BELLY BELLY FUNNY!
A SPIRITUAL STAND-UP COMEDY PLAY SHOP
Facilitated by VEENAA SAYNANA LAUGHING DOLPHIN
Sunday 14th & 21st 2-6pm (2 days)
Sunday 21st 7.30-9.30pm Live Comedy Performance (Benefit for Birthing a New Humanity Center, Kilauea, Kauai)
Venue: Small Town Café, Kuhio Highway, N Kapaa, Kauai
Energy Exchange: Sliding Scale $90-145
(No one will be turned away for lack of funds)
Call 541 953 5601 to register
In this play shop, we explore the improvisational dimensions and creative aspect of spiritual stand-up comedy – how is it different from other forms of comedy, what makes it ‘spiritual’, the effect we have on our audience and the therapeutic benefits of laughter. Participants will learn to utilize it to serve as a powerful platform for social activism and how to develop their own unique, authentic style of delivery, using facial expressions, vocal intonation, movement dialog, props and more.
It has been said ‘Whatever you can’t laugh at, owns you’. With this view, you will be invited to engage in your ‘stuff’, to explore humor as a healing technique in your life. Participants will be given the opportunity to perform in front of a live audience.
Highlights:
A) Spiritual Stand-Up Comedy-
Definition, Preparation & Groundwork, Creating Sacred Space & Intention
B) Preparation of Material- Sourcing, Writing, Testing
C) Developing Your Own Style-
Authenticity, Characterization, Vocalization, Nuancing, Accenting
D) Releasing Fear of Performing – Learn several special techniques to build confidence, increase creativity and conquer your fears.
E) Comedy Therapy- Exploration, Healing, Releasing, Opening and Creative Self-Expression
F) Live Performance and Evaluation – A chance to release your fears and actually perform. Your peers will offer constructive evaluation.
Veenaa Saynana Laughing Dolphin has a Gold Medal in Performance from the London School of Music and Dramatic Arts. She has been involved in theatre arts from the age of 9, having written, directed and staged plays and teaching drama in schools and institutions. She began doing comedy on national TV in Singapore in the’80s. She is an international facilitator, having taught in USA, Canada, Bali, Australia, HK, China and Singapore, where she is from.
She recently wrote and facilitated an interactive multi-media play called Spontaneous Combustion in Eugene, OR.
For more information call 541 953 5601 or email veenaasaynana@gmail.com
www.veenaasaynana.com