Clowns? Writing? Pfffft! Yes. You.
Writers? Doing clown? Writing as clown? Suss.
This is a class for making our words sing as loud as our bodies. This is a class for writers and comedians of all kinds who want to make a playful and fulfilling writing practice. The first session will include movement and writing exercises to loosen up our hands and brains. The second session will focus on getting our clown voice into our writing voice, and practical tips to help create unorthodox scripts for our live work. There will be a wee overnight homework assignment.
Come, let us pull our heads out of our asses.
Saturday, September 20th from 12pm-5pm in the Skunk Room
Sunday September 21st from 1-6pm in the Vault
About the Instructor:
Christina Catherine Martinez is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and comedian in Los Angeles. She was named both a Comedian You Should Know by Vulture and a Comic to Watch by TimeOutLA in 2020, and is a 2018 recipient of an Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant for her varied approaches to art criticism, published in platforms such as The Los Angeles Times, Aperture, Frieze, Artforum, Bookforum, e-flux criticism, DOCUMENT Journal, and Texte Zur Kunst.
Christina has written for The Eric Andre Show and the forthcoming animated series Women Wearing Shoulder Pads, the first ever Spanish-language show on Adult Swim. She stars in the PBS docu-series United States of Comedy, the FX short-form series Two Pink Doors, and frequently collaborates with directors across the worlds of art and independent film. She has performed commissions for The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art Toronto, REDCAT Center for the Performing Arts, The Geffen Contemporary, the Spit Take Comedy Series in Minneapolis, and at the SXSW Comedy Festival in Austin, Texas.
Her book of essays, titled Aesthetical Relations, is available from Hesse Press.
Class cancellation policy: No refunds, exchanges, or transfers.