Main Campus (K-12), 2801 Keystone Road, Tarpon Springs, FL 34688
Phone: (727) 934-0909

Physical Theater

Physical theatre allows us to explore the art of storytelling and expression through the use of movement.

Students will study physical comedy, slapstick comedy and clown elements and structures taken from classic cinema figures, such as Charlie Chaplin and Lucille Ball, and use these techniques to develop their own skills in comedic timing, physical gags and building audience relationships.

Students will explore mask performance, specifically character half-mask. Masks allow students to highlight characters’ attitudes and statuses through their physicality and body language, rather than relying on what characters have to say verbally. By studying a character’s body language, students better understand their own physicality. Performing in a mask allows students to quite literally look at their world through a different lens and create from a fresh perspective.