Finding Characters Physically – Thomas Kelly

Acquire some tools and perspectives on how you use your body and better understand what it is you are actually communicating physically. Drawing from the Lecoq pedagogy and mime technique, we will explore this thing that’s under our heads and see what characters can come out of there. We will isolate and delve into the different parts of the body to create a more sophisticated physical vocabulary and look at how rhythm, emotion, and character as mask can be used to enrich the way you play on stage!

Improv Experience: Open to all levels. Wear clothes you feel like you can move in

About Thomas Kelly

Thomas Kelly received a degree in theater from Rhodes College and attended a two year Jacques Lecoq inspired physical theater and devising course at the London International School for the Performing Arts. In his eighteen years in Chicago, he’s studied and performed with iO, the Annoyance, Second City, and the Neofuturists. He can be seen performing live in the Holy F*ck Comedy Hour in Chicago and around the world with the award winning improv ensemble, Sand. He can be seen on TV on shows like Showtime’s Work In Progress, NBC’s Chicago Med, NBC’s Shrink, Monuments, and in the stop motion short, Sleepy Steve. He is represented by Paonessa Talent LLC.