Risky Business: Courageous Choices (Fall)

Int/Advanced - Online

12 Sundays, 10 AM - 12:30 PST

Begins September 15

This class reveals the kind of choices available to the actor. Choices: Selecting them, preparing them, fulfilling them, assessing them. The right and risky choice can get the job, deliver surprising and dynamic characters, and offer audiences interpretations of penetrating insight.

Character Masks (Fall)

Int./Advanced - Santa Barbara

12 Sundays, 6:30 PM–9:30 PM PST

Begins September 15th

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.

Projections (Fall)

Intermediate/Advanced – Carpinteria

11 Thursdays, 12:00PM-2:30PM PST

Begins September 19 (No class 11/28)

The revolutionary approach to developing a character’s emotional life employing the power of the actor’s deepest imagination to create vibrant, lasting images and feelings. These images and feelings support, enliven and deepen. You actually experience the character’s experiences!

Playing From your Strengths

Adv. Beginner/Advanced - ¬Online

14 Wednesdays 10 am–12:30 pm (Pacific)

Begins January 29th

Students discover and learn to play three to five diverse character types that perfectly match their "look" and presentation. Actors emerge with much greater self-knowledge and confidence in their auditions. Important guidance for headshots, websites and all self-promotion.

Acting With The Camera

Adv. Beginner/Advanced – SB

14 Thursdays, 12 Noon-2:30 pm

Begins January 30th

Framing, set terminology, playing opposite emotion, vulnerability in close-up – this is a thorough introduction for actors, both new to camera and cameras vets. A vital class to create consistently dynamic and surprising work on camera. Great for auditions, too!