Actor’s Workshop: Creating a Character in Film and Theatre

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This course will be a laboratory for the actor, designed for performers who are ready to search for the steps to a fully- involved performance. In fall, we will explore characters and monologues that motivate each actor’s imagination. After analysis of the text, which will include defining the imagery and exploring the emotional choices of the actor, we will work on self-taping our work for auditions. In spring, the course will be devoted to scene work. We will examine techniques used to develop heightened connection with a scene partner, as well as the importance of actors listening and finding their impulses as they work on their feet in the rehearsal room. We will observe the work and read the theories of Declan Donnellan’s The Actor and the Target and Stephen Wangh’s An Acrobat of the Heart. Comedy Workshop