in person

with John Markland

August 6th

Be the actor who shocks and surprises with original unconventional takes on characters. Be the actor who is unpredictable and known for bringing more than what is on the page. Directors, producers, and casting directors are always hoping to catch the next rising star. It separates you from the pack and places you in the memory banks of those you want to collaborate with. How do we develop this muscle?

You will be asked to step into the shoes of iconic characters from the 1980’s. We will then import these characters into the great plays of the decade. Become Col. Kurtz from Apocalypse Now, Norma Rae, Jake LaMotta from Raging Bull, Ghandi, Sophie’s Choice, Frances, Emma from Terms of Endearment, Roy Hobbs from The Natural, Celie from The Color Purple, Andie from Pretty in Pink, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Indiana Jones, Batman, Rain Man, John Keating from Dead Poet’s Society, Baby from Dirty Dancing, Maverick, Alex from Fatal Attraction, Ellen Ripley from Aliens or Beetlejuice.

You will then embody these characters in award winning plays from the same decade. Plays such as Crimes of The Heart, Glengarry Glen Ross, Fences, The Heidi Chronicles, Children of a Lesser God, Dangerous Liaisons, M. Butterfly, The Real Things, Hurly Burly, Les Misérables, Savage in Limbo, Fool for Love. The possibilities are endless, and the work will be challenging you on so many boundary breaking levels that you will have to exist in your risk-taking core.

We will invent and destroy and redefine the messages of old and help to face-lift the potent truths buried within these stories. We will push the boundaries of convention and hyper-activate our permission giving core. Risk and play as one.

If you want to be an actor in the depths of your soul. If you feel the calling within you. If you are willing to pull back the curtain and hold yourself accountable to the fears, doubts and vulnerabilities that reside within. If you want to live and breathe acting and are willing to put in the time, effort, drive, commitment, and blood, sweat and tears then join the tribe and feel the daring we share.

We are posting early so there is more time to work and, if you have an actor you wish to partner with then you can register early together and get to work.

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