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Scene Study (Intermediate/Advanced)

About the Class

An actor is always working on their 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.


Scene Study on Mondays with Amanda is for Intermediate, Advanced and Master level students.  All levels are eligible for the Showcase, but will require invitation.  If you are not yet signed, you must also have completed Commercial L1 (and L2 is recommended). 


The 2025 Industry Showcase is on June 30, 2025.  Advanced/Master Students must be enrolled in Term 2 and 3, Intermediate must be enrolled in Terms 1, 2 and 3. 


For the Guest Artist Master class, only Advanced and Master class level students are eligible to present scenes (Intermediate will audit).  Only 2 scenes will be selected to present at the class.  


BOOKS:

Required/completed: Uta Hagen’s A CHALLENGE FOR THE ACTOR. 


  • 18 HOURS OF CLASS PER TERM. 3-hour class once a week for six weeks. 
  • 14 student maximum. 
  • Monologues
  • Student audition material
  • Partnered Scenes (outside rehearsal required)
  • Hagen Exercises 1-10 plus 3 Entrances
  • Access to Verve's library


The Details

2025 | MONDAYS

Term 2: Apr 7-May 12, 2025

6:30-9:30 pm | Amanda Melby, Coach | $330*/term

 

2025 | MONDAYS

Term 1: Jan 6-Feb 10, 2025
Term 2: Apr 7-May 12, 2025

Term 3: May 19-Jun 30, 2025 | Off May 26
INDUSTRY SHOWCASE: Jun 30, 2025
Off July-August
Term 4: Sep 8-Oct 27, 2025
Term 5: Nov 1-Dec 8, 2025
Special Guest Artist Master Class: Dec 8, 2025


2/9/25: Class is full. Please email info@vervestudio.net to be put on waitlist. 


#Pre-requisite: CORE, Private study or audition


Minimum deposit of 1/2 of full tuition must be put down to secure spot in the class. Balance is due no later than one week prior to the Term.


* +$25 registration fee for new students


Registration fee is non-refundable. Deposit is refundable, less credit card and processing fees (10%), up to one week prior to class start. No cancellations or refunds one week prior to class start.


CLASS IS FULL

Amanda Melby talks about Scene Study at Verve Studios.

Guest Artist Master Class

2024: Matthew Wiener

2024: Matthew Wiener

2024: Matthew Wiener

Director: PT, Producing Artistic Director: Actors Theatre of Phoenix

2023: Micha Espinosa

2024: Matthew Wiener

2024: Matthew Wiener

Professor: ASU, Artistic Director: Fitzmaurice

2022: Dwayne Hartford

2021: Richard Powers Hardt

2021: Richard Powers Hardt

Artistic Director: Childsplay

2021: Richard Powers Hardt

2021: Richard Powers Hardt

2021: Richard Powers Hardt

Board Member: Theatre Artists Studio

Current Students

Reminders

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 

Tuition

Registration is ongoing until the summer/winter breaks.  (Terms 1/2/3 are continuous and Terms 4/5 are continuous.)


Invoices are e-mailed one week prior to next Term's payment due date.

  

If you wish to Drop, deadline is 2 weeks prior to end of current Term: https://forms.gle/W5EhtuVywd1EAsnRA


If you need to make a tuition payment for the next Term, use this link: https://verve-studios-llc.square.site/product/SceneStudy/65  



Registration fee is non-refundable. Deposit is refundable, less credit card and processing fees (10%), up to one week prior to class start. No cancellations or refunds one week prior to class start.

TUITION

Scene Study Master Class

About the Class

Scene Study Master Class: Angels in America


SCENE STUDY MASTER CLASS: Classics challenges the seasoned professional to dig deeper into character development through the focused work of rich classic plays, where physical and vocal demands are great. In addition, actors will prepare two of Uta Hagen’s exercises, in character and period, to deepen the authenticity of the monologue and scene work.  


Each class also has a physical and vocal warm-up. Students are expected to work on one monologue and one partnered scene (outside rehearsal required), plus the 2 Hagen exercises. 


#Open to Advanced and Master level students.  The expectation is that you come to every class fully prepared, off book and rehearsed.  Led by Laura Winstin; this class is for experienced actors that have taken Scene Study before.  

If you haven't studied at Verve before, please email the studio to schedule an audition (1.5 mn classical monologue, 1.5 mn contemporary monologue).  

If you have studied at Verve and are unsure if this is the right fit, please e-mail the studio to discuss your placement/eligibility. 


Access to Verve's library will be provided prior to class one and it's expected for you to be familiar with the main play from the canon prior to class starting.


  • 18 HOURS OF CLASS! 3-hour class once a week for six weeks. 
  • 12 student maximum
  • Monologues
  • Partnered Scenes (outside rehearsal required)
  • Physical and Vocal Warm-up

BOOKS:

Required: Uta Hagen’s A CHALLENGE FOR THE ACTOR. 

Required: Angels in America by Tony Kushner

The Details

TUESDAYS, Apr 15-May 20, 2025
6:30-9:30 pm | $330*


Deposit of 1/2 of full tuition must be put down to secure spot in the class. Balance is due no later than one week prior to the first class. 


* +$25 registration fee for new students.


Registration fee is non-refundable. Deposit is refundable, less credit card and processing fees (10%), up to one week prior to class start. No cancellations or refunds one week prior to class start.


CLOSED

Laura Winstin

Scene Study Master Class | The Classics

Master Coach Laura Winstin talks about Scene Study Master Class

Scene Study Master Class | Angels in America

Master Coach Laura Winstin talks about the upcoming Scene Study Master Class covering Tony Kushner's "Angels in America" 

Scene Study Master Class (Past Class Focus)

Past Classes

SCENE STUDY MASTER CLASS:  EDWARD ALBEE (2024)

Primary text: The Zoo Story, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?


SCENE STUDY MASTER CLASS:  TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (2024)

Primary text: A Streetcar Named Desire 


SCENE STUDY MASTER CLASS:  ANTON CHEKHOV (2023)

Primary text: The Cherry Orchard


SCENE STUDY MASTER CLASS: SAM SHEPARD (2022)


SCENE STUDY MASTER CLASS: CHARACTER 1940s (2020)

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.

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