Hudson Valley Performing Arts Laboratory

TONIGHT at 6PM join Clay Drinko @playyourwaysane for an Improv class with a special focus on relationship skills such as listening and collaboration. It will be fun and funny! . Register here: https://www.hvpal.org/events/improv-to-improve

Tonight at 6:30 join us for the last Writer's Lab of the season. We will take some time to set some long term goals to keep us focused over the hiatus, as well as share work. . Register here: https://www.hvpal.org/events/writers-lab-19

Back when we used to meet in person, this is what our Writer's Lab looked like! . Nowadays we meet on Zoom, which means that writers from all over can join us. . Tonight is our last Writer's Lab of the season!... . RSVP at www.hvpal.org/events/writers-lab-19 See more

Performing Art 2021 (our devised collaboration with the Dorsky Museum) is on display! Watch this video to see how it works when you visit in person! . #artmuseum #newpaltz #upstatenewyork #tourism #shortfilms #newyork #weekend #artgallery #ny #upstateweekend #thingstodointhehudsonvalley

You will laugh today if you come to this class, that's for sure! If comedy is your favorite genre, or if it scares you to death, this class is for you! Register here: https://www.hvpal.org//finding-your-voice-in-comedy-with-a

Tonight is our final Composer's Lab of the season!

Another week, another newsletter!

This Tuesday we are welcoming back author and educator Clay Drinko, Ph.D to our acting lab for a Q&A about improvisation, stress management, happiness, and his upcoming book, Play Your Way Sane. . This is a free event! . Register at www.hvpal.org/events/actors-lab-q-a-with-clay-drinko-phd

TODAY! Emily Dykeman will be hosting our free online writing lab from 6:30-8 PM. . Set goals, read, and workshop your work with us. . Register at www.hvpal.org/events/writers-lab-3

This Saturday, join us for a special class taught by Kamal Sehrawy about screen acting! Inviting the Camera is a single-session, no-prep-required acting class which will investigate one of the most powerful tools available to an actorthe camerato uncover what unique information working on screen provides the actor. Learn more and sign up:... https://www.hvpal.org//inviting-the-camera-with-kamal-sehr (Don't forget - Members of the Lab get a special discount!)

Happy Monday! Take a look at what's happening this week.

Writing Lab is this Tuesday, October 20th from 6:30-8 PM on Zoom. Writers and observers are always welcome. . Let us know if you’d like to share your writing! . Register at www.hvpal.org/events/writers-lab-3

Learn to use screen acting as a tool to hone in on the actor’s responsibility as a visual storyteller and learn some of the tenets of screen technique! . Class taught by Kamal Sehrawy! . Register at hwww.hvpal.org/events/inviting-the-camera-with-kamal-sehrawy.... . Members of the Lab get a special discount. See more

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On Tuesday, join our first of two Composer’s Labs for our Fall season! Hosted by Daniel Danger Chester . Musicians and observers are welcome! . Register at www.hvpal.org/events/composers-lab

TONIGHT! Join us at our free online writing lab from 6:30 to 8 PM. . Register at www.hvpal.org/events/writers-lab-2

Another week, another newsletter, another new event on the calendar!

Happening in just a few hours! The world is heavy right now. We don't need to tell you that. But you probably DO need a reminder to find some pockets of joy. That's how you keep from going crazy, and providing joy-pockets is like the main reason we're around. So let's cope with commedia!... Just like all of our other programming, observers are always welcome - just get in touch! www.hvpal.org/events/clowning-with-amy-crossman

Amy Crossman is teaching a class on Clowning tomorrow! Swing by for laughs, catharsis, and clowniness - the fun kind, not the scary circus kind. (But also - it's October. So... spookiness also welcome?) Anyway, be there.... https://www.hvpal.org/events/clowning-with-amy-crossman