In “Why Do Mugs Have Faces” Watermill Alum Anton Krause leads an excavation of the hidden stories of everyday items through the magic of object theatre. This playful workshop leads participants to find and create characters from the beautiful things around them that are usually deemed as insignificant.
This workshop is open to all ages 15+, regardless of experience or skill level. Due to COVID-19, this workshop will take place online. All registered attendees will receive an email with a Zoom link the morning of the event.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Anton Kurt Krause is a theater artist living in Berlin. He founded the ‘Improv(is)e your life’ theatre festival in 2004, spent a year working as an assistant director at the Altmark Theatre and from 2008 to 2011 he studied Directing under Luk Perceval at the Academy of Performing Arts in Baden-Württemberg. Anton Kurt Krause has been an assistant director at Thalia since the 2011/12 season, where he has worked with the likes of Jan Bosse, Stefan Pucher, Nicolas Stemann and Jette Steckel. Together with the machina eX collective and the theatre of Leipzig he worked on a live point and click adventure. His shows have been presented in Europe and South America. Anton was 2017 Artist-in-Residence at The Watermill Center with the theater group PLUTO.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
By registering for and joining the event, you consent to have your image and likeness used in any future screenings of this event, publicly or privately.
If the cost of this workshop presents a financial barrier for you to register, you may request a pay-what-you-can ticket by contacting education@watermillcenter.org. Spaces are limited. Requests will be considered in the order that they are received.
All attendees will receive an email with a link to a materials list upon registration. Within a week of the event, a private recording will be made available to all registered participants.
photo copyright Lindsay Morris
