Summer Workshops 2012
‘The Workshop’ Scene Study with Jane Fleiss
Price: $375
8 Weeks, ( 8 – 3.5 hour classes)
Mondays, June 18 – August 6, 2012; 7:30pm – 11pm
Instructor: Jane Fleiss
This once a week scene study workout uses the techniques of Stella Adler® and exercises developed by preeminent Los Angeles Acting teacher Jane Fleiss, this class aims to open up the imagination in relation to contemporary scenes. Students will gain freedom, and learn how to make deeper and more exciting choices.
Rehearsal Technique
Interview required
Price: $700
6 weeks, 2 times per week (12 classes total)
Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 19 – July 26, 2012; 2pm – 4pm
Instructor: Jane Fleiss
This class provides a systematic approach to creating a character based on a screenwriter’s script. Students will analyze in depth scripts from beginning, middle, and end and apply their analysis to the creation of a character for film or television.
On Camera Master Class with Ron Burrus
Interview required
Price: $700
6 weeks, (6 – 4 hour classes total)
Fridays, June 22 – July 27 , 2012; 9am – 1pm
Instructor: Ron Burrus
This advanced-level class explores film and television scenes directly on camera with Master Teacher Ron Burrus. Students will work on auditions and scenes, creating a character for the camera by examining the creative process through the lens of the techniques of Stella Adler®.
Art of Acting Technique Intensive
Interview required
Price: $1000
6 weeks, (4 classes per week, 24 classes total)
Mon–Thurs, June 18 – July 27, 2012; 5:30pm – 8:30pm
Instructor: Ron Burrus
A great career almost always starts with great training. By exploring the language and principles developed by Stella Adler®, and chronicled in her book, the Art of Acting, acclaimed master teacher Ron Burrus takes students through an intensive, six-week program designed to give students a technique to work from in the shortest amount of time. This class serves as not only an introductory course but also a great refresher course, taught by one of the finest acting coaches in the world today.
Professional Actors Workshop program
The Professional Actor’s Workshop program (or PAW) is designed as a mental, physical and spiritual “gym” for the working actor. In an industry full of “no, the PAW is designed to bring more “Yes” into your work and your life. Using great scenes from Film, TV and Stage, these classes introduce you to the language of AOA, and then use that language to keep your acting fine-tuned and exciting.
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PAW Film & TV Scene Study
Interview required
Price: $195/month
4 weeks, ongoing
Sundays, 6pm – 9pm; Tuesdays, 7:30pm – 10:30pm
Instructor: J. Claude Deering (Sun)
Students work out weekly with film and television scripts, expanding and deepening their emotional range to make more exciting and interesting choices.
PAW Master Class
Audition or invite required
Price: $195/month
4 weeks, Ongoing
Wednesdays, 7:30pm – 10:30pm
Instructor: Don K. Williams
The gloves come off in this Master class taught by former head of acting at Stella Adler Studio NYC and currently the Associate Artistic director at the Art of Acting Studio, Don K. Williams. Actors will be pushed to stretch their emotional, physical and psychological range working on a variety of film, TV and theatre scripts. This class serves as the apex of the PAW program and is designed to re-fire the passion that drove you to become an actor in the first place.
