Want to dive into acting in a short format? Develop a toolbox of acting essentials in this fast-paced classroom! Join us for acting exercises and fun! Explore improvisation, character development, scene creations, and key acting fundamentals. Build confidence and creativity in this fun and collaborative lab. Activate your acting!
1 session • $75 • 2hr class time
Mon • May 18 • 6:30-8:30pm • Timothy McCracken
Don’t miss this opportunity to work with one of Denver’s finest directors and teachers of Meisner, Christy Montour Larson. Through the Meisner acting technique, students will discover that they are never done learning the craft of acting. Rooted in the work of master acting teacher Sanford Meisner, this workshop uses a series of exercises that build upon each other to create a useful set of new skills to master truthful human behavior.
2 sessions • $200 • 3hr class time
Tue • May 5 & 12 • 6:30 – 9:30pm • Christy Montour Larson
Join us for this “must-learn” opportunity on the business aspects and approach to the audiobook narration industry. This class will provide a brief overview of the industry, including information on casting, rates, union considerations, and more. Learn tips on getting hired, marketing, demos, and your approach to the work and business overall.
1 session • $95 • 3hr class time
Sat • Apr 25 • 1-4pm • Adam Verner
Expand your world of voice-over! One voice—yours—holds the potential for an array of characters. In this three-part workshop, discover tools to activate character and character choices for video games and animation to expand your voice-over range. Learn the tricks of the trade from a professional voice-over artist as you activate text and scenarios informed by the animation and gaming industries. Deepen your grasp of how you approach each opportunity; further activate text and scenarios, and find more tools to use vocal choices to create character in your work. This workshop is an ideal choice for those interested in focusing on how vocal choices can create character.
3 sessions • $200 • 2hr class time
Wed • May 13, 20 & 27 • 6:30-8:30pm • Justin Walvoord
Every now and then, any creative artist needs a new perspective to shake things up. Actors are no different! In this workshop, we will investigate the use of visual art and music as a way to explore and enhance physical characterization. Actors will be provided with creative tools in order to widen and deepen the range of possibilities as they create a character in rehearsal. It is critical to join physical technique and expansive creativity; this class will also focus on sharpening clarity of expression in our physicality and building a discipline of specificity. Find movement in performance that comes from both an open and free creativity and a focused and dynamic body. Charlie Oates, a celebrated Movement Instructor and Director, whose work and teaching artistry has spanned the country for decades, for this unique and exciting opportunity!
*There will be a 30 min break during this class.
Prerequisites: Scene Study I or Movement for Actors, or instructor approval. Please inquire at education@dcpa.org.
2 sessions • $345 • 6 hr class time
Fri May 1, 6:30-8:30 pm • Sat May 2, 1-5:30 pm • Charlie Oates
Improv has something to offer everyone! In this introductory two-part workshop, participants will explore the core principles of improvisation, including active listening, presence, flexibility, and celebrating the exploration to co-create something unique. At its heart, improv is acting and reacting in the moment without a script. Learn strategies to strengthen connections and trust within an ensemble, develop confidence to move forward without knowing what comes next, and discover the depth and joy of investing in shared imagination. Group exercises and games will tap into the lightheartedness and resiliency of play that support success on and off stage. Say “yes” to this experience!
2 sessions • $145 • 2hr class time
Tue • May 5 & 12 • 12-2pm • Heather Curran
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