Performing without warming up is like driving across town on your last gallon of gas. Save yourself the stress!
If you’re a clown, actor, standup, or public speaker of any kind, you deserve to give yourself the gift of a warm body and voice. A thorough warmup not only helps prevent physical & vocal injuries, it can also help you be more alert, more spontaneous, and more playful onstage and on set. It counteracts the autonomic nervous system responses that can lead to stage fright, dry mouth, tremors, excess physical tension, etc. It allows you to access your full power as a performer.
This two-day workshop is for anyone looking for a consistent warmup practice, or whose current warmup needs a boost. We will learn a variety of physical and vocal exercises aimed at relaxation, body organization, vocal resonance, volume/projection, and articulation & clarity. These can be combined in many different ways to give you an effective warmup that can be as short as 5 minutes or as long as 30, depending on your needs. You'll leave this active, engaging, and fun class with practical, malleable tools to support and sustain your performance.
Saturday & Sunday
September 26th & 27th
12:30pm-3:30pm
in the Elysian Upstairs Studio
About the Instructor
Erin Callahan is a multi-disciplinary performance artist and educator. She has performed in theatres and comedy clubs all over LA, as well as in NYC, DC, Chicago, London, and Moscow. She is the creator of Changeling, a solo clown show that had its world premiere at the Elysian Theater’s Spaghetti Festival 2024. She was also a member of the ensemble show A Garden Experiment, which premiered at Spaghetti Fest 2026. As a voice and speech teacher, she has worked with students at levels ranging from middle school to veteran professional actors. She has also coached performers on dozens of accents and dialects, for film and stage alike. MFA Acting, American Repertory Theater at Harvard University
Class cancellation policy: No refunds, exchanges, or transfers.