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MASK PERFORMANCE TRAINING

Want to take MASK PERFORMANCE classes with us?

We are planning workshops in the Baltimore/DC / Philly region for the coming year!

You can bring Tara to your university, college, high school or company for unique-to-the-field physical theatre and mask performance training. You supply the venue, we bring the masks!

At present, we are booking for Winter/Spring 2024, offering the following workshops:

Larval Mask Training
Physical Theatre 101: Neutral mask, Larval mask and the Body Mask
Emotion Masks: Somatic embodiment and liberation through the body
Reimagining Commedia: A joyful new lens on a traditional form
Embodying Archetypes: Somatic engagement for character creation!
Solo Clown Play!
Red Nose for the Ensemble Clown

Contact Tara@waxingmoonmasks.com to discuss more!

"Commedia Gets a New Face"

Read Tara's article on creating a new mask performance pedagogy and mask set for performance in the Commedia dell'arte tradition,

published by HowlRound Theatre Commons:

read the article on HowlRound now

THED TALKS PODCAST

Listen to Dr Jimmy Chrismon's brilliant podcast, THED TALKS, and check out Tara's interview with him. Great content on having marginalized identities in the theatre field, why some folks find comic performance challenging, and more on the great work of Reimagining Commedia!

Listen Here

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2. Formation

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Workshops &
Professional Development

We offer reconsidered training tools for theatre classrooms and productions for those interested in honing skills in improvisation, physical theatre, western theatre mask performance, and comic archetypes.

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