Stage Combat: Unarmed 101 (Adult Workshop)

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Learn the foundational principles of dynamic, safe stage combat performance. Participants will be coached on the skills required to make unarmed attacks look real, sound real, and feel dangerous. Besides technique, there will be an emphasis on acting the fight: pain portrayal, vocals, character choices. Limited Spots Available. Age: 18+

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Bio: José Pérez IV has been the Resident Fight & Intimacy Director of Pittsburgh Public Theater for 4 seasons. Recent fight/intimacy credits at Actors Theatre of Louisville: two seasons of Dracula: a feminist revenge fantasy. Regional fight credits: Pittsburgh Public (Noises Off, The Hobbit, The Coffin Maker), City Theatre (POTUS), Quantum Theatre (Enron), Cleveland Playhouse (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein), Vermont Stages (Breakfalls), Tantrum Theatre (Hair). An Advanced Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors, of which he has been a member for over 15 years. BFA NYU Experimental Theatre Wing, MFA Performance Pedagogy Univ. of Pittsburgh. More information at JosePerezIV.com.

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Stage Combat: Unarmed 101 (Adult Workshop)

Stage Combat: Unarmed 101 (Adult Workshop)

Learn the foundational principles of dynamic, safe stage combat performance. Participants will be coached on the skills required to make unarmed attacks look real, sound real, and feel dangerous. Besides technique, there will be an emphasis on acting the fight: pain portrayal, vocals, character choices. Limited Spots Available. Age: 18+

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Bio: José Pérez IV has been the Resident Fight & Intimacy Director of Pittsburgh Public Theater for 4 seasons. Recent fight/intimacy credits at Actors Theatre of Louisville: two seasons of Dracula: a feminist revenge fantasy. Regional fight credits: Pittsburgh Public (Noises Off, The Hobbit, The Coffin Maker), City Theatre (POTUS), Quantum Theatre (Enron), Cleveland Playhouse (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein), Vermont Stages (Breakfalls), Tantrum Theatre (Hair). An Advanced Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors, of which he has been a member for over 15 years. BFA NYU Experimental Theatre Wing, MFA Performance Pedagogy Univ. of Pittsburgh. More information at JosePerezIV.com.

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Jun 28, 2026 - Jun 28, 2026
Stage Combat: Unarmed 101 (Adult Workshop)
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June 28, 2026
2:00 pm
2:00 pm
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Production contains stage weapons, staged physical violence, intimate partner violence, suicide, and depictions of blood.

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