Fall Classes

Fall Classes

Fall Classes

The Character Arc: Multi-Scene Study

Digging Deep: Emotional Content for Actors

Int./Adv. – Santa Barbara
12 Sunday nights
Begins September 25

This multi-scene study class offers the rare opportunity to work on character progression and development throughout an entire play or screenplay. Actors explore the emotional score of their characters, the nature of their changing relationships, and create the thru-line of “need.”

The Working Actor’s Lab

Acting Improvisation the Frisch Approach

Advanced/Pro - LA
7/7 Monday Nights

Begins February 6th

An advanced workshop where individual programs are custom designed to
help each actor breakthrough any limitation to achieve maximum freedom
and power. Exercises, scenes and monologues – when a limiting acting issue is solved, a new and higher level is achieved.

Living Shakespeare

Sounding Shakespeare Workshop - Los Angeles and Santa Barbara

Int./Pro – Santa Barbara

12 Thursdays at Noon

Begins September 22

Owning Shakespeare featuring “Sounding” of the text, an emotional exercise and enables the actor to connect with Shakespeare’s characters in a visceral way, internalizing the needs and pains of his characters without sacrificing the elevated language or the impact of the work.

Expanding Range and Depth

Expanding Range and Depth

Int./Pro - Santa Barbara
7/7 Thursdays at Noon
Begins February 9th

Individual programs are designed to help participants expand their acting
range or deepen their emotional life. Actors break through habits and
barriers in order to achieve maximum range, freedom, depth and power.
Strategy sessions are held prior to the first class.

Testimonials

"You are a shining example of everything a teacher should be; inspired and inspiring, positive, challenging, interested, supportive, unbelievably skilled, intelligent and talented at what you are teaching us, and maybe the most important thing, you seem to love it! We are all so fortunate to have you turn your light on us, sweep us up into your beam, and inspire and help us in all the ways that you do. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!”
Elizabeth Cross, Actress

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