Entrances & Exits w/ John Norris & Corey Podell
23 Mar, 2025, 5:00PM (EDT)
Baby Cobra Yoga
47 Thames St #203
BROOKYLN, New York 11221
This two day workshop is for those from all performance backgrounds and experience levels. Some familiarity with performing and creating work is nice but not essential.
Day one: The focus will be on honing your presence and audience connection through clowning exercises and other techniques designed to narrow down what makes you funny and engaging as a performer.
Day two: Building off what we find on day one, we will explore different approaches to creating work for the stage.
Come prepared to be challenged and to have a lot of fun.
The workshop will take place Saturday March 22nd and Sunday March 23rd. Days will begin at 11 AM and end at 5 PM including a lunch break.
Corey Podell is an actor, director, and teacher. Most recently, she directed the stage shows Mr. Chonkers, Vanessa 5000, Gutterplum, Queen of Fishtown, and The Underground Monk Show. Corey is a founding member of and performer in Los Angeles's ‘Clown Zoo’ and has years of experience teaching improv and sketch comedy at The Groundlings Theater and School.
John Norris is an absurdist comedian. He has studied/trained in clown, bouffon, mime, theater, and sketch and improv comedy. He worked with John Gilkey for years and was an ensemble member of The Murge. He taught with The Idiot Workshop for several years (which he loved) but then he stopped teaching during 2020 and decided to focus on performing. In 2022, he created the show Mr. Chonkers, which has found some success and he performs it at festivals and venues all over the world. He spends part of the year in Las Vegas performing in the show Absinthe at Caesar’s Palace.
John Norris is an absurdist comedian. He has studied/trained in clown, bouffon, mime, theater, and sketch and improv comedy. He worked with John Gilkey for years and was an ensemble member of The Murge. He taught with The Idiot Workshop for several years (which he loved) but then he stopped teaching during 2020 and decided to focus on performing. In 2022, he created the show Mr. Chonkers, which has found some success and he performs it at festivals and venues all over the world. He spends part of the year in Las Vegas performing in the show Absinthe at Caesar’s Palace.