WildWind Performance Lab
Students participating in WildWind Performance Lab (WWPL) are immersed in a non-traditional and process-oriented developmental laboratory, dissecting the art of theatre by questioning the how rather than concentrating on the what, the product. Students are offered the opportunity to experiment with all facets of the theatrical process, while concentrating on networking, play development, and contemporary design and performance methodologies.
Students' theatrical skills are challenged and developed in their primary discipline as well as across the entire theatrical spectrum. Students learn from guest artists who work not only as actors, directors, or designers, but as theatrical ambassadors, entrepreneurs, and storytellers. The guest artists help develop a student's aesthetic integrity, demonstrating the best in contemporary technique.
Most academic theatre productions are based on a four-to-six-week process, ultimately resulting in a final product: the play itself. WildWind, however, teaches exploration: myriad reactions to material, form, idea, and technique. In a unique environment, students learn the process and language of play development, using texts both from TTU students and professional playwrights.
Each summer, WildWind invites 25 guest artists to campus who not only share their professional journeys, but also serve as mentors and, in some cases, future employers. Students learn how best to network, collaborate, and create ensemble in a variety of workshops from design to performance to dramaturgy. TTU has invited students from the Hong Kong Performing Arts Academy, as well as those who have earned national distinction from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
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Brian Quijada
Actor | Playwright | Composer
Jim Wren
UNC-Greensboro
Brett Ashley Robinson
Performer | Deviser | Clown
Ben Holbrook
Playwright
Daniel Irizarry
Director | Actor | Performer
Deb O
Designer
Hansol Jung
Playwright | Director
Julie DeVore
Stage Manager
Sara Porkalob
Artist-Activist | Creator
VIRTUAL GUEST ARTISTS
Jennifer Bilbo
Designer
Wendy Goldberg
Director
David Byrd
Goodspeed Musicals
Shishir Kurup
Actor | Writer | Director
Kelly Eviston-Quinnett
University of Idaho
Shannon DeVido
Actor
Lexy Leuszler
Director | Dramaturg
Chris Linn
Contrast Media Consulting
Idris Goodwin
Scriptwriter | Breakbeat Poet
Judy Boals
Boals, Winnett & Associates
Ben Izzo
Literary Agent
Diep Tran
Arts Journalist
Chay Yew
Director
Stephen Graybill
Actor
Reginald L. Douglas
Director | Producer
John Leguizamo
Actor
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