PLAY HAS A KIND OF MAGIC.
AS CHILDREN WE CREATED AND CHOSE TO SPEND TIME IN IMAGINARY WORLDS WITH OFTEN HIGHLY COMPLEX CIRCUMSTANCES. IN PLAY, WE CREATED CHARACTERS AND THEN THOUGHT THE THOUGHTS AND FELT THE EMOTIONS OF THOSE CHARACTERS, AS IF THE EVENTS WERE HAPPENING TO OURSELVES.
PLAY IS JOYFUL AND ENGAGES THE BRAIN AND BODY IN WAYS THAT SCIENCE AND MEDICINE ARE JUST BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND. PLAY HONES THE SENSES, SPARKS INTELLIGENCE, BOOSTS SENSITIVITY AND SPONTANEITY, AND SPURS THE IMAGINATION INTO CREATIVITY.
IN SAMANÁ WE WILL PRODUCE A WORK TOGETHER, A WORK THAT COULD ONLY BE DONE BY THESE SPECIFIC PEOPLE. AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME AND PLACE.
Your Facilitators
Brian Rhinehart is a freelance actor and director, and a Clinical Associate Professor of Theatre at The Actors Studio Drama School in New York City. Working mostly in devised, immersive, and site-specific theatre, the productions he has written, directed and/or acted in have been in seven countries and all over the US. He is a TEDx and Fulbright reaching scholar, and is the co-author of a book on comedy acting, titles Comedy Acting for Theatre: The Art and Craft of Performing Comedies, published by Bloomsbury/Methuen. He has given numerous masterclasses and workshops on acting, comedy-improvisation and devising in theatres and universities across the U.S, Europem and Asia. Brian has an MFA in Directing from The Actors Studio Drama School and a PhD in English from the University of Florida.
Jee Duman serves as the Chair of The Actors Studio Drama School MFA Pprogram, where he teaches Directing and Devising. Beyond his administrative role. Jee is an actor and director with a focus on fostering intenatioanl collaborations for devised and original works. As a lifetime member of The Actors Studio and a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, Jee is dedicated to both the artistic and educational dimensions of theater.