About the workshop
Characters are always most interesting when we know them and what they care about. What really drives them to do/say/feel the way they do.
This workshop focuses on the art of giving and receiving gifts in a scene and how to PLAY them fully. We will focus on understanding:
When to endow your fellow player with gifts and attributes
The types of gifts that are helpful versus create problems in a scene
How to give gifts that move the scene forward and pique interest but don't take away a player's autonomy in building their own character.
Practice how to fully EMBODY a gift given to another player or yourself to move the gift out of the verbal and into the physical!
Workshop takes place at the Teachers Club on Wednesday 1st July from 7pm to 9:30pm.
About Jennifer
Jennifer Bareilles is a New York based actor, improviser and teacher known for blurring the line between drama and comedy with a grounded theatrical style – always with a kick.
A Meisner trained actor, she has performed at famed theaters throughout New York City and beyond, with some favorites including Playwrights Horizons, The Connelly Theater, The American Theater of Actors and Under St. Marks… where she originated the role of Gail in the award winning play Maybe Tomorrow where she sat on a toilet for 90 minutes of direct address.
She can also be seen on Apple TV’s “Little Voice” , Sony Worldwide Entertainment’s “Two Roads”, and “The Light of the Moon” starring Stephanie Beatriz on Amazon.
She began her improv career in 2012 when she studied at UCB, The Annoyance and The People’s Improv Theater (PIT) where she was a member of several House Teams including “DIVO”,“The Studio System” and Saturday night’s “Big Black Car” and “BBC2” .
She teaches improv, acting and writing at PIT, coaches and leads corporate workshops, directs theater and travels internationally each year to teach at the Barcelona Improv Group Theater (BIG) and perform across Europe.
You can catch her onstage regularly in NYC with such shows as Awkward Family Dinner, Slow Play, Meanwhile and The Awakening and will be headed to New Hampshire in July 2026 to play Miss Bates in Emma at Peterborough Players Theater.
Teachers Club • Parnell Square West 36, D01 T6V6 Dublin 1, County Dublin, Ireland
