Winter/Spring Classes

Winter/Spring Classes

Winter/Spring Classes

Digging Deep: Emotional Content

Digging Deep: Emotional Content

Advanced/Professional

Santa Barbara – 8/16 Sunday Nights

January 19th (winter) and March 22nd (spring)

Access love, anger, jealousy, joy, vulnerability, the full spectrum of rich, human emotion. Digging Deep is an imagination-based exploration of internal techniques designed to deepen and enliven character stakes and emotional life.

Characterization in Depth

Characterization in Depth

Advanced/Professional

Santa Monica – 8 or16 Monday Nights

January 20th (winter) and March 23rd (spring)

A thorough and complete working approach to character creation including analysis, preparation, approaches to rehearsal, internal and external choices that both sustain and evolve throughout a role. The result: a detailed and complex, dynamic and memorable character.

The Craft of Auditioning on Camera

The Craft of Auditioning on Camera

Intermediate/Advanced

Sherman Oaks – 8/16 Tuesday Nights

January 21st (winter) and March 24th (spring)

Auditions on camera require rather different skills and approaches than sustained characters. Participants master tools specifically designed for camera impact and apply them to auditioning. Sides are handed out weekly; most of the auditions will be shot and reviewed.

Shapeshifting: The Flexible Actor

Shapeshifting: The Flexible Actor

Advanced beginner/Advanced

Santa Barbara – 8/16 Thursday nights

January 23rd (winter) and March 26th (spring)

Exhilarating work stems from the actor’s ability to create instantaneous emotional connections to an expressive and pliant body, voice and speech.

Confidence and courage are encouraged in order to experiment with no fear!

At the end: the freeing of the actor’s instrument and expanded range.

Testimonials

"An exceptional man of the theatre. The range of his work is enviable and those with whom he has worked and his achievements speak for themselves. He has demonstrated the highest qualities of direction and producing . He has won the respect of my students for whom the collaboration he led was an unmitigated triumph. He shows the key quality of a modern teacher and artist: the capacity to understand the needs of others, motivate and inspire them and bring a team, working in harmony and to the highest standards, to fruitful and acclaimed success."
Ian Brown, Dean of the Faculty of Arts
Queen Margaret University, Scotland

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