fwb 🎭 tricks'n'treats: a role play workshop + play party

Join fetish expert Tina Horn (author of Why Are People Into That?: A Cultural Investigation of Kink) and arts educator Ben Weber (trained at Upright Citizens Brigade) for a Fantasy Role Play workshop. It's for anyone who wants to get more in touch with your own taboo fantasies, design unforgettable scenes, and develop your horny communication skills. You’ll leave this class with an expanded understanding of how to be better attuned to the present moment, listen to your partner/s, and express yourself! Stay for an special sexy Halloween-themed party where you'll enjoy delectable food from a charcuterie board and mini sandwiches to cupcakes and chocolate dipped fruit. Wet your appetite with intriguing libations. Indulge in erotic games to break the ice (bobbing for butt plugs, anyone?). Put your newfound roleplay skills to use or explore all the play possibilities. Costumes are encouraged, so dress up and get down! Yes, there will be PRIZES.

​About the Workshop

​Scene Partners: Improv Skills for Erotic Role Play

What if you could practice improv comedy techniques to improve your dirty talk skills and erotic role-play prowess? Kinky nerds and theater geeks unite! Join fetish expert Tina Horn and arts educator Ben Weber for an innovative spin on the theatricality of sex. fwb presents longtime friends Ben and Tina as they co-facilitate a silly and sexy workshop designed to help you get in touch with your creativity in the bedroom or dungeon. Learn how to overcome nervousness and lean into the overwhelm. Expand your knowledge of archetypical power dynamics and why they make exciting stories. Celebrate vulnerability, absurdity, and the kaleidoscopic nature of the shared experience. This workshop is for anyone who wants to get more in touch with your own taboo fantasies, design unforgettable play party scenes, and develop your horny communication skills. You’ll leave this class with an expanded understanding of how to be better attuned to the present moment, listen to your partner/s, and express yourself! Please come prepared for group participation, always with respect to your comfort level and consent.

​About the Presenters

​Tina Horn is a writer, educatrix, and creative consultant. She is the author of the book Why Are People Into That?: A Cultural Investigation of Kink, based on her long running indie fetish podcast, as well as the sci-fi comic book series Safe Sex (SfSx), and the cult detective thriller Deprog. Her journalism on sexual subcultures has appeared in Rolling Stone, Playboy, Wondery’s Operator podcast, and elsewhere, along with numerous anthologies including We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival, which she also coedited. She is a LAMBDA Literary Fellow with a Creative Nonfiction MFA from Sarah Lawrence, and the recipient of two Feminist Porn Awards.

​Ben Weber (MA/MSW) is an improviser, arts educator, and social worker. Over the last three decades, Ben has trained and performed with ComedySportz Milwaukee, Upright Citizens Brigade (NY/LA), Magnet Theater (NY), and World’s Greatest Improv School (LA). He has facilitated hundreds of participatory creative workshops around the world, including New York, Los Angeles, Barcelona, Sydney, and Hamilton, Ontario. He is currently gaining clinical hours as a therapist for teens in Highland Park. Ben is a proud member of the Los Angeles indie improv scene, performing regularly with teams Space Cadet and Creamer vs. Creamer.

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