Workshops and Classes
More classes are always in the works, and we also do workshops by request.
Reach out if you don’t see what you’re looking for!
Rehearsing the Fight
Sunday May 5, 2024
9:00am to 12noon
$35 Registration • Ages 16+
A series of exercises to take into fight rehearsals to help the combatants go beyond simply learning choreography into actually acting the fight.
Fighting on the Spectrum
Sunday May 19, 2024
9:00am to 10:30am
$45 Registration • Ages 18+
Stage combat requires the ability to tell stories of violence while maintaining the safety of all involved. Having the capacity to create these stories in multiple different ways is paramount.
I FEEL VERY ATTACKED!
Sunday May 19, 2024
11:00am to 12:30pm
$45 Registration • Ages 18+
Unarmed Stage Combat for RuPaul’s Drag Race Enthusiasts
(High Heels Welcome)
The Mid-Atlantic Melee
June 8th and 9th, 2024
$300 Early Bird Registration until March 16 • Ages 18+
$190 Single Day Passes • Ages 18+
$150 High School Track • Grades 9 thru 12
A new Regional Stage Combat Workshop, offering masterclasses in Stage Combat, Stunt Work, Theatrical Intimacy, and more! This workshop also includes a one-day High School Track for young artists looking to learn the foundations of stage combat.
Previous Class Seasons
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• Is It Real? Safety and Story of Visceral Contact Technique – Bess Kaye
• Single Sword SPT – Robb Hunter
• Practical Blood Effects – Casey Kaleba
• Combat Dance: Bar Brawl – Jenny Male
• Combat Dance: Rhythm and Blades – Jenny Male
• Fighting Messy – Melissa Freilich
• Intro to Pro Wrestling – Jonathan Ezra Rubin
• Rapier and Dagger SPT – Casey Kaleba
• SAFD Theatrical Firearms Safety – Robb Hunter -
• Smallsword SPT – Robb Hunter
• Fighting Backwards in High Heels – Melissa Freilich
• That’s Not a Knife…Or is it!? – Jonathan Ezra Rubin
• How to Fight Like a Pirate – Mallory Shear
• Sword and Shield SPT – Robb Hunter
• Johannes Wick: Medieval Close Quarters Dagger – Casey Kaleba
• High Falls from Low Places – Robb Hunter -
• Unarmed SPT – Robb Hunter
• T.I.E. Consent and Boundaries – Kailey Azure Green
• Rapier Basics – Adam Konowe
• Zero Budget Blood Effects – Casey Kaleba
• Acting the Fight with Alexander Technique – Melissa Freilich
• Knife SPT – Robb Hunter
• SAFD Theatrical Firearms Safety – Robb Hunter
• Maintaining the Actors’ Body – Ian Claar -
• Rapier and Dagger Foundations
• Partnering and Physicality
• Unarmed Foundations
• Blades of Shakespeare