This immersive workshop series is for actors and non-actors — anyone looking to give themselves permission to PLAY. Through physical theater exercises and improvisational games, you’ll explore your creative impulses, unlock spontaneity, and co-create in ways that build community and deepen your sense of creative freedom.
In this workshop, you’ll gain tools to:
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- Manage performance anxiety
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- Free your body and voice for fuller self-expression
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- Activate your imagination
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- Create characters and stories in a flash
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- Expand your sense of possibility through collaboration
Come surprise yourself.
What: A 6-week improvisation workshop for adults, ages 18+, all experience levels.
When: Sundays, 2-4pm September 13 – October 18.
Click here to join the waiting list and you’ll be notified as soon as dates are announced!
Where: Classes will take place either in Norway or South Paris. Location TBD.
Fee: This series is being offered with a sliding scale fee of $90 – $150. Additionally, there are 2 full tuition no-questions-asked subsidies available for anyone for whom cost is a barrier. This is made possible with generous support from the Maine Arts Commission.
Teacher: Amanda Huotari
I’m Mandy and I’ve spent over two decades in professional theater—performing everywhere from Bogotá to Montreal, the New York Clown-Theatre Festival to the White House. In 2022, I was honored as the Maine Arts Commission’s Performing Arts Fellow for “artistic excellence and a joyful spirit for ferocious play.”
For 15 years, I served as Executive Artistic Director of Celebration Barn Theater, Maine’s international hub for physical theater training. There, I hosted thousands of artists from around the globe and facilitated immersive workshops to deepen creative exploration, support risk-taking, and amplify each artist’s unique voice. Learn more here.
Got questions? Don’t be shy! Feel free to email Mandy here.
