Improv & Michael Chekhov Workshop with Will Porter

In this fun-forward class, students explore how imagination can guide movement, voice, and storytelling. We will explore the techniques of Michael Chekhov and improvisation games, through which they’ll learn how to express their inner-life physically, work as an ensemble, and discover confidence through creative play. The class ends with a music-based improvisation where everyone gets to bring their ideas to life onstage—no experience required, just curiosity and a sense of adventure! This workshop strengthens the same creative instincts, focus, and ensemble awareness that young actors need to thrive in any performance.

Will Porter is an actor, comedian, and educator in New York City, with an MFA in Acting and Directing from University of Missouri Kansas City.  He has toured nationally and internationally with productions of CATS, A Chorus Line, Cabaret, and Bye Bye Birdie, and has studied clown and movement from faculty members at Juilliard, Yale, and members of the Big Apple Circus.  Recently, his solo-adaptation of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield won critics pick at the KC Fringe Festival.