Finding The Courage

The Contemporary Theater Company, Wakefield

About the Show

We are going to work on being honest about the feelings of your character. If you are a strong person in life, how does that translate to characters that are more timid, soft and loving? If you are a person that likes being lower status, how do we translate that to characters without going too dark? Separating your personal vulnerability from the vulnerability of a character you are playing can sometimes be difficult. Especially when playing someone villainous or a character that believes in things that go against who you are as a person. We will try to discover a balance between both worlds. Characters belong on stage, not in our everyday life.

Fri, June 5, 2 pm – 4:45 pm

Registration: $40

Email Maggie Cady at cady@thecontemporarytheater.com for financial aid. We want everyone to be able to enjoy workshops!

About Chuy…

Estevan J. (Chuy) Zárate is an award-winning actor/director/coach from San Antonio, TX, who has been improvising for audiences for 36 years. He has lived most of his life in Improv Mecca Austin, TX, USA. Chuy was one of the driving forces of improv in the early 2000s in Austin. He helped make it the viable improv comedy scene that it is today. Current and previous improv troupes include The Hideout Theatre's house troupe: The Big Bash, Merlinworks faculty troupe: The Known Wizards, An Evening With…With Tyler and Chuy feat. Tosin (B. Iden Payne Award for Best Itinerant Improv Troupe in Austin TX), duos: Pizarati w/ Ellen Pizarek, ChuTopp w/ Topping Haggerty, RD: We Go For It! w/Rachel Austin, Dorsey/Zárate w/ Neil Dorsey, and The Project with his 22 year old son Antonio. Past mainstay Austin and San Antonio troupes include: The Oxymorons, Your Dad's Friends, Ray Prewitt's 4th Grade Class, ¡Zarzamora! and Monk's Night Out. He also directed and performed with sketch troupes The Latino Comedy Project and The Mexcentrics.

He has a very eclectic tool belt to reach into that allows him to teach all styles and formats. If there is a scenario to be performed in, he has probably performed it. With specialties in improv singing, grounded/character-driven scenework and team building, Chuy has coached hundreds of kids, teens, students and adults for years to multiple successes.

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