About Us

We believe strongly in our workshops and their format, as we feel it provides the class atmosphere necessary to help you learn from the questions of others, while still providing one on one time for you to hone your craft of performing.

While everyone in the workshop stays present for the question and answer portion of the workshop, one of the best aspects of our workshops is the one on one conference time you receive with the teacher.  In this portion of the workshop, you are one on one, paired with a screened, skilled, professional actor who is your reader, and there purely for YOUR benefit. Their goal is to make YOU look good (as opposed to a random partner who may be there to personally impress the teacher), so that the educator can accurately aid you with advice on becoming a stronger performer.

Our basic lesson plan is below (please note that if there is any major deviation from this lesson plan, the description under the workshop name will alert you to the format departure):

Objective:

Creating our own choices on scene direction

Analyze personal goals and how to achieve them

Analyze performance for means of improvement

Essential Question:

How can we become better actors?

Activities:

• Students will prepare a scene ahead of time of their choice (scene must NOT be from a role that is currently being cast- it must be from something that has aired/been released previously, and thus is in no way a means of trying to “audition” for a show that the teacher is currently involved in casting).
• Teacher will review their personal background in the show business industry
• Teacher will discuss the process involved in succeeding as an actor
• Teacher will answer questions from students regarding their professional aspirations, and other relevant queries
• Students will, one at a time, conference with teacher regarding their headshot/resume and scene.
• Students will perform scene it in its entirety at least once for evaluation.
• Teacher will fill out an evaluation form based upon performance and headshot/resume, and cite specific ways student can improve technique, choices, and marketability in the future.
• Teacher will return headshot to actor.

Assessment:

Student performance