Theater masterclasses offer you the opportunity to expand your existing skill sets in short courses designed to focus on one or two theater skills at a time. You will learn from experienced guest artists with regional and national experience, and gain a deeper understanding of what it takes to pursue a theater career.
2024-25 Masterclass Series
Building Blocks of Stage Intimacy: $85
Intro to Stage Combat: Unarmed: $140
Special Package Price for Both Masterclasses: $200
To register, please complete the registration form. Then, FbTC’s Education Coordinator will follow up with you to process payment.
Flashback Theater Co. understands that financial need can be a barrier to accessing high quality theater education. For this reason, we are committed to pricing flexibility for those who cannot pay for the full price of a class. Please fill out this form to apply for financial assistance to cover the cost of the Masterclasses: https://forms.gle/2fszE2npnzaLMAxv7
The deadline for application for financial assistance is 11:59pm EST February 21, 2025
The Building Blocks of Stage Intimacy
March 28, 2025
Price: $85
Led by Alex George
Learn the tools and ideas that make up the foundation of the fastest growing discipline in the American Theater: Intimacy Direction and Coordination. Developing out of the work of fight choreographers, Intimacy Directors work to not only stage intimate moments, but to create a safer working environment for theater artists on and off stage. In this workshop, led by Alex George, you will learn the history and development of Intimacy Direction and Coordination, the core pillars of Intimacy, and work to develop your own practices.
Intro to Stage Combat: Unarmed
March 29, 2025
Price: $140
Led by Alex George and Josh Graff
In this exciting workshop, actors will be introduced to techniques for performing unarmed, hand-to-hand combat on stage. Following an introduction to a basic movement vocabulary, actors will be paired up and taught choreography to perform their own unarmed combat scenes. Led by two Society of American Fight Directors certified actor-combatants, Alex George and Josh Graff, this workshop will give you the skills to safely and effectively pull off punches, slaps, falls, and more on stage.
You can view past masterclass offerings by visiting this link.
