed with troupes in Dallas, Santa Fe and New York. Specifically he has trained with Andy Eninger at the Second City in Chicago, ImprovOlympic's Charna Halpern, YesAnd.com founder Asaf Ronan and Kay Herbele of The Groundlings. He has performed the Dribble Funk internationally as well as in New York, Austin, Dallas and the ever-exotic Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is a member of the Applied Improv Network and performs regularly as part of the Dallas-based longform duo Fun Grip. McEntire also has a long resume in traditional theatre with a focus on solo performance. He has performed and/or directed many solo (scripted) shows including Andy Eninger's THE LAST CASTARTO (New York International Fringe Festival, New Orleans Fringe, etc.) and his own pieces CHOP (Portland Mini-Fringe, Phoenix Fringe, Houston Fringe, etc.) and CYRANO A-GO-GO. McEntire has taught past Dribble Funk Solo Improv workshops in Hong Kong, Austin and at TWU's Graduate Theatre Department in Denton, TX.