Who We Are
Action Lab is a three-day, hands-on training experience exploring how physical action communicates story across stage, screen, live entertainment, and emerging media.
Led by professional artists and educators, the Action Lab brings together performers, filmmakers, movers, educators, and emerging professionals from different disciplines to train, experiment, collaborate, and connect.
Where Movement Meets Story
Participants can build on existing skills while exploring new disciplines and approaches to action-based storytelling.
- Develop performance and movement skills
- Explore how action is created for stage and screen
- Train across new disciplines and approaches
- Connect with performers, filmmakers, educators, and movement artists
- Discover opportunities for continued training at Fullerton College
Workshops may include: stage and screen combat, stunt performance, movement, martial arts, falls and physical storytelling, parkour, action filmmaking, choreography, camera technique, and motion capture.
Instructors
Action Lab brings together professional artists, educators, performers, choreographers, filmmakers, stunt professionals, and movement specialists working across stage, screen, and related entertainment fields.
Instructor and workshop announcements coming soon!
Three Days of Training
Morning Intensives and Workshops
Each day begins with a choice of an extended three-hour training block, allowing participants to work in greater depth with an instructor or discipline, or two shorter 90-minute workshops, providing opportunities to explore additional skills, disciplines, and approaches.
Afternoon Workshops
The shorter 90-minute workshops continue throughout the afternoon, providing additional opportunities to explore skills, disciplines, and network with instructors and participants.
Optional Open Training
Evening open-training sessions provide space for participants to practice, connect with instructors and other artists, revisit skills from the day, and continue exploring in a collaborative environment.
Additional festival activities may include morning warmups, instructor/professional discussions, question-and-answer sessions, community events, and an end-of-festival gathering.
Location
Fullerton College
321 E. Chapman Avenue
Fullerton, CA 92832
Training will take place in multiple Theatre Arts and campus spaces.
Specific check-in, parking, and room information will be provided to registered participants before the festival.
Accessibility
Fullerton College is committed to providing an accessible and inclusive experience.
Participants who require accommodations should identify their needs through the registration process or contact the festival organizers in advance so appropriate arrangements can be coordinated.
For questions about Action Lab, registration, or group participation, contact: Action Lab Coordinator, Michael Mueller, mmueller@fullcoll.edu