From Workshop to Stage w/ Mary C. Parker (BIPOC-Only)

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP: 

Are you interested in trying improv for the first time? Or maybe you’ve taken a few classes but aren’t sure if you are ready to perform on stage?

Inspired by Do The Right Scene, the United Kingdom’s first all-Black improv team, students will learn some improv basics—from techniques to games—and then have the opportunity to apply those basics on the Kickstand Mainstage later that evening alongside B.A.P.! 

This workshop will only be offered to those who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) and we are excited to provide the space for fellow BIPOC artists to build camaraderie and create comedy together. 

WHEN:

October 14, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

ABOUT THE TEACHER:

Mary C. Parker (she/her) is an international performer and has played with Pittsburgh, London, and Portland improv teams. As a published scholar, Mary has been on the Faculty at Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama and Point Park Conservatory of Performing Arts. In 2022, she was awarded a Frank-Ratchye Fund For Art @ the Frontier Grant to document and research the history of Black improv. In 2023, Mary was awarded the Regional Arts and Culture Council Arts3c grant to continue working on capturing Black Improv stories in Portland, OR. She is based in Seattle, WA on the stolen land of the Coast Salish and Duwamish peoples, and teaches with Kickstand Comedy. More at www.marycparker.com. 

Mary's workshop is part of the Black Improv History: A Weekend of Learning which is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council. Part of the workshop will have video and sound recordings for the purpose of the grant and future B.A.P. legacy work.

No one is turned away for lack of funds, please contact blackimprovhistory@gmail.com to apply for pay-what-you-can registration.

ASL Interpretation can be accommodated for this workshop by request. Please contact blackimprovhistory@gmail.com to request this accommodation.