taught by Betsy Royall , CSA
Sunday, 4/1, 10:00 - 2:00 pm / $175.00 / $155.00 AC Members
10 - 16 year olds
1. Learn to Audition with Skill & Ease, From the Inside to the Outside
2. Learn What Producers & Directors Want You to Know
3. We Will be Recording Mock Commercial Auditions, Reviewing & Redoing
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Advanced Auditioning Workshop - Tweens & Teens
For students who have taken the auditiong wrkshp or have spoken to Betsy
Saturday, March 31st, 9:00 - 1:00 pm, $175.00 / $155.00 returning students & AC members
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Acting for the Camera - Ages 10 to 17
Taught by Jimi Kinstle (Producing Artistic Director, Pumpkin Theatre)
This class will focus on monologue and scene work for the camera resulting in a filmed 'audition' of a monologue/scene ready for posting to your portfolio. Actors will be put through a mock audition process, learn presentation techniques and receive feedback for both monologues and scenes. Space is limited.
March 29, April 12, 19 & 26 / 6:30 - 8:30 pm / $275.00 / $255.00 returning students & AC members
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Acting Class with Bruce
Bruce Nelson is a professional actor living and working in the Baltimore-DC area. He has spent
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5 years working in the theatre and for the last 12 years has taught acting at Everyman
improvisation at Stevenson University. He is a graduate of Towson University from which he
a BA in Theatre. While there, he recieved the Theatre Humanitarian Award and in 2001 became an honored alumnus for his contribution to the arts. He is a two-time recipient of the Helen Hayes Award of Washington, DC for The Violet Hour and The Dazzle both at Rep Stage in Columbia, MD. He enjoys company membership at both Everyman and Woolly Mammoth (DC)
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Kids 8 - 17 yrs old 7:00 - 9:00
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CLASS I
Discuss syllabus, acting styles and expectations.
Warm-ups. Theatre games to boost creative energy.
Acting exploration: Meisner repetition.
Choose your first monologue from attached sheet.
Discuss the WHO, WHAT, WHY and WHERE of first monologue.
The monologue: What’s between the lines?
Performance: Voice and body work.
CLASS 2
Warm-ups. Theatre games to boost risk-taking.
Acting exploration: The emotional trigger.
Finish first monologue performances.
Pick a contrasting second monologue and discuss WHO, WHAT, WHY and WHERE.
The monologue: Raising the stakes.
Performance: Voice and body work.
I assign final full-length monologues. Discuss length of piece and memorizing.
CLASS 3
Warm-ups. Theatre games to boost spontaneity.
Acting exploration: The objective…getting what you want.
Finish second contrasting monologue performances.
Read final monologues aloud and discuss WHO, WHAT, WHY and WHERE.
Pick partners for first scenes from attached sheet. Discuss WHO, WHAT, WHY and WHERE of scene.
Performance: Voice and body work.
Rehearse scenes during class: Setting the stage.
CLASS 4
Warm-ups. Theatre games to boost focus, commitment and concentration.
Acting exploration: The discovery.
Perform/film second scenes.
Discuss: Intro and Thank You. Sit or stand? Relaxation.
Perform/film final monologues. D
Wrap-up
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Auditioning Workshop for KIDS Price: $125.00 / AC $110.00 Workshops are geared for commercial / episodic tv auditions. Students will learn basic
auditioning skills, practice cold reads and participate mock auditions. We record all
auditions on Casting Frontier so they can be reviewed by you later. This is a safe, fun
nurturing and educational workshop to build skills and confidence.
Betsy teaches kids to give their best audition every time. She helps them learn to enjoy
the auditioning process and enjoy being themselves. Being themselves is what brings life
to a character & gets them booked!
Ages: 7 - 11 years old
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I want this experience to be fun and in the process I hope to teach you something about how the craft of acting works as I see it. My teaching method has developed over the years and has become a mixture of what I learned in college, what I learned reading books on acting and lots of time putting the techniques into action on stage. I finally feel like I have defined an approach, my approach, to teaching the craft of acting. I also rely heavily on my students to teach me since there are as many ways to act as there are actors. In short, I teach like I perform: Organically finding my way through the text, moving toward what feels right instinctively and committing fully to the characters I create.
Your Objectives
Remain open to your creative impulses and to the impulses of others as you explore. Remain open to coaching from me as you discover different ways of approaching a monologue or scene. Remember to be patient with yourself and others as you develop your own process. Push yourself in unexplored emotional directions. Determine how to be specific and clear when exploring the following in your acting:
WHO –
Who is your character? Decide “who” is speaking by determining the details of your character….Where are they from? What makes them tick and what are their life circumstances? How is your character like you? The monologue is open to lots of interpretation so don’t be afraid to indulge in lots of detail. Further: Who are you talking to? A group? One other person? Yourself? A Higher Power? Are they giving you their full attention or are they distracted?
WHAT –
What are you talking about? What is it that needs to be heard? How do you express yourself in this interaction? As you make your point how do your voice and body respond? How far can you emotionally go when engaged in a high-stakes interaction? How do your heart and head respond?
WHY –
Why is your character talking at all? On this particular day why are the stakes so high? Why is it so important for you to have your say? Plays exist because they capture the peak moments in the life of a stage character…what’s really going on?
WHERE –
What is the environment around you as you perform? Imagine the details of the space to help set the tone of the piece. Let the space influence your performance. How does a place feel?
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