Rhetoric Extempore: Shakespeare's Language Games
Sat, May 24
|New York
$25 Three-hour workshop taught by Sam Miller. 10:00am - 1:00pm Saturday May 24th.
Time & Location
May 24, 2025, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
New York, 312 W 36th St., New York, NY 10018, USA 6th floor
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About the event
Rhetoric Extempore - Shakespeare's Language Games
Workshop Description: Unlock the verbal fireworks of the Bard in a high‑energy workshop that enlivens your improv with the very tricks that packed the Globe. We'll catapult from the handful of devices most actors know—think alliteration and pun—to some familiar improv games which Shakespeare would've known by another name. We'll warm-up with antithesis, play with anadiplosis, and heighten to hyperbole! You’ll learn to decorate scenes with language games, unlocking character, narrative and comedy. Whether you’re a seasoned improviser or new to the stage, come learn how classical rhetoric can electrify your language, and leave audiences cheering “Huzzah!”.
Instructor:
Sam Miller was a Shakespeare nerd before he became an improv geek so putting the two together was inevitable. His credits include writing sitcoms for CBS, Disney and YouTube Red, happily nodding when a showrunner likened an episode to Taming of the Shrew. In 2024 he…