NYC Beginners Acting Classes

Beginning Technique Class  -  Building the Foundation

8 Weeks

Thursday Evenings 6:30-9pm

2012 Schedule

• January 5 – February 24

• March 8 – April 26

• May 10 – June 28

• July 12 – August 23   (7 weeks)

• September 7 – October 25

• November 1 – December 20

This technique oriented class is for the beginning and intermediate actor, but is open to actors of all levels who want to learn and improve their understanding of the craft and techniques necessary to be successful as an actor.  This approach to the craft is grounded in the teachings of Stanislavsky and further developed by the great master teachers  Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, Uta Hagen, Sanford Meisner, and Harold Clurman, and refined and brought into the 21^st century by Penny Templeton.   This 8 week course will be broken into two  4 week blocks.

 Block 1 (4 weeks):  THE FUNDAMENTALS – The Actors Tool Box : Core, Happiness, Driving Question Actions and Tactics

What are these tools and how do we use them?

 Block 2 (4 weeks):  ADDING THE EMOTIONAL TRUTH – Using Substitutions

How to bring the emotional truth to the scene

This class is designed to build the actor’s understanding of the craft and the techniques used by great actors for over 100 years. These techniques are constantly evolving to keep pace with the ever increasing demands placed on today’s actor. The good news is: Acting and the techniques that make it possible is very learnable.

There are methods and techniques for everything an actor has to be able to do, to bring a character to life.  They are both teachable and learnable.  Over this 8 week course we will cover all of the basic skills and techniques an actor has to master to succeed. Each class will build on the work of the previous week’s class.  Each week the actors will be given homework scenes to develop and structure. The following week, those homework scenes  will be worked on by the whole class as we learn how each element of the structure works and how it fits and works together with all of the other elements to create a dynamic, interesting, and truthful scene.

As the actors grasp and learn to use the elements of the structure we will add in short monologues to develop the concepts used to bring emotional truth to the character and the scene.  By the end of the 8 weeks the actors will have an understanding of all of the elements of the craft and how they are put together to create a vibrant character and a complete scene.  Over the 8 weeks the actors will be exposed to many valuable exercises developed by Penny Templeton to grow in their understanding and ability to use their technique.

The class size is limited to allow every actor in class a chance to get up on stage for exercises and scenes at least 2 times in every class. This is an Acting class not a watching class.

 Cost $395 for 8 weeks -  The fee may divided into 2 payments ($200 week 1, $195 Week 5)

 

Open enrollment

If you are new to acting and would like to know more about the business
or available acting classes call Hank at (212) 643.2614.
Our door is always open for free advice to actors.

Contact us today about  upcoming acting classes for beginners