Theater Ninjas Creative Expression Workshop at the LGBT Community Center

Theater Ninjas Creative Expression Workshop
Open to LGBTQ youth, ages 12-17
Led by Theater Ninjas’ Associate Artistic Director, Ray Caspio
E-mail Ray Caspio to register

Monday, March 9th
6:00-7:30pm
at LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland
6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland
www.lgbtcleveland.org/youth--young-adult-programs.html

Participants will learn theater games and performance techniques to build confidence, awareness, and improve speaking skills while encouraging personal and creative expression.

Please wear loose clothing you are comfortable moving in (no jeans) and tennis shoes!

Ray Caspio is a performer, writer, illustrator, educator and a veteran of 18 original theatrical productions. His original work explores queer identity and the performer-audience connection. As Associate Artistic Director, Ray aids in the creation and implementation of Theater Ninjas marketing and programming. Ninjas’ credits include TingleTangle (conceiver & performer), Code: Preludes, The Excavation & Ninja Days @ the Cleveland Museum of Art, Black Cat Lost, Marble Cities, Monster Play, Inoculations and Telephone. Ray is a Teaching Artist for Theater Ninjas/PlayhouseSquare. He is the creator of the Uncle Toots web series, and starred in the multiple award-winning short film, Loss Prevention. He is trained in Alba Emoting, Michael Chekhov and Eccentric Performing. In May, Ray will perform The Turing Machine - { a Code Prelude }: a metaphysical take on the lives and death of Alan Turing, which he is co-writing with Jeremy Paul. His illustrations have been exhibited.

Theater Ninjas is the Food Truck of Cleveland Theater. We’re a nomadic company who seeks out new and exciting spaces to perform. Working in non-traditional venues gives us an opportunity to reimagine how and why we tell stories, and helps us to create deep, fascinating worlds for the audience to explore. We’re always experimenting; always rethinking what theater can be: as entertainment, as art and as out-of-the-ordinary experiences.