Four Week Summer Workshop

Taught by Laura Leyva
Studio E

Three times per week for 2 hours and 30 minutes per class
30 hrs total

An intensive introduction to the foundation for Acting for the 21st century. Exciting and challenging for every level of actor.
Areas that will be covered include:

• Pressure and Repetition
• Levels of Justification, Levels of Reaction, Levels of Rehearsal
• Physical Behavior and Psychological Action
• Specificity of Choices
• Words and Language / The Tone of Conversation
• Awareness without Judgement
• Skills: non-verbal reaction, covered entrances, contributions to prop and place, and planned accidents
• Use of the Imagination for preparation of the role.

Taught by Caitlin Apparcel
Studio D

Twice per week for 2 hours and 15 minutes per class
18 hrs Total

This workshop will dive into the foundational teachings of the Lucid Body technique. This is a psychophysical technique where actors focus on awareness of self and physical listening. Participants will explore the use of the chakra centers as the tools for how we define human behavior. This workshop is where we diagnose where our habits live for our acting and how we can start to choose to move into different parts of self for character. Every class will start with a physical warm-up.

Taught by Rick Peters
Studio F

Twice per week for 2hr and 15 minutes
18hrs total

A on-camera acting workshop steeped in the Adler technique of circumstances and imagination. The workshop emphasizes the physical and vocal adjustments required for camera work, together with script analysis and application of the Adler technique. Only film scripts are used, and all work is done on camera.

Taught by Christopher Thornton
Studio A

Twice per week for two hours
16hrs

This workshop explores the very first steps of creating a role. It can be described as the “table work” that the serious actor must do. From the title to the closing scene, the script is analyzed for the writer’s intent, theme and genre. At the same time, research into the time-period, place, socio-economic background of the character, etc. is discussed. This information is then used to begin building a character that serves the script and brings the character to life in a creative, truthful way.

Taught by Rick Peters
Studio F

Once per week for three hours per class
12 hrs

The purpose of this workshop is to introduce actors to the audition environment by giving a realistic idea of what is required in an audition. This is an on-camera workshop. Participants will work a variety of material and watch their work with the group, receiving feedback from the instructor.

Taught by Caitlin Apparcel
Studio D

Twice per week for 2 hours and 15 minutes per class
18 hrs total

This workshop will dive into the foundational teachings of the Lucid Body technique. This is a psychophysical technique where actors focus on awareness of self and physical listening. Participants will explore the use of the chakra centers as the tools for how we define human behavior. This workshop is where we diagnose where our habits live for our acting and how we can start to choose to move into different parts of self for character. Every class will start with a physical warm-up.

Taught by Laura Leyva
Studio A

Twice per week for 2hr 15min per class
18 hrs total

A new and exciting approach to unlocking the Actor’s creative core through the understanding of the Script and its secrets.
Areas that will be covered include:

• Approaching / Reading the Script
• Discovering the Theme
• Character Word
• Living in the Place as Character
• Breaking Down the Text
• Choosing Actions
• Putting Choices into Play
• Working on the Platform

Taught by Peter Wittrock
Studio A

Twice per week for two hours and 15 minutes
18 hrs

This four week workshop will offer an introduction to the method of vocal training known as the Linklater Method. Participants will learn a simple series of physical exercises designed to open the voice by increasing volume, range, articulation, and emotional expression. After warming up the voice students will explore the basics of Shakespearean verse through an examination of a Shakespearean sonnet or monologue. Students will gain an appreciation for how Shakespeare creates character, story and meaning through figures of speech, iambic pentameter, rhyme and alternations of verse and prose.