Carlo leads apprentices from the Hudson Opera House in approaching set building and wood working, using carpentry tools and basic power tools, August 2007, Hudson, NY.

Carlo and Renee lead puppetry workshops for adults and children, June 2007, in conjunction with performances of The Bird Machine, performed at Access Theatre, New York City.

Concrete Temple Theatre's Workshops

"Carlo Adinolfi and Renee Philippi also led movement (for adults) and puppetry workshops for all ages. One of the most rewarding asked parents and children to work together to create two puppets - a pull-toy rowboat in which all oars rowed in unison, and a pod of whales swimming and spouting. One museum educator noted that some children were nervous, skeptical that they would be able to create puppets as magical as those demonstrated by Concrete Temple Theatre. By the end of the class, they were thrilled at what they produced under Adinolfi and Philippi's patient tutelage. They left the workshop with a feeling of wonder and also one of accomplishment. Carlo and Renee were a joy to work with, extraordinarily professional and flexible, and they infused our new museum with creative and positive energy."
- Kirstin Freeman Gamble, Curator of Education, Nantucket Historical Association

Concrete Temple Theatre's Artistic Directors, Carlo Adinolfi and Renee Philippi, have lead workshops and taught skills to children, college students, community groups, as well as senior citizens and peers. They have taught courses in the university as well as museums, festivals, and in theatres. The workshops they teach are diverse:

• Page to Stage: Adaptation introduces participants to the skill of adapting by using snippets of Concrete Temple's adaptation of Melville's Moby Dick, The Whale, for illustration. Participants are asked at the beginning of the workshop to select text that they themselves would like to put into a different form, be it theatre, film, TV, visual arts. The workshop concludes with its members sharing their own ideas for an adaptation.
• Technology: Puppetry Classes for Families is a workshop for parents and children in which participants are exposed to different forms of puppetry, as they create their own puppets and bring them to life. Depending on the length of the workshop, the goal is a final presentation in which all participants share their stories & characters they have created.
• A Talking Head: a Voice, Movement & Performance Workshop is for all types of public speakers, from performers and teachers, to executives and tour guides. It emphasizes the necessary connectedness of the body and the voice, and the need for the two instruments to work together in any kind of public speaking. A Talking Head was most recently lead for the interpreters of the Whaling Museum, Nantucket.
• Create Your Own Work has participants creating their own theatre piece(s), while focusing on different skills: playwriting, puppetry, movement, and dance-theatre. Participants are given a specific topic(s) from which to create a piece, with the length of the created pieces fluctuating based on the number and length of sessions.
• Technical Theatre: Using the Equipment You Have is an introductory tutorial for venues, schools and the like who feel they are not totally utilizing the light, sound, etc. equipment they have.

Carlo and Renee also lead/teach workshops in: acting, directing, playwriting, physical theatre, improvisation, scenic design, drafting, & technical theatre. All workshops are specifically tailored to serve the participants, be they theatre artists, college students, high school students, artists of varied disciplines, or members of the local community.

"I thought that the Lecture/Demonstration was very thorough and complete. It was a gift to see and hear how The Whale came into being as an art form; to share Carlo's thinking and creative process; to learn about the collaboration between Carlo and Renee and then to see snippets of the performance was touching and made me want to see more. The Lecture/Demonstration was just wonderful. An all out effort - beautifully executed."
- Jill Gray, Program Coordinator, Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, St. Bonaventure

For additional information concerning workshops, performances, fees, and availability, please contact Renee and Carlo at: 212/598-9135