- EXPAND your expressive range
- RELEASE unwanted physical and vocal habits
- DEVELOP a greater awareness of time and space on stage
- UNLOCK your fullest potential for performance success
FoolsFURY is dedicated to providing dynamic, cutting-edge theater training opportunities to the public. Each year we offer a series of courses taught by the foolsFURY ensemble, and other master teachers from around the world. These explorations expand performers’ repertoires, help access the body and voice as powerful storytelling tools, and unlock new areas of creativity. For those seeking personal development and communication skills, our training removes barriers allowing for richer self-expression and increased confidence. The skills used in ensemble creation-making have innumerable applications, some of which include: professional theater, business teams, the next PTA meeting, cocktail party or anywhere a group or individual desires to improve focus, communication, range of expression, public speaking, and leadership.
Our credo: on some level every moment of every play should be viewed in the same heightened manner as a musical number in a Broadway show, or an elegant modern dance. Every line of dialogue, every pause, the sound of every foot hitting the floor is the performer’s song. Every movement, every gesture, and every exit and entrance is part of an intricate dance. Attention and focus are what make stellar theatrical experiences. A rigorously high degree of focus, curiosity, and exploration is what makes brilliant performers and dynamic people. In recent years we’ve been proud to host such stellar teachers as Mary Overlie, the SITI company, Quinn Beauriedel of Pig Iron Theater, Stephen Wangh, Michael Lugering, Ron Campbell, and more, teaching diverse techniques including Viewpoints, Suzuki, Lecoq and Grotowski. We’ve also taught at universities across the country, as well as at the La Mama director’s symposium in Umbria, Italy. Please join us for one of our upcoming trainings – stretch your physical skills and your creative horizons.
combines physical and vocal rigor, creative inspiration and thoughtful composition work. Solo, partner and group work will be explored and shared. Training includes (but is not limited to) The Viewpoints, Suzuki Method of Actor Training, vocal improvisation, singing and composition work integrating text, voice and movement. No experience is necessary in any workshop unless specifically listed. Experienced students will be further challenged on an individual basis.
For foolsFURY workshops, may offer a single instructor, or a team of 2-4 company members over the course of the workshop, with individual teachers leading specific exercises. FoolsFURY company members train alongside workshop participants. Group conversation and individual participation of every student is encouraged and necessary to the process. Master teachers bring a variety of unique teaching approaches to their workshops.
We offer discounts for early registration, continuing students and work exchange.
All workshops take place in San Francisco unless otherwise noted.
- Many classes and workshops are subject to a $75 non-refundable deposit which goes toward the full balance of the class or workshop.
- Students withdrawing from a class or workshop more than seven days before the first day will receive the balance less the $75 non-refundable deposit.
- Students withdrawing less than seven days before the first day will receive 50% of the total balance less the $75 non-refundable deposit.
- In the event of a cancellation, foolsFURY Theater will apply any un-refunded income towards the balance of any future class or workshop for that student.
For more of our philosophy on training for theater-makers, read this article.
For more information on upcoming programs, please contact foolsFURY’s Education Director, Debórah Eliezer
