Well look at you, you bright, shiny, silly person! You've been in hot pursuit of the Clown and are starting to figure some things out! And now that the clowns are being discovered?...they can begin to make a mess in gleeful pandemonium, go on to find their names, and explore triumph and tragedy! So come on, let's go! Let's have even more fun and learn how to play the smallest mask in the world...the clown nose!
This class is just right for students who have taken a Pandemonium class at the Elysian before. Each day begins with a group warm-up before students split into more advanced solo exercises, culminating in working in nose. Discover and deepen your relationship with the audience and learn how to bring your joy.
Monday - Friday
August 10th, August 11th, August 12th, August 13th, August 14th
11am-4pm
in the Skunk
About the Instructor
Annelise Lawson is a bi-coastal actress and director. After first studying with Christopher Bayes at the Yale School of Drama, she’s since collaborated with him both in the rehearsal room and out – training with him as a teacher’s apprentice and going on to become a founding member of The Pandemonium Studio.
As a teacher, Annelise’s work focuses on developing technique and style through students’ personal sense of fun. Her areas of expertise include Clown, Commedia dell’arte, and the Russian Étude method – an improvisatorial rehearsal tool designed unleash an actor’s imagination into the world of the text.
Outside of The Pandemonium Studio, Annelise teaches Chekhov and Clown at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, and the New School for Drama, and various other institutions, including the University of San Diego, American Conservatory Theatre, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Shakespeare Academy at Stratford, the Stella Adler Conservatory, and the international LungA Arts Festival in Iceland.
As an actress and maker of collaborative theater, her recent credits include The Postmaster in The Inspector (Yale Rep), Masha in Three Sisters (Two River Theater), The Clown in I Should Have A Party for the Thoughts I Didn’t Say (San Francisco International Arts Festival), Helena in MIDSUMMER (The Araca Project). Directing credits include How to Live on Earth (David Geffen School of Drama at Yale) and The Climate Change Project (Whitman College).
She holds an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama, and certificates in Acting from American Conservatory Theater, the British American Drama Academy, iO Chicago, and the Moscow Art Theater.
Class cancellation policy: No refunds, exchanges, or transfers.