To most people "Artists" are a mystery, a riddle so elusive, so convoluted that it is often assumed that any degree of success that we achieve is the result of the tempestuous forces of fate, or just plain good luck. But the artist is not an enigma, we are citizens, scholars, parents, daughters and sons. We are just like you. Our gift lays in both Discovery and Insight, the ability to look at life in all of it's diversity, with all of it's challenges, and see the big picture. The Big Picture: Discovery and Insight is a blue print for, leadership, creativity, scholarship, character development, and most of all self realization.
MPAACT's Lectures, Keynotes, Master Classes and Workshops are concerned with developing and nurturing the personal voices of all people. Expression is not a luxury reserved for the artist, it is a necessity for everyone. As such MPAACT's Lectures, Keynotes, Master Classes and Workshops have a diversity of applications, ranging from student and professional development to emerging and veteran artists and their institutions. Through Afrikan Centered Theatre and it's interrelated disciplines, participants are enriched with the language of life. They become more fluent in a variety of expressive styles, the conduit for their personal stories, the gateway to understanding The Big Picture through Discovery and Insight.
Below is a listing of the workshops and lectures we offer followed by some sample descriptions. For a complete listing of MPAACT's master classes and workshops along with detailed descriptions download our Student Development Brochure PDF.
Rates for Workshops range from $250-$3,500 depending on class duration and the number of participating artists. For booking information, please contact Reginald Lawrence at (312) 409 6724 or email: bookings@mpaact.org.
Theatre Lecture/Discussion Groups
Cultural Themes: A Production Overview *
Theatre as Protest: Voices for Change
Afrikan-American Cultural & Artistic Expressions
Post-Performance Discussion *
The Storyteller : Crafting personal stories from personal experience.
Beyond formula: Playwriting for the New Writer
Release: 360 Degrees of Body Awareness Meditation Yoga for the Stage and Beyond
Stage Combat: hand to hand and small arms
Directing for Afrikan Centered Theatre: Intro to scene study and analysis
Music in Afrikan Centered Theatre Intro to live music and scoring Afrikan Centered Theatre. Improv in an Afrikan Centered Context
Conflict in Action
Monologue Creation & Performance
Exploring Personal Creativity: The Body as an Instrument
The Production Company: Entrepreneurship and the Arts: A blueprint for success
Stage Combat: Martial arts and Big weapons
Playwriting: The Living Playwright in the production process
Sharing the Vision: A Peer Critique workshop
Media Arts in Theatre: Film, Video, Photography and Visual Art in the storytelling process
Storytelling: Performance
Playwriting and Analysis: Text and Sub text the hidden dialogue
Lectures/Keynotes (for Student Development)
Art, Leadership, and Expressionism : Communication, Character, and Content
The Brave New World: The First Year Student
The Big Picture: Life after College
Afrikan Centered Theatre: Philosophy & World View