Workshops

Whether you already utilize drama as part of your church life or you’re looking to begin a theatre ministry from scratch, workshops can be invaluable in training and preparing members of your church drama team. If you’re looking to simply introduce the concepts to your team, you can host a one-day, six-hour workshop. If you’d like an in-depth exploration of theatre ministry, there are also full-weekend workshops available that begin Friday night and end Sunday afternoon. Bringing one of the workshops at JoshHornbeck.com to your church or organization will help you to strengthen your existing drama ministry and give you the tools to begin a new theatre ministry at your church.

Creative Community: A Starter Kit for Church Theatre Ministry
One-Day
$500 (plus travel, food, and lodging expenses)
Explore the benefits of starting up a theatre ministry at your church and learn some basic structures to create a sustainable program. Learn the basics of acting and directing, and get tips on how to take your dramas to the next level through basic technical elements.

Weekend
$1,000 (plus travel, food, and lodging expenses)
Explore the benefits of starting up a theatre ministry at your church and begin to put in place a structure that will help you create a sustainable program. Explore acting and directing techniques, and learn the basics of writing scripts for Sunday morning services. Discover simple and effective ways of adding technical elements to your productions as a way of increasing their impact. Participants will create and perform a short play for the Sunday morning service and the workshop will end with a time to discuss the experience and look at ways to continue building upon the weekend’s work.

For more information or to book the Creative Community Workshop, please contact josh@joshhornbeck.com. Be sure to include your name, organization, and contact information. If you would like to book a workshop, please specify whether you would like the one-day or weekend workshop and the possible dates you would like to hold the workshop.

The Word Made Flesh: The Art of Acting for Church Theatre
One-Day
$500 (plus travel, food, and lodging expenses)
Explore the art of acting on stage through the use of monologues. Learn performance basics, physical performance, internal performance, and finding your character’s spiritual arc. Discover methods to help you experience theatre as worship.

Weekend
$1,000 (plus travel, food, and lodging expenses)
Explore the art of acting on stage through the use of monologues and scene work. Spend time developing basic performance skills. Learn about creating a character through physical and internal performance work. Use improvisation to develop and deepen the characters you play onstage. Discover your character’s spiritual arc and learn methods to help you experience theatre as worship. Participants will perform a short play for the Sunday morning service and the workshop will end with a time to discuss the experience and look at ways to continue building upon the weekend’s work.

For more information or to book The Word Made Flesh Workshop, please contact josh@joshhornbeck.com. Be sure to include your name, organization, and contact information. If you would like to book a workshop, please specify whether you would like the one-day or weekend workshop and the possible dates you would like to hold the workshop.

Communicating Vision: The Art of Directing for Church Theatre
One-Day
$500 (plus travel, food, and lodging expenses)
Explore the director’s role in your church drama program through basic scene work involving the essentials of script interpretation, blocking, and communicating with performers.

Weekend
$1,000 (plus travel, food, and lodging expenses)
Explore the director’s role in your church drama program through in-depth scene work. Learn how to interpret and conceptualize a script, bringing it to life through blocking and staging. Use different methods of communicating with actors to draw out consistent and believable performances. Participants will aid in the performance of a short play for the Sunday morning service and the workshop will end with a time to discuss the experience and look at ways to continue building upon the weekend’s work.

For more information or to book the Communicating Vision Workshop, please contact josh@joshhornbeck.com. Be sure to include your name, organization, and contact information. If you would like to book a workshop, please specify whether you would like the one-day or weekend workshop and the possible dates you would like to hold the workshop.

Crafting a Blueprint: The Art of Writing for Church Theatre
One-Day
$500 (plus travel, food, and lodging expenses)
Explore the benefits of writing and developing your own original scripts and learn the basics of working with a theme, as well as creating story and character. All participants will write a short play over the course of the workshop.

Weekend
$1,000 (plus travel, food, and lodging expenses)
Explore the benefits of writing and developing your own original scripts. Discover ways to take a theme and bring it to life. Create interesting characters and place them in a compelling story. Learn how to craft believable dialogue. All participants will write a short play over the course of the workshop. Participants will also aid in the performance of a short play for the Sunday morning service and the workshop will end with a time to discuss the experience and look at ways to continue building upon the weekend’s work.

For more information or to book the Crafting a Blueprint Workshop, please contact josh@joshhornbeck.com. Be sure to include your name, organization, and contact information. If you would like to book a workshop, please specify whether you would like the one-day or weekend workshop and the possible dates you would like to hold the workshop.

The Church Theatre Masterclass
$2,500 (plus travel, food, and lodging expenses)
Over the course of one full week, explore the content of all four workshops and work together on a short play for the Sunday morning service. Develop a structure for your church theatre ministry. Learn how to write playscripts based on sermon themes and discover the art of bringing those scripts to life through direction. Explore the art of acting for the stage and learn how to add technical elements to your productions. The course will begin Monday and end Sunday afternoon. After the performance during the Sunday morning service, there will be a time to discuss the experience and look at ways to continue building upon the week’s work.

For more information or to book The Church Theatre Masterclass, please contact josh@joshhornbeck.com. Be sure to include your name, organization, and contact information. If you would like to book a workshop, please list the possible dates you would like to hold the workshop.