WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

Introduction to Character Creation Through Laban Technique with Diana Brown
Join Diana for this introduction to Character through Laban Technique. With the application of this technique, we’ll learn to quickly find the physical, emotional and psychological center of characters.

Laban movement was originally used in dance choreography and for dancers. Later it began to be used by actors to help them improve their performances.
Now, applying it to improv, Laban movement can help improv artists to:
Develop their physical expressiveness
Understand and support internal impulses
Identify and play characters who are different from themselves
Enhance understanding the more subtle characteristics about movement with respect to our character’s inner intention.

WORKSHOP DETAILS:
  • WHEN: Saturday, April 25th at 1:00 – 4:00 PM
  • WHERE: The Blue Door Theatre (319 S Cedar St, Spokane, WA)
  • INSTRUCTOR: Diana Brown of Bingewatch
  • MAX. PARTICIPANTS: 18
  • WORKSHOP LENGTH: 3 Hours
More About The Instructor:

Diana Brown is an improv artist, teaching artist, actor, producer, director and voiceover talent. Diana was named as one of The Improv Boost’s 2025 Sudden Impact Teachers. She was voted Most Valuable Mentor and Teacher at the San Francisco Improv Festival.  Diana was invited to co-direct Mark Smith’s ensemble show Taxi Tales at Improv Amsterdam 2026 with the international ensemble. She’ll lead the festival ensemble at Improv Fest Ireland 2026. Other teaching and directing credits include: Instructor and ensemble director for Gather Fest 2025 in Kildare, Ireland, and Gather Spring Retreat 2024, instructor for the 2025 Rise Comedy Summer Improv Intensive and the 2025 Rise Comedy Festival, Improv Fest Ireland and Belfast Improv Fest 2024, Instructor for Improv Utopia, Vancouver Improv Fest 2024, Countdown Improv Festival, Queen City Comedy Experience, and others. She’s directed the ensembles for 2025 Unscripted Shakespeare Festival, SAVI Fest 2025 and 2026, Uptown Improv Fest 2024, Queen City Comedy Experience 2023 & 2024, Instructor for Improv Utopia.Diana leads the improv performance lab program at Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s School of Theatre. She’s is an instructor, producer and a member of the leadership team with Leela Improv Theatre in San Francisco. She presents the improvised Shakespeare program at All Out Comedy Theatre, is a guest teacher with BATS Improv   Diana enjoys helping improv artists find and amplify their unique gifts! She genuinely believes everyone is infinitely fascinating and endeavors to instill that belief in her students. She believes the truth is the most compelling thing we can offer up on the stage and encourages her students to bring their truth to the characters they inhabit, whether they are naturalistic, fantastical or something in between.

Questions about this workshop? Reach out to Jim Mohr at Jim_Mohr@bluedoortheatre.org or reach out to the Instructor directly at dianalynnbrown@gmail.com