with Robert Post
June 9 – June 15
Are you ready to tell a story only you can tell? Do you have new material that is ready for an outside eye? Do you have a desire to push your work into new creative territory? If so, then Robert Post—an acclaimed writer, director, and performer—is ready to guide you in electrifying and refining your work.
This five-day intensive retreat provides an opportunity to advance your work in an engaging, focused, and nurturing environment. The daily schedule includes one-on-one directing sessions, rehearsal time, and sharing your work-in-progress with the group. This is a unique opportunity to collaborate with an extraordinary physical theater artist and take your work to the next level.
Apply to Take This Workshops
If you would like to enroll in Make a Show, please submit an application, which you can access by clicking on “Apply” below. Applications received on or before March 1 will be given priority.
Please note that the application requires you to submit an artistic resume or CV, which we prefer as PDF files.
Applicants will hear about the status of their application in early March.
Cost
$1,600
The registration fee includes single-occupancy housing.
There is no early bird discount or deposit-only scholarship available for this workshop.
Should you be offered a slot in this workshop, you will have four weeks to pay a $800 deposit. Your remaining balance will be due upon your arrival at Celebration Barn.
Robert Post
Two major influences sparked Post’s childhood desire to go into show business: the sight of his Italian grandmother, Assunta DiMenna, spontaneously dancing and singing at any family occasion (including funerals), and the classic vaudeville, juggling, and specialty acts featured on The Ed Sullivan Show.
In 1978, in an obsessive quest to find a teacher who could help him blend his love of character work with the magical techniques of the movement arts, Post traveled to the woods of Maine to take a workshop with the visionary theater artist Tony Montanaro. This began the foundation of Post’s unique creative style and his longtime artistic collaboration with Tony.
Post has created over thirty works for which he has received numerous awards and fellowships from such organizations as the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council for the Arts, and the Ohio Arts Council. PBS produced a documentation of his stage performance that was shown internationally, winning the Central Education Network Award for Best Performance Program. Post is also an alumnus of the Affiliate Artists program and has toured his one-man performance to forty-six US states, Canada, Mexico, Russia, the Mediterranean, and Japan.
Post Comedy Theatre was presented by Broadway’s New Victory Theater to rave reviews and sold-out houses. In addition to his touring, Post has helped direct various productions, including Cinderella, Coppelia, and The Nutcracker for BalletMet Clolumbus, as well as theater productions of Noises Off and Urinetown. He also serves as an adjunct professor in theater at the Ohio State University.
