Acting Series: Realism, Classic, & Modern

AMERICAN REALISM AND ITS INFLUENCES

Meets Tuesdays 6 - 9
Three Week Option: Sept 22, 29, Oct. 6
Six Week Option: Sept 22, 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27
Intensive Option: Saturday October 3, 5 - 9

 

Requirements:
    • Rehearsals outside of class with scene partner and Pattie.

This course is an introduction to the acting methods and theories of Stanislavski, Boleslawki, Chekov, Strasberg, Adler, Meisner, and others.  Using these techniques you will perform scenes from plays by O’Neill, Miller, Williams, Inge, Odets, & Hellman. Final scenes and scene partners will be assigned the second week of class to allow enough time for memorization. On the final day of class, you have the option to perform this scene for the public.

PERFORMING THE CLASSICS

Meets Tuesdays 6 - 9
Three Week Option: Jan. 12, 19, 26
Six Week Option: Jan. 12, 19, 26 & Feb. 2, 9, 16
Intensive Option: Saturday October Jan. 30 5 - 9

Requirements:
    • Rehearsals outside of class with scene partner and Pattie.
   
This course is an introduction to the skills of language and physicality needed to perform classical theatre for a contemporary audience.  You will explore techniques created by the Royal Shakespeare Company. You will perform scenes from The Greeks, Shakespeare, Moliere, and the Restoration.  We will assign final scenes and scene partners the second week of class to allow enough time for memorization. On the final day of class, you have the option to perform this scene for the public.

MODERN & EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE FOR ACTORS

Meets Tuesdays 6 - 9
Three Week Option: April 13, 20, 27
Six Week Option: April 13, 20, 27 & May 4, 11, 18
Intensive Option: Saturday May 1, 5 - 9

Requirements:
    • Rehearsals outside of class with scene partner and Pattie.

This course is an introduction to contemporary performance techniques for voice, movement, and acting created by Brecht, Growtowski, Schechner, Brooks, and those they have influenced. The curriculum is designed to help you understand your own creative process, so that training happens consciously—directed by you as you develop your vision and choose your techniques. The texts of Beckett, Brecht, and Ionesco will be examined but you will be challenged to see yourself as creative initiators and may create your own performance pieces. On the final day of class, you have the option to perform for the public.

 

While not anticipated, schedule and course content are subject to change.