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THE TRANSFORMATIONAL ACTOR

Innovative Approaches for 21st Century Rehearsal and Performance

by PETER FRISCH

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Only the imaginative, risk-taking, transformational actor can inhabit new emotional, physical and vocal territory. To achieve these goals, students are encouraged to approach their work boldly and with a spirited sense of play. They are trained to be in the habit of experimenting and working without fear. Only by taking risks can an actor fully create and inhabit a character.

Peter has directed 160 productions in the New York and regional theatre, produced 150 hours of network television, was Head of Drama at the prestigious Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, and has been on the conservatory faculty at Carnegie, The Juilliard School, Harvard and Boston Universities.

Transformational Actor

Julianne Moore The Frisch Approach Los Angeles Santa Barbara

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"Peter is responsible for creating the kind of actor I am today. He taught me how to truly take risks in my work, invest authentically in my characters, and expect nothing but professionalism.

The method that Peter taught is still one that I use today - he gave me the tools to access, emotionally and intellectually, very dense material. He allowed me to see that there is always a way that is deeper and truer than you first imagine."

-Julianne Moore
Academy Award Winner 2015

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Summer Classes

Projections

Adv. Begin/Advanced - Online
8 Sundays 10 AM-12:30 PM (Pacific)
Begins June 16 (no class 7/7)
The revolutionary approach to developing a character’s emotional life employing the power of the actor’s imagination to create vibrant, lasting images and feelings. These images and feelings support, enliven and deepen. You actually experience the character’s experiences!

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Character Masks

Int./Advanced - Online
8 Sundays, 6:30–9:30 pm (Pacific)
Begins June 16 (no class 7/7)
The classic "outside-in" discipline employing a unique collection of celastic masks in the French tradition. Precise character development from the mirror leads to full-blown characters. Behind the "safety" of the mask, actors learn to work boldly and break through habitual limitations.

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Interpreting the Script

Adv. Begin/Advanced - Online
8 Thursdays 10 AM-12:30 PM (Pacific)
Begins June 20 (no class 7/4)
The most precise, efficient and powerful process to go from page to (sound) stage. How do we first discover the clues embedded in the text and then begin to turn those clues into the dynamic, living being implied by the material?

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Projections (In Person)

Intermediate/Advanced – SB
8 Thursdays, 6:30–9:30 pm (Pacific)
Begins June 20 (no class 7/4)
The revolutionary approach to developing a character’s emotional life employing the power of the actor’s imagination to create vibrant, lasting images and feelings. These images and feelings support, enliven and deepen. You actually experience the character’s experiences!

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