Inferno Theatre proudly offers, in association with the 11th Contemporary Performance Diasporas Festival,

Making A Mask Come Alive
- Workshop

Sunday, May 19, 2024
3:00 - 4:00 PM

STUDIO 12
2525 Eighth Street, Berkeley, CA

Admission is Free
Reservation Required.
30 Person Limit.

Have you ever wondered why actors wear masks in a show? Come learn how a mask influences a performer’s character as you participate in a fun, creative, physical, and liberating theater mask workshop. At this special hands-on opportunity for artists of all skill levels, participants will explore traditional and innovative techniques using contemporary creative paper masks. Learn about historic mask usage in the days of Commedia Dell'arte as we focus on understanding the mask, making the mask come alive, and activating the body while working with the mask.

Learn the basics of the mask art form with renowned theater artists and teachers Valentina Emeri and Giulio Perrone.

This is the first workshop, in a series designed by Inferno Theatre, to engage with the community.

Making A Mask Come Alive - Workshop

Meet the Instructors

GIULIO CESARE PERRONE
Giulio is a playwright, director, set and costume designer. Giulio graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti “Brera” in Milan in 1988, designing 28 productions for Italy’s most important festivals, resident and touring companies as well as directing Mourning Becomes Electra, Pentesilea and Andre’s Mother before moving to the United States in 1995.

Now a U.S. resident, Giulio has over 300 theater and opera productions to his credit. He has worked for theaters and opera companies including the San Jose Repertory Theatre, Festival Opera, Dell’Arte International, the ACT Academy, Opera San Jose, California Shakespeare Festival, TheatreWorks, A Traveling Jewish Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, The Magic Theatre, The Denver Theatre Center, Arizona Theatre Company, and The Alley Theatre. International: Milan, Rome, Naples, Sicily, Croatia, Hungary, Denmark.

Giulio is the Producing Artistic Director of Inferno Theatre in Berkeley, CA.

VALENTINA EMERI
An Italian native, Valentina Emeri began dancing at age 8 and earned her BA in Acting at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts “Silvio D’Amico” in Rome, learning with Luca Ronconi and Andrea Camilleri. She studied with Peggy Hackney in Berkeley to be a Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst (CLMA).

Valentina performs in Italian, German, English and loves movement theater. She is in an ongoing collaboration with Roland Selva and Freilichtspiele Südtiroler Unterland in Italy, and with Giulio Cesare Perrone’s Inferno Theatre in Berkeley.

  • Admission price: FREE

  • Maximum number of participants: 30 - Reservations required.

  • Location: Studio 12, 2525 Eighth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710

  • Total class length: 1 hour

  • Attire: Wear comfortable clothes you can move in.
    We’ll be working in bare feet or ballet/jazz shoes (no street shoes).

  • Latecomers cannot be admitted to the workshop.

  • Questions? Contact Giulio Perrone at infernotheatrecompany@gmail.com

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