Mondays
7 - 9 PM
Christopher Cherry
The freedom, clarity, ease, and power conferred by excellent whole-self coordination are the hallmarks of the Alexander Technique, a liberating mind-body method that allows actors to perceive and set aside impediments to performance. While not an acting technique per se, Alexander Technique enables actors and other types of performers to consistently set aside unnecessary patterns of muscular tension and misuse, freeing themselves to select from a wider array of expressive choices, to reside in the present moment, and to perform with ease. Successful completion of this class will enable students to more reliably:
Unless otherwise indicated below, there are no formal prerequisites for this class—students of all experience levels are welcome! However, if you have no prior acting experience, we suggest taking Intro to Acting and/or Beginning Scene Study to introduce you to core techniques and help you build confidence in the fundamentals of acting.
No Class: 9/21/2026, 10/12/2026
6-14
* Note: Small class sizes are a fundamental part of our training philosophy at The Theatre Lab. Classes are kept small to ensure every person receives extensive personalized feedback from instructors and meaningful collaboration with other students. If a class is full, we encourage you to join the waitlist, and we will contact you if a spot becomes available!
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In Person
Fall I
11 in stock
Christopher Cherry
Christopher Cherry has a passion for helping performers achieve their full potential by using the Alexander Technique to increase their freedom and skill. Whether he’s giving individual lessons backstage at Lincoln Center or helping an airborne actor to sing in Sidney Harman Hall, Chris is endlessly enthusiastic about helping talented artists learn to get out of their own way. Chris is a charter faculty member of the graduate acting program established by Michael Kahn at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, where he has taught every student in the history of the program. He has also taught master classes at Washington National Opera, Center Stage, Perseverance Theatre, and the University of Maryland/Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, as well as semester-length courses at Manhattanville College and Catholic University.
In addition to teaching the Alexander Technique, Chris is the performing arts coordinator for the historic New Deal city of Greenbelt, Maryland, where he oversees performing arts classes and camps that culminate in public performances throughout the year. He is the proud recipient of a Mentor Man cape from participants in the annual Greenbelt Youth Musical, which he founded.
An active playwright, composer, lyricist, and director, Chris has directed more than 150 musical theater productions, including many productions of his own musicals, among them Buried Treasure, Secret Circus, Perseus And The Gorgon, and Homeward Bound. Chris earned his certification from the American Society for the Alexander Technique in 1998, after completing a rigorous 1600-hour teacher training program. A graduate of the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia School of Law, Chris is admitted to the bar in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia -- and he is delighted not to practice law.
