Courageous Choices

Courageous Choices

Adv. Beginner to Advanced - Online

Physical and Vocal Characterization the Frisch Approach
  • 11 Sundays at 10 AM (Pacific), begins September 27
  • Limit 8 actors

            

Directors and teachers often ask unspecific actors to “make a choice!”  But most actors at every level don’t understand what choices are available to them and how to prepare and experiment with choices.  Enter “Courageous Choices.”

          

This class features a panoply of acting choices: selecting them, preparing them, fulfilling them, assessing them. The right and risky choice can get the job, deliver surprising and dynamic characters, guarantee that your work is consistently memorable, and offer audiences interpretations of originality and penetrating insight.

So what kinds of choices are there?  How do you go about testing a choice?  Why do certain choices work and others not?  In Courageous Choices, actors discover the numerous choices at their disposal, exercise appropriate preparation in order to test the choice organically, and learn to evaluate the results with objectivity and artistic judgment.

           A few of the many categories of choices covered include: Intention, The Why (Motivation), Obstacles, Emotional Preparation, Physical, Vocal, Speech and Behavioral Adjustments, Transitions, Beats and Units, Text Circumstances, the Hidden Secret, Independent Activities, Text Decisions, Internalizing Props, Costumes, Set Pieces, and more. Students emerge with a mastery of craft and an exciting rehearsal process.

$590. total (or two installments of $295.)

         10% Early Bird, Multi-class and Couples Discounts are available

Early Bird discount for current and former students only - ends August 24.

 

N.B. All courses progress in a logical and consecutive sequence. Furthermore, students are frequently turned away once the maximum number of participants has been reached. For these reasons, students who begin the session agree to complete the entire session and are, therefore, financially responsible for that session.

Write to [email protected] or call 805.451.6789 to register, ask any questions or to schedule an interview

Testimonials

"He taught more than any other teacher I had . . . 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 from myself and my colleagues. Peter’s standards were high and exacting, and as a student, I was thrilled to be held to them. It was the first time I had been treated like an actor, not just as a student. 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 with every character, every piece there is always a way that is deeper and truer than you first imagine.”
Julianne Moore, Actress

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