Playing with Empathy and Emotionality with Jordana Mishory
Listen and respond to your scene partner through the lens of empathy
The realest thing on any stage with you in any scene is always your scene partner. And at the heart of every scene are characters who care about each other.
This class will focus on caring about and being empathetic toward your scene partners, listening and responding to their choices through the lens of empathy, and showing that empathy through emotionality and physicality.
During this class we will play with:
- Understanding how to be empathetic scene partners
- Using that empathy to play, rest, and re-engage the scene
- Displaying empathy through our face/body/voice and actions
- Learning how to listen empathetically and comfort scene partners when needed
- Using empathy to win audiences over to our character’s side
This class will also provide a quick primer on the game of the scene.
ABOUT JORDANA
During the day, Jordana works as WIT’s operations director. At night, Jordana teaches advanced classes at WIT and performs with WIT Ensembles Uncle Gorgeous and The Hypothesis, and indie teams Jos. A. Banksy, Schtick, Schtick… BOOM!, and 2023 FIST champs Moonstruck 2.
Jordana was also a cast member in The Heist, an improvised drama about a bank robbery gone wrong, as well as WIT’s POTUS Among Us 2016. She previously played with long-time indie stalwarts Cake Bagel, duo Galbraith & Mishory, and WIT Ensemble Love Onion. Jordana directed Hellcat from 2017-2019.
She has performed at festivals across the country including the Del Close Marathon and the Chicago Improv Festival — as well as at The Kennedy Center’s Page to Stage New Play Festival. Jordana completed the curricula at WIT and the World’s Greatest Improv School, training extensively with Will Hines and Alex Berg. She also trained at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York. She has spent enough money on workshops over the years to presumably purchase her own private island. (She assumes, having no idea how much private islands cost).
Jordana is a strong advocate of side-coaching with an intense focus on believable emotions and strong deals. She is a stronger advocate of having the most fun you’ve ever had in your entire life while on stage. She spends most of her time in scenes trying not to giggle at her hilarious troupemates.
