The Clown Nose as Imaginary Center

With Drew Richardson

A fourth-wall eraser, this round and red mini-mask centers an actor’s curiosity, wonder, mischief, problem-making, and paradoxical playfulness. In this session, we’ll experiment with this foolish center as the heart of our face and the nose of our chest. No actual clown nose needed!

Learn More about Drew Richardson:

In 1984, Drew began an artistic journey that traveled the parallel tracks of Michael Chekhov techniques and Lecoq-based physical theatre (with many crossovers!). Drew initially attended a Chekhov workshop with Julie Portman at the School for Movement Theatre (Elkins, WVa), and continued to incorporate this approach in his performing, teaching, and directing. Drew then went to Paris to study with Jacques Lecoq.  But it wasn’t until 2015 that Drew began the MICHA teacher and actor training to coincide with his MFA in performance pedagogy from VCU (Richmond, Va). 

Drew’s career has primarily…