action theater improvisation for everyone!
A certified Action Theater teacher, Rachel teaches classes and workshops exploring basic principles of Action Theater improvisation.
Action Theater is an improvisational physical theater training, created by Ruth Zaporah, that offers pathways into imagination, mindfulness, sensitivity, and audacity while honing awareness of space, time, and form. It is amazing training for performers; it is also amazing training for life.
Whether you're a neophyte or an experienced practitioner, come and play!
Show yourself: Build inner strength and outer panache with Action Theater
Monday, June 1st 2026from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
and June 8, 15, 22, 29
price: $30 drop-in; $125 series of 5
at The Racoco Laboratelier
Bushwick, Brooklyn, at the Morgan stop on the L (full address on signup)
5 Mondays in June
To sign up email actiontheater.rc@gmail.com or DM @racocosolo
Certified Action Theater teacher Rachel Cohen is offering in-person classes in the practice for all levels. Learn or hone improvisation skills through playful, thoughtful exercises excavating movement, sound, and spoken language, solo and in relation to partners.
Action Theater improvisation offers tools to performers and non-performers to (choose from the following options):
-deepen our understanding and engagement of our bodies and voices, anchoring our experience in the body as well as the mind
-persuade us to relish the present moment
-increase availability of the imagination
-hone craft through awareness of space, time, and form
-maintain a strong sense of self while remaining open to others
-shake up old patterns and discover new pathways
-build resilience in responding to changing situations
-change our relationship to the judging mind
From past workshops:
"There was a kind of magic in how it all unfolded—grounded, yet wildly open."
"It was certainly an eye opening experience for me, to get to know the movement of my body and how it is able to do with and without the mind."
"Rachel’s clear and supportive teaching created a space where I felt safe to explore and take risks."
Action Theater on Zoom, Tuesdays 6:30pm-7:45 ET
Tuesday, May 19th 2026from 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Ongoing, Tuesdays
$10 suggested donation (no one will be turned away for lack of funds)
at The Racoco Laboratelier
Bushwick, Brooklyn at the Morgan stop on the L (full address upon signup)
Explore the basic principles of Action Theater* improvisation. Through simple, fun exercises playing with movement, sound, and language, participants explore living in their bodies as well as their minds, mining and reveling in the multidimensional nature of being a human. Come explore radical existence in the present moment, audacious sensitivity to the self and others, and the ripe accessibility of limitless imagination! It is amazing training for performers; it is also amazing training for life.
Whether you're a neophyte or an experienced improvisor, come and play!
