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An actor is always working on her craft. When you’re not working, you should be in class. Scene Study is for working actors and for those that have the desire and work ethic to be a working actor. Verve’s Scene Study class is a safe, vigorous, nurturing environment for you to build and practice your technique. Only through long-term training will you achieve your goals, stretch your previously held limitations, and learn to be flexible and adaptable while remaining true to the character and the script.
Through partnered scene work, monologues, and solo Uta Hagen exercises, you will learn to create truthful, organic moment-to-moment life on stage on a weekly basis. The combination of expert coaching and self-critique will allow you to identify and articulate what is working and what isn’t, and most importantly, why.
While Scene Study is an Acting Foundations class, students must be experienced before entering. To meet the pre-requisite, complete Acting Foundations: 1. Core Technique, Acting Foundations: 2. Whole Body Acting, Acting Foundations: 3. Get Personal or through an Audition.
The 2021 Industry Showcase is scheduled for June 21. Students must be enrolled in two of the three terms, including Term 3 to be eligible. Students new to Scene Study are encouraged to enroll in all three Terms.
To participate in December guest artist Master Class, attendance in both Terms 4 and 5 are required. Students enrolling in just one Term will audit the Master Class (but work scenes the other 5 classes of the term.)
BOOKS:
Required: Uta Hagen’s A CHALLENGE FOR THE ACTOR.
18 HOURS OF CLASS PER TERM
3-hour class once a week for six weeks.
Maximum: 14 students.
Minimum deposit of 1/2 of full tuition must be put down to secure spot in the class. Balance is due by the first class.
MONDAYS February 8 - June 21, 2021; Sept 27-Dec 13, 2021
6:30-9:30 pm | Amanda Melby, Coach
Term 1: February 8-March 15, 2021 | $300
Term 2: March 29-May 3, 2021 | $300
Term 3: May 10-June 21, 2021 | Off May 31 | $300
Industry Showcase: June 21, 2021
Off July-August.
Term 4: Sept 27-Nov 1, 2021 | $300
Term 5: Nov 8-Dec 13, 2021 | $300
Special Guest Artist (TBA) Master Class: Dec 13, 2021
Deposit of 1/2 of full tuition must be put down to secure spot in the class. Balance is due by the first class. No cancellations or refunds one week prior to class start.
* +$25 registration fee for new students
#Both classes have pre-requisites
Keep a list of the parts/plays/scenes/types you want to play.
Read plays from the digital or physical library (link is in your registration confirmation).
Read ahead on the Hagen exercises so you can discover them as they come up in your real life.
Email Amanda by noon every Monday with what you'll be putting up in class.
Class is not a substitution for rehearsal.
REQUIRED BOOK:
Required: Uta Hagen’s A CHALLENGE FOR THE ACTOR.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
RESPECT FOR ACTING by Uta Hagen
ACTING: THE FIRST SIX LESSONS by Richard Boleslavsky | Amazon
ACTING AND LIVING IN DISCOVERY – A WORKBOOK FOR THE ACTOR by Carol Rosenfeld. This is a personal workbook that can be a great accompaniment to your work. | Amazon
FINE ON ACTING: A VISION OF THE CRAFT by Howard Fine. Also based on Hagen’s work, but includes auditioning and present day actor challenges and solutions. | Amazon
Registration is ongoing until the summer/winter breaks. If you need to make a tuition payment for the next Term, use this link. This link is NOT for new students. New-to-Scene-Study students need to register using above link.
Open to Advanced actors, Master Class: Character digs deep into period characters. Utilizing classic plays set in the 1940s as the backdrop, actors will prepare two of Uta Hagen’s exercises (Historical Imagination and actor’s choice) as well as monologue and scene work from this rich period of history to create deep, meaningful characters.
Each class also has a physical and vocal warm-up. Led by Laura Winstin; this class is by invitation only.
15 HOURS OF CLASS!
3-hour class once a week for six weeks.
Maximum: 10 students.
BOOKS:
Required: Uta Hagen’s A CHALLENGE FOR THE ACTOR.
Scene Study (Character)#
Tuesdays, Sept 22 - October 20, 2020 | 2021 TBD
6:30-9:30 pm |
Deposit of 1/2 of full tuition must be put down to secure spot in the class. Balance is due by the first class. No cancellations or refunds one week prior to class start.
* +$25 registration fee for new students.