[Capdist-announce] Master Class: KIMBERLY MOHNE HILL, Voice / Dialect Coach -- 8/8/09 (fee based class)

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CALENDAR – Master Class: KIMBERLY MOHNE HILL, Voice / Dialect Coach
		   Saturday, August 8th – 10-1 p.m.
		   Fee:  $47

CLASSIFICATION:  Classes / Workshops

VENUE:  Proctors Upstairs (440 State St, Schenectady)
	
PRESENTER:  The Mop & Bucket Improv Theatre School

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
RE:  Mop & Bucket Co.



Master Class: KIMBERLY MOHNE HILL, Voice / Dialect Coach

SCHENECTADY --- Using exercises designed to increase the speaker's
flexibility, strength and health of the voice, along with lessons in dialect
acquisition, participants in this workshop will leave with a series of steps
to incorporate into their speaking lives for whatever their occupations or
performances demand.

 KIMBERLY MOHNE HILL:  Voice / Dialect Coach
       Assistant Professor of Acting & Voice 
	 at Santa Clara University, San Francisco 

        When: Saturday, August 8 from 10-1 p.m.
        Where: Proctors Upstairs (440 State St, Schenectady)
        Fee: $47
 
REGISTER NOW!
email us at classes at mopco.org
or call Kat at (518) 847-9882


During the workshop, participants can expect:

	• Physically - stretching, moving in character, and improvising with
physical restrictions.

	• Vocally - breathing and sighing, humming and resonating, and, of
course, using new dialects in improvised scenes or monologues.  

There will be handouts and ample time for questions, direction and
reflection.  Dress comfortably in clothes that will enable the greatest
movement possibilities.


BIOGRAPHY
KIMBERLY MOHNE HILL has been a dialect coach on over 40 productions in the
Bay Area.  She has coached for such companies as A.C.T., San Jose Repertory
Theatre, TheatreWorks, San Jose Stage Company, Center Rep of Walnut Creek,
the Aurora Theater Company, and Marin Theater Company.  Along with her
dialect coaching career, Kimberly is on the faculty at Santa Clara
University where she most recently coached Lost in Yonkers, A View from the
Bridge, The Importance of Being Earnest, and A Piece of my Heart.  She has
also served on the faculty at A.C.T. in the MFA program, the Young
Conservatory, and Studio A.C.T.   She spends her summers teaching Acting at
Notre Dame de Namur University & Broadway by the Bay’s Summer Music Theatre
Conservatory.  This summer, she will be presenting a workshop at the Voice
and Speech Trainer’s Association conference in New York City entitled:
“Coloring Outside the Lines – Teaching Dialect Through Improv”.  Smith &
Kraus publishers published Kim’s first two books – Scenes in Dialect for
Young Actors and Monologues in Dialect for Young Actors – available at
bookstores everywhere and Amazon.com. She is currently working on Volume II
of each book.  



MOPCO IMPROV SCHOOL OBJECTIVE
• To further the development of improvisational theater through teaching and
collaboration 
• To help individuals delight themselves and others using the craft of
improvisation 
• To develop professional improvisational performers
• To grow the interest, participation, and support of improv theater in the
Capital District of New York and beyond.  

CORE VALUES
  • Support 
  • Respect 
  • Collaboration 
  • Listening 
  • Taking risks 
  • Having fun 
  • Creative stimulation 
  • Genuine interaction with audiences 
  • Storytelling 
  • Teamwork



THE MOP & BUCKET IMPROV THEATRE CO. 
Who are we? 
The Mop & Bucket Co. (MopCo) is the Capital District's premiere
improvisational theatre company.  The company has been in existence in its
present form since 2005.  MopCo is a resident company at Proctors Theatre in
Schenectady, NY.  The company performs, teaches, and trains at venues around
the region, as well as nationally and internationally. 


MISSION STATEMENT
Live performance fills a central, universal need of humankind. This need
cannot be met by passive reception of electronic or virtual paths, but must
be experienced with all five senses.  MopCo believes that the best theatre
comes out of an active collaboration between performer and audience.  We
constantly expand, refine, and redefine our own concept of what
improvisation in performance is.  This is because the company acts on the
assumption that that which is unchanging is probably dead, and will
therefore begin to stink soon, if it doesn't already. 
  
The company uses improvisation as a direct form of entertainment in
performance; as a developmental tool that helps individuals in their own
personal development, and as an interactive training tool for businesses and
nonprofits. 
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CONTACTS:
PR at mopco.org
http://www.mopco.org
577-MPCO (577-6726)
905 Karenwald Lane
Schenectady, New York 12309
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