acting workshop descriptions
LEVEL I
LEVEL III
LEVEL II
Prerequisites: None
Length : 6 weeks / 1-day per week
Hours : 1.5 hrs.
Whether you are just starting out or you need to brush up on the fundamentals of acting, "Level I" is the workshop for you!
You will connect to that part of yourself where you are freely creative and are able to use your imagination and emotions. This workshop will provide you with a fun and challenging environment, uniquely free of judgment and disapproval. You will gain an understanding of the basics of acting and explore the unique experience of a live performance.
Sessions will focus on age appropriate activities that include:
- Warm Up Activities
- Theater Games
- Character Development
- Performance Exercise
LEVEL II
LEVEL III
LEVEL II
Prerequisites:
Some acting training or experience is required. Participants that do not meet the prerequisite requirement will receive a full refund.
Length : 6 weeks /1-day per week
Hours : 2 hours
The "Level II" Online Acting workshop is designed to build on acting skills or experiences already acquired. This class offers an introduction to a Human Behavior approach to developing believable characters for stage, film, and improvisation performances.
The workshop teaches quick and powerful ways to make your performance believable, and spontaneous. Participants are expected to collaborate while engaging in ensemble strengthening theatre games, improvisational scenes, and monologues.
Sessions will focus on activities that include:
- The conscious and subconscious mind
- Relaxation
- Body Dynamics
- Concentration
- Sensory Awareness
- Imagination and Improvisation
LEVEL III
LEVEL III
LEVEL III
Prerequisites:
Some acting training or experience is required. Participants that do not meet the prerequisite requirement will receive a full refund.
Length : 6 weeks / 1-day per week
Hours: 2.5 hours
"Level III" is a Scene Study Acting Workshop. It is designed to teach the application and consolidation of the skills, knowledge, and techniques acquired in the Level I and Level II Amazing Theatre’s Acting Workshops. You will learn the basics of analyzing the script which is necessary to bring the character to life and make your performance believable.
This workshop will afford you an opportunity to practice with a partner what you learn from your script analysis in front of the other workshop participants. Participants will receive feedback from the instructors as well as other participants in the workshop.
Participants are expected to collaborate on assigned scenes, and monologues during the workshop. To learn scene study requires work and each participant must commit to working at least 2hrs. of scene study with their partner in between the weekly sessions. If you cannot make the commitment to attend each class and practice in between sessions, you should not apply until you can make the time commitment.
Course Outcomes:
- You will learn how to use scene study to make a stronger connection with the character.
- You will strengthen your ability to act.
- You will begin to live truthfully in an imaginary world.
- You will learn to connect parts of your personal backstory to link and personalize the conscious and subconscious mind of the character you are discovering.
- You will experience what it means to live privately and truthfully in a public setting.