DRAG KING 101 WORKSHOP:
"It was really helpful to finally get it out there, and also to hear your comments on the other pieces. My favorite was about finding a "center of energy" for the character and figuring out what fundamentally motivates him, then using that to inform everything else. I think that idea is brilliant and applies to our real personas in life too - it's rarely done, but once we ask ourselves what our own center of energy is and verbalize it, make it concrete, everything else falls into place." ~ Sophy Lee (Student)
***NOW REGISTERING for classes starting Tuesdays 1/21:
6 TUESDAY Classes 6-7:30pm
Classes on: 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 3/4*
(*please note there is no class on 2/25)
See Calendar
$165.00 per participant (plus $5 fee for PayPal use)
please contact me directly to pay by cash or check and hold a registration spot: [email protected])
Classes on: 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 3/4*
(*please note there is no class on 2/25)
See Calendar
$165.00 per participant (plus $5 fee for PayPal use)
please contact me directly to pay by cash or check and hold a registration spot: [email protected])
Drag King 101 is your opportunity to explore your inner Drag King AND create a piece for performance! We will explore the ins and outs of what makes a successful Drag King through gender illusion, costuming, physicality, character creation, acting technique, movement, and story development. This course culminates with each student creating their own performance piece.
So, what’s a Drag King again?: Well, perhaps you’ve heard of a Drag Queen? Simply put, a Drag King is the counterpart – a performance critiquing the masculine character in society. The drag culture at large generally injects politics, pop-culture commentary, sexuality, orientation, identity and gender exploration into the center of much of its material… While we each develop our own POV on the art form, we’ll also touch on: Bio Queens and Drag Queens, High Femme Performance, Transgender Identity vs. Gender Performance, Queer and Straight: identity/behavior/orientation, and so much more…
This workshop is open to people of all gender identities who are interested in performing as a King.
So, what’s a Drag King again?: Well, perhaps you’ve heard of a Drag Queen? Simply put, a Drag King is the counterpart – a performance critiquing the masculine character in society. The drag culture at large generally injects politics, pop-culture commentary, sexuality, orientation, identity and gender exploration into the center of much of its material… While we each develop our own POV on the art form, we’ll also touch on: Bio Queens and Drag Queens, High Femme Performance, Transgender Identity vs. Gender Performance, Queer and Straight: identity/behavior/orientation, and so much more…
This workshop is open to people of all gender identities who are interested in performing as a King.
Questions? Comments? Interest but the funds are too low? Email me directly at: [email protected]
UnAmerika’s Sweetheart Karin Webb is an original member of All The Kings Men (ATKM); has a BFA in acting from Boston University, a certificate in Ensemble and Physical Theater from Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theater, and spent time at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA). She has toured with various companies extensively around the United States, Canada, and London, and has had her writing produced for theater. This spring Karin made a splash at the BCA in "28 Seeds" by Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys and Liars and Believers. She was one of two actors in the Elliot Norton Award winning production of "Collected Stories" by Gloucester Stage Company, and recent IRNE nominee for her original work with Elephant Tango Ensemble. ATKM has been named “Best Lesbian Performance Troupe” by Curve Magazine, “Best Drag King Troupe” by GO NYC Magazine, and they have won numerous Readers Choice Awards over the past 10 years. “Play In The Gray” is a full-length documentary about ATKM, and an interview with them has been published in the National Gay and Lesbian Review. Karin is the creator of Axe To Ice Productions, Dream Weird, and the much loved Bent Wit Cabaret. She has been performing, writing, directing, and teaching (theater, movement, and dance) for over 20 years.
