Classes for Teachers
Everything Changes Everything—Theater Improv Techniques for Writing with Matt Smith
Tuesday, September 14, 5-7 p.m.
Matt Smith will demonstrate improv exercises that help us to unlock our creativity and give us something to do with it. The exercises deal with staying in the moment, listening actively and responding to what just arrived on the table. Learn how everything changes everything; how to build on what is happening now; how to navigate your way through a story, always moving it ahead through forward action or informative information. Improv is a science of common sense when it comes to writing.
Classes for Teachers are free, though please RSVP to writingclassforteachers@gmail.com.
About Matt Smith
Matt Smith is an actor best known for his solo performances: “My Last Year with the Nuns”; “Helium”; “My Boat to Bainbridge”; and “Beyond Kindness: A Childcare Guide.” His screen credits include “Outsourced,” “The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle,” “Spiderman,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” “Whiteface,” “Northern Exposure,” “Bill Nye the Science Guy” and “Almost Live!” In 1988, Smith founded the legendary Stark/Raving Theatre with Edward Sampson, and in 1985 he founded Seattle Improv with Sampson and Roberta Maguire.
Writing Classes for Teachers are a series of classes that help teachers develop and nurture a love of (and comfort with) writing. Hugo House instructors and other guest writers provide strategies for strengthening writing and, by example, instruction. Featured presenters offer exercises in narrative and nonnarrative forms, allowing for plenty of writing time.
All classes take place in the Hugo House Cabaret. Teachers of all grade levels are invited. Admission is free, though please RSVP to writingclassforteachers@gmail.com to attend.
Questions? Email Arni Adler at writingclassforteachers@gmail.com.
Writing Classes for Teachers are co-sponsored by Powerful Schools, a nonprofit organization that promotes and supports high-quality educational enrichment among a coalition of public elementary schools.
