OVERVIEW & registration for ACTING classes
4-Day WORKSHOP, Fundamentals of acting
What you will learn
- Breathing and Vocal Techniques
- Script and Scene Analysis
- Sense Memory and Imagination
- Character Development for Stage & Film
- Monologue and Dialogue Performance
- Moment and Stage Presence
- Exploring the Conscious & Subconscious Mind in Acting
- Theatre Games and Improvisation
Dates, Location, & Cost
Dates: Fundamentals - Thursday: (7pm - 9pm) October 1, 8, 15, & 22
Dates: Fundamentals - Friday: (12pm - 2pm) October 2, 9, 16, & 23
Location: 1308 Olney Sandy Spring Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860
Cost: $200 for 4 days
Instructor Bios:
Percy W. Thomas, Sc.D. Dr. Thomas has been with the AmaZing Theatre Company as its Artistic Director since 2005 and though he would like to be on stage, he spends his time teaching, writing, directing, and producing plays. He has written numerous plays that focus on the African American experience from the 1800's to today. Percy began his acting career at the Arena Playhouse in Baltimore, Maryland in Ed Bullins play Clara’s Ole Man. He studied acting under Sam Wilson and Irvin Turner at the Arena Playhouse, and later he studied at the Mafundi Institute's under the tutelage of Roger E. Mosley. Percy is a dedicated acting teacher and mentor, committed to nurturing new generations of performers through community workshops and educational programs.
2-Day WORKSHOPS, MASTER acting & DIRECTOR
Actors: What you will learn
- Acting
- Beats and scoring a script.
- Sense Memory
- Emotional Recall
- Substitution (understanding of elements in the life of one's character)
- Moment Before
- Objectives, Need and Obstacle
- Active Listening
- Getting Affected
Directors: What you will learn
- How to talk with/to an Actor;
- How to analyze the Script for its theme/message
- How to use Stage Space.
Dates, Location, & Cost
Dates: Master Acting Classes: (12:00 pm - 2:30 pm) - October 3 & 4
Dates: Directing Classes: (12:00 pm - 2:30 pm) - October 17 & 18
Location: 1308 Olney Sandy Spring Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860
Cost: $300 for 2 days
Instructor Bios:
Professor Vera J. Katz is a professor emerita in the theatre arts department at Howard University, has taught acting and directing for 32 years. For the past 22 years, she had also been a member of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. She has directed more than 50 productions, originally working with Joe Hyman, who produced the famed playwright-director-author, Moss Hart, on Broadway.
She has taught such notables as Debbie Allen, Anthony Anderson, Chadwick Boseman, Corey Hawkins, Taraji P. Henson, Isaiah Johnson, Jayme Lawson, Phylicia Rashad, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Fredericka Whitfield, and Lynn Whitfield.
Contact Us
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