WORKSHOPS

Choreography 
​with Petra Serhal:
Petra shares her artistic practice and her use of choreography as research and in the creation process.

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Dress codes for theater play characters 
​with Bshara Atallah
​The workshop sheds light onto how theater costume designers/stylists find different ways to make the characters shine with their costume designs.

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Let's ​Play Introduction to Improvisation 
​​with Ali Dawi​
The workshop is an introductory course to the basics of improvisational theater. Improvisation, in theatre, is the playing of dramatic scenes without written dialogue.

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​The Narrative in Light 
​with alaa minawi
The presence of the light designer in a performance assumes the presence of his/her personal narrative. This workshop involves a series of attempts to achieve that. 

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​A Contemporary Dance Workshop 
​with Ali Chahrour​
​A dance workshop that deals with the techniques of the sequences of movements in the logic of contemporary dance.

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Writing theatre, writing about theatre 
​with Mona Merhi
​This workshop is a many-fold encounter where participants will be invited to think how theatre and performance in our region are being written. 

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Dramaturgy: performance politicized ​
with Hashem Adnan
​The workshop will explore the political dimension lying behind every aspect of performance creation, looking at the political within theater works.

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Building a Character 
with Carole Abboud
​The workshop will introduce a mix of several acting methods that Carole learned through out her career in addition to her own experience and reflection. 

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PARTICIPANTS

Fatima Meroueh is a senior theater student in the Lebanese university. She has participated in many workshops including voice, performing arts and dance. Fatima experienced different types of theater like improvisation, Clowning and mime, Interactive theater and Puppetry. She wrote and directed her play “ Disassociation” and performed it with her twin sister in the Lebanese university. She works as a freelance voice over artist after earning a certificate in voice dubbing. She recently started working as a screenwriter.

Ibrahim Khalil, born in 1985 is a professional playbacker and improvisor. He has a great passion for art and Arabic literature. This led him to publish his first poetry book under the name of " ما هي إلا لحظات". Then he was introduced to playback theater through "Laban" and has been a member of the playback 8troupe "وصل" since 2017 and the improv troupe since 2018. He believes in art as a tool for social change and self-expression . Ibrahim particated in many theatre-related Workshops on topics such as : acting from Imagination (Michel Chekhov Europe), Clowning, Acting & directing (Homemade theater), Physical expression in theater (Aida sabra), Light design (Alaa Minawi), Articulation ( Rashad zaater) and many others. He participated as an actor in 3 scripted plays and 2 student short films . He has written, directed and produced one play called "هذا الشتاء" in 2018. He is currently working to publish his 2nd book in poetry in 2022.

Joe El Khoury , 21 y.o , theatre student at the Lebanese university , faculty of arts 2nd branch, he is a comedian and a parody producer . He took over many roles like : - " al afsa " in The Rape by Saadallah wanous . - " Fredd " in The Respectful Prostitute by Jean Paul Sartre . - " Habib " in California Suits by Neil Simon . - " Biff " in Death Of A Salesman by Arthur Miller . - Dancer in Mamma Mia Musical directed by Samer hanna . He also participated in a TVC for an awareness campaign and a comedy segment in 3a gher kawkab program on MTV lebanon.

Mounir Al Serawan: “Art has always been my hope to help this world. Filmmaking, Directing, and Cinematography are my hobbies, passion, education, and life. I had the chance to pursue studying Audio/Visuals at AUST on a full scholarship. I have been in the field of Filmmaking since 2015. In my learning journey, I got 21 technical diplomas - outside the university- in Photography (basics & advanced), Editing, graphic design, filmmaking, public speaking, theatre performing from Zoukak & Minwal, and body language... I was so afraid to open up about my love for dancing classical ballet until I gathered the courage to start practicing and learning classical ballet and contemporary dancing secretly in 2019. I’ve found peace, freedom, and power in dancing. All the people around me attacked me for doing what I love, but art will always be my power to keep me going and stand up to do a change and help others to stand up for themselves. My dad kicked me out of the house because I refused to let go of the ballet training. I lived alone for almost half a year, and I kept going to the dance studio... I acted in theatre performances, dance performances, and short films. Now I’m graduating from the university, but my love for education and knowledge will never end.”

Rawane Badrane is a lebanese actress, and a theater student in her second year in the department of theatre and cinema and television at the Lebanese University. She acted in many short movies, and worked in voice over. Rawane is interested to all performing arts such as; acting, dramatic dance and storytelling. Rawane is seeking to excels in the theatrical domain as storyteller.

Romario Akiki, born in August 25th, 1994. He is currently graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Theater from the Lebanese University, after pursuing a Masters’ degree in Computer Science from LAU, and working in the field for several years. He started his journey in the performing arts field as a dancer, and participated in Latin and Ballroom competition on a national scale. Later on, he joined kids’ theater and musicals, which is when he decided he wants to build a career in Theater. Afterwards, he participated as a dancer and choreographer in musical theaters, as an actor in several plays, short movies and series. As the president of LAU’s dance club in 2015-2016, he organized an event called “Dancing with the Profs” that went on for 3 consecutive seasons over 3 consecutive years. He also volunteered as a member then a secretary in the Red Cross – Youth Department. Their activities evolved around helping and educating kids and elderlies.And now he is a member in the International Institute of Very Very Serious Studies (iivvss) organized by the Clown Me In organization.

Ruba Alhaydari graduated from the Lebanese University Faculty of Architecture and Fine Arts - Second Branch - Furn El Chebbak in 2020-2021. Graduation project in the diploma is about directing ANTIGONE play of Sofocle, adapted by Bertolt Brecht. She played many roles at the university like: Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth, Clytemnestra in Agamemnon by Achilles, Rita in Henry Ibsen's play Little Eyolf, Arturo in the play - Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht , Mary in the play The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco. In 2019 she participated in Training workshop with NEST CABIA troupe in the framework of the European Festival of Theater in Lebanon, and a Workshop with ODIN THEATR at Medina Theater in 2020.

Sally Abou Diab is an actress and Scriptwriter Sally Houssam Abou Diab, Graduated from the American University of Science and Technology (AUST) in 2017 with a BS in Forensic Sciences Laboratory. Took several certified workshops in theater acting, directing, scriptwriting, and stage lighting. Moreover, attended two certified workshops at the International Academy for Building capacity titled: Creative and Art Therapy”January 2021”, Life Skills Trainer for Children “April 2021”. Sally joined to Home Made Theater since March 2017, -participated in four theatrical plays as an actress named “Kabrit”, “Yawm el 29”, “Lama3it” in 2017, “Shabah” in 2019 and in one T.V. Lebanese series named Ghorba in 2020. -participated in two plays as a scriptwriter “Lama3it” and “Shabah”. -worked as an assistant director in five theater plays “Afyoun – 2018”, “Online – 2018”,”Wahem”, “Box”, “Al-Shanta- 2021” and in one short movie in 2021. -worked as a production manager for one theater play “Asrar-2019”. At last but not least, worked as a drama teacher for children in “2019” and now I am a member of Home Made Theater Troupe.

Riham Zein is a filmmaker and creative scriptwriter. She graduated in 2015 from the American University of science and technology. She is holder of BA in communication Arts/Radio Tv. Her first short movie "نسوان أول زمن" was accepted in sunscreen film festival in Florida 2015. Throughout her career, she worked on awareness ads, such as women rights, HIV, drugs addiction.. Etc. In addition to that she started as a volunteer with different NGOs since 2004, and that helped her later on to be a trainer on different subjects such as leadership, communication skills, team building, Arts and Sports for peace, Advocacy.. Etc.

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