| On-Going Classes | Special Classes |
| • Scene Study | • Audition |
| • Drill Class | • Body Dynamics |
| • Beginning Technique/ Scene Study | • On Camera |
(Admittance to all classes is by interview with Caymichael Patten) |
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SCENE STUDY
with Caymichael Patten
For those with previous training and experience. Students work every time on a scene assigned by Ms. Patten and bring it in at different stages of rehearsal. You'll also be investigating the use of the self, what you're "right" for, how to "stay with" yourself-particularly helpful if you too easily lose your own impulses. Once you have your own truth, you can begin to find someone else's. Learn how to break down a scene organically, progress beat to beat through the given circumstances, and know what it is for the event of the scene to occur "for real for real." Solidify your interpretation and put your thumb print on the part.
MONDAYS - 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Meets once a week (4 classes per month)
FEE: $280
TUESDAYS - 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm
Meets once a week (4 classes per month)
FEE: $280
ADVANCED SCENE STUDY
with Caymichael Patten
An advanced scene study class designed for those experienced professionals who have had lengthy training and sufficient life and work experience. (By Invitation Only)
MONDAYS - 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm
Meets once a week (4 classes per month)
FEE: $280
DRILL CLASS
with Fred Waggoner
To practice relaxation, getting in touch, sensory and repetition exercises. An excellent way for those returning to the profession to warm up and reconnect; crucial to the new actor to build a foundation.
THURSDAYS - 3:00 pm to 4:45 pm - Meets once a week
FEE: $200 per card of 10 classes
(For students enrolled in Scene Study)
FEE: $200 per month - 4 classes
(For students not enrolled in another acting class)
BEGINNING TECHNIQUE AND SCENE STUDY with Valerie Kingston
For those students who are at the beginning of their acting careers. The student will spend the first 4-5 weeks exploring exercises, including those of Uta Hagen and Sanford Meisner. These exercises will help them develop
truthful, expressive, moment-to-moment behavior and a point of departure for the role. The class will also cover various improvisation exercises that will teach the students to trust themselves on stage. They will then be assigned simple scenes, with Valerie guiding them through early rehearsal to find their own truth, necessary to finding the character’s truth.
These students are strongly urged (although not required) to take the Drill Class.
SUNDAYS – 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Meets once a week (4 WEEK SESSION)
March 18th - April 22nd, 2012 (No class April 8th)
FEE: $280
SPECIAL CLASSES
AUDITION
with Caymichael Patten
The AUDITION CLASS is a group of 6-10 students, who have good professional training and are auditioning now in New York City. (The class is a lab class, much more effective when you can try what you are learning within the group on the outside.) ADMISSION TO CLASS IS BY INTERVIEW. Students can work three times on each class date as the following three areas are covered in each session:
1. BUSINESS AND INTERVIEWS. Students are asked to keep a journal of their interviews and auditions. This journal is written up in a specific format, which is altered as the individual progresses. The entries are read aloud in class. The student gets notes and suggestions for changes in the format which will improve his or her performance in a given area. We do exercises to help the student give a better interview. The “business” aspect is discussed in each class and we devote an entire class to it towards the end of the session.
2. THE TEXT. The student learns a method for handling the text that gets him or her deeply engaged quickly, emphasizes making the scene work and helps them organize their thinking and their time. This method is progressive, involving a number of steps, one to be added when the former has been accomplished. Sides are handed out and the student works the featured step as homework; then the scene is brought to class and auditioned. Notes are given. When these steps have been mastered, they constitute a Cold Reading Technique. Then students will be given sides to be done as cold readings in class.
3. THE MONOLOGUE. Time is reserved for monologue work during each class. The student brings the monologue as if to rehearsal; Ms. Patten will give direction and guide the actor through his or her progress with the piece. Ambitious students can leave the class with more than one piece in “sterling shape.”
THURSDAYS - 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm
Meets once a week (10 WEEK SESSION)
Feb. 23rd - Apr. 26th, 2012FEE: $750
BODY DYNAMICS
with Carol Reynolds
Body Dynamics™ works with the body's muscular defense system in an organized, practical approach to body awareness. It is designed to free the actor's body to its full range of emotional experience. You will work to identify and remove chronic muscular tension and learn the tools to free your body so that it becomes your friend and not your enemy. The work in class helps promote the flow of energy throughout the body, allowing more freedom, and strengthens the connection between emotions, thoughts and physical expression. This work changes how you view yourself and move through the world. This 12-week structure is cumulative and requires that material missed be made up in a private session with a teaching assistant at the student's expense.
FRIDAYS - 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Meets once a week (12 WEEK SESSION)
Feb. 10th - May 10th, 2012 (No class April 6th)FEE: $600
ON CAMERA
with Charles Tuthill
The On Camera workshop is designed to help actors understand how they can use their theater skills and apply them to working in front of the camera. We will use scenes from Law & Order episodes, current pilots, and films to understand what it is to work in a master shot, an over the shoulder, and a close up.
We cover on camera technology, commercials, sitcoms, and night time dramas. We'll view dailies, on camera auditions, and actor reels. This class is rarely offered, so if you are thinking about taking the class, now is the time.
Students work every time and class size is limited to 10 people. Admission is by interview.
SUNDAYS - 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Meets once a week (4 WEEK SESSION)
Jan. 29th - Feb. 19th, 2012FEE: $450