Intro to Stage Combat: Unarmed
A Masterclass
Learn how to safely execute basic unarmed combat techniques. Enhance your resume with training in unarmed combat.
In this exciting workshop, actors will be introduced to techniques for performing unarmed, hand-to-hand combat on stage. Following an introduction to a basic movement vocabulary, actors will be paired up and taught choreography to perform their own unarmed combat scenes. Led by two Society of American Fight Directors certified actor-combatants, Alex George and Josh Graff, this workshop will give you the skills to safely and effectively pull off kicks, punches, slaps, falls, and more on stage.
Saturday, March 29, 2025
10:00-10:30- Basics of stage combat safety
10:00-12:00- Unarmed demonstrations and working with partners
12:00-12:30- Lunch
12:30-1:00- Putting combat in to scenes
Space is limited to 15 seats.
Price: $85
Alex George (they/them) is a Chicago actor who grew up on the Flashback stage. Following a high school internship at FbTC that included eight performances, their passionate pursuit of theater that speaks to the soul led them on a fantastic journey throughout the midwest. In 2023, they graduated with their BFA in Acting from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where they received the Samuel L. Stickler Faculty Players Award. Though based in Chicago, they work with their LA-based manager to pursue TV, film, and theatre projects nationwide, as well as continuing to serve as the marketing coordinator for Flashback Theater Co. Most recently, they appeared as Rook in A Shadow Bright and Burning with Black Button Eyes Productions, and as Jo (u/s) in Little Women at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. | mxalexgeorge.com
Josh Graff (he/him) is a Chicago based actor, artist, perpetual learner, and lover of life, whose passion for collaborative storytelling began in his rural hometown of Manito, Illinois. His recent production credits include Aslasken in An Enemy of the People (Sub Rosa Theatre Collective), Jim in The Lifespan of a Fact (Riverfront Playhouse), and McQueen/Fight Captain in Urinetown: The Musical (Krannert Center for the Performing Arts). Josh received his BFA in Acting from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He has a particular passion for stage combat, and received a recommended certification in unarmed combat from the Society of American Fight Directors. In all his work, he hopes to make people feel a richer connection to the wider world.