Spring Adult Classes

Want to know what Piven is all about? Are you interested in getting into a theater class, shaking off the dust, and activating your creativity? This class allows students to discover the Piven Technique by learning theatre games and improvisation in a fun, supportive, ensemble-based environment. Perfect for all students looking to discover and re-discover our work!

Taught by senior teacher, Robin Chaplik.

Find the fire in your voice and learn to connect with others through the joyous exploration of words on stage! This new Workshop offering builds on our signature Improv and Games class to incorporate short scenes from plays, poems, sonnets, and stories. Learn to activate and transform language in a fun and supportive ensemble-based environment. No memorization necessary. All levels welcome. Good for anyone wishing to find new levels of ease, flexibility, and meaning in their communication and creativity.

Taught by Robin Chaplik

photo: Mark C Weidling

This is a class in playwriting fundamentals for anyone of any level of experience who wants to learn about writing playable scenes. What a writer does in creating a scene is similar to what actors do in playing it: each looks to explore and reveal the connections between characters and to heighten not only the sense of a line of dialogue but also what the line is “doing” in the characters’ shared relationship. In this class, we’ll apply acting principles developed by Joyce and Byrne Piven to the writing of short scenes or “beats” for two characters. There will be brief home assignments each week to be shared, read and discussed in class.

Taught by Stephen Fedo

Discover the sheer joy of play with a taste of performance! Learn new (and perfect old) skills in a fun and supportive environment. Experience an extended version of Piven’s signature mix of theatre games,scene-based improvisation, and ensemble building techniques. This class culminates in an open workshop for an audience of friends and family.Prerequisites: Improv, Games, and Risk-Taking and/or for students with prior experience at Piven. Prior experience elsewhere by approval.

Due to the performance nature of this class, any known schedule conflicts need to be pre-approved by the instructor.

Taught by senior teacher, Robin Chaplik.

photo: Mark C Weidling

Want to know what Piven is all about? Are you interested in getting into a theater class, shaking off the dust, and activating your creativity? This class allows students to discover the Piven Technique by learning theatre games and improvisation in a fun, supportive, ensemble-based environment. Perfect for all students looking to discover and re-discover our work!

Taught by senior teacher, Robin Chaplik.

photo: Mark C Weidling