CREATING A SCENE: STAGING A FLASHMOB
Designed by David Hugo, this workshop will give students the tools to use public spaces in unexpected ways to create actions that can provoke discussion about relevant issues. The workshop will be facilitated by LIU Post Theatre students and will focus on how to manipulate the elements of architecture to create actions through the use of voice and gesture. Students should wear comfortable clothes and be familiar with the lyrics and melody of “America the Beautiful”.
Presented byDavid Hugo has been a professor in the Theatre Department at LIU CW Post since 2007. He teaches freshman acting and all the musical theatre acting courses. David has performed regionally, on national tours and on Broadway in shows such as Jekyll and Hyde, Iolanthe, Into the Woods, and a stellar 12-year career with Les Miserables where he portrayed Grantaire in the final Broadway cast.
He was on tour with the Broadway production of Les Miserables when he developed a love for teaching through the workshops he gave at high schools and universities across America, Asia and Canada. He left the Les Miserables tour in 2005 to pursue a master’s degree in theatre. His introduction to the Suzuki method while pursing his master’s degree changed the course of his career. He found the Suzuki method to be an excellent technique for teaching musical theatre, and he was able to devise a way to integrate it into his musical theatre curriculum. David holds an M.A. in Theatre from LIU CW Post, a B.F.A. in acting from Syracuse University and an Associates Degree in Music from Onondaga Community College. |
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Matt Mastromatteo is a NYC based theatre artist. In addition to teaching acting and movement courses at Long Island University, Matt is a active member of the New York theatre community. During his short time in the New York he has performed, directed, produced, and choreographed with a number of award winning companies such as Adjusted Realists, Life Jacket Theatre Co., and Bated Breathe Theatre Co. Favorite projects include, Unmaking Toulouse-Lautrec (Bated Breath), Briefly Dead (Adjusted Realists), Othello (PostGrad Theatre Co.) He holds an MFA in Theatre Arts: Acting from Long Island University: C.W. Post. www.mattmastromatteo.com
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LIU Post, School of Visual and Performing ArtsThe School of Performing Arts enjoys a long and rich tradition of innovative professional training for dancers, choreographers, instrumentalists, vocalists, composers, actors, directors, theater designers, play writes, script writers, teachers, arts managers and other performing artists. We believe in giving all students the opportunity to perform in major productions throughout their academic career. Our dynamic, award-winning faculty of practicing professionals are dedicated to serving our students as mentors inside and outside the classroom and to providing links for students to career opportunities in their fields.
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