PhysFestNYC Workshop (Part 1 of Dual Workshop): Wyant Neutral Mask

This workshop is the first half of a two-part Mask intensive. If you would like to sign up for the second part from 1:30 - 3, please sign up for Larval Masks separately. You do not need to take both sessions. 

Wyant Neutral Mask

The Wyant Neutral Mask workshop departs from the classical LeCoq method. While it is certainly one of the inspirations, Shelley Wyant distilled concepts from LeCoq, the Del Sartre System of Expression, and traditional Balinese Mask Master Ida Bagus Anom. This is a Neutral Mask curriculum that is deep and immediately useful for the contemporary actor interested in being more comfortable in their bodies on stage, and expanding their range of character physicalities beyond their own.

Ages 16+

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Ellen Ko and Chris Browne Valenzuela are Theater Mask instructors who met while apprenticing with Master Theater Mask Instructor Shelley Wyant. They now teach Wyant’s work at the Circle in the Square Theater School, the Terry Knickerbocker Studio, and NYU Tisch’s New Studio on Broadway.

Ellen is an award winning actress who has performed in theaters all over New York City, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and in numerous short films. Beyond teaching, Ellen is also the Artistic Director of Floor Five Theater Company, which produces live theater and audio drama podcasts.

Chris is a Chilean performer, playwright and educator based in Brooklyn. He is currently a company member of Teatro SEA and The Mercury Store Theatre Lab. He is also the recipient of the Hispanic Federation’s Abniel Marat Award for Best Playwright for his work creating the one man show “Too Smart.”

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PhysFestNYC is a community-focused festival that celebrates, enriches, and envisions our field of physical theaters. As an annual gathering, provides space for practitioners, audiences, and the physical-theater-curious to share in presented works, diverse workshop offerings, and community-building events.

Broken Box Mime Theater's mission is to activate the imagination of our audiences, contemporize the art of mime, and remind us all of the power of simple storytelling.