Dirty Acting With Text

Santa Barbara - 13 Sunday nights

Begins September 16th

What is Dirty Acting? Acting on impulse in the now. Being compelled to respond from pure awareness, from intense looking and listening. Acting from necessity in the moment. Behavior that happens, not behavior that is planned - alive, dynamic, electric performance.

Dirty Auditioning

Los Angeles - 13 Monday nights

Begins September 17th



Directors, Casting Directors, EPs and Showrunners are not waiting for the well-rehearsed person to walk through the door. Rather, they seek out the dynamic, animated, moment-to-moment actor who is always surprising and in the "now." The actor who acts from necessity in the moment. The actor capable of real and living behavior in the audition room.

Shapeshifting: the Responsive Actor

Los Angeles - 13 Tuesday nights

begins September 18th



How wide is your acting and casting range? Exceptional actors capable of genuine transformation to character, work from the imagination, are physically and vocally responsive, possess a free and agile instrument, and are quick to react to stimuli and flexible enough to shapeshift instantly and at will.

The Rehearsal Process: Creating Character

Santa Barbara - 12 Thursday nights

Begins September 20th



Finally, a working approach to character creation and the craft of stage and film preparation and rehearsal.