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Acting Class
Hollywood/Los Angeles:

Wed nights starting September 22, 2010
The Complex, Hollywood
Santa Monica@ Wilcox
MC Studio 7-10 PM

Acting Class
San Francisco

starting September 20, 2010
Mondays
7-10 PM
Mama Calizo's Voice Factory
Mission @ S Van Ness

see calendar page for more information






An acting class with kick in Los Angeles and San Francisco






"Hi A, thanks a lot for last night. it was really great to work on the scene with you. just wanted to share with you a couple notes about the experience from my journal this morning: when i stayed on the offensive i was vulnerable in a totally new way. i was putting it out there and seeing what i would get back in return. there was greater force, clearer direction, and a sense of truly fighting for what i wanted. i don't think i've ever acted that way before. instead i've always defaulted to reacting, which generally comes out as a 'mood' or 'emotional state.' in fact it?s a very neutered way of being. through the rehearsal i also understood viscerally (and dramaturgically) how Ben is the protagonist in the play, even though everything seems to be happening to him. in the end he's nearly brought to his knees, until the last scene when he does finally win the fight to count & bring meaning into his life. that's it. thanks again & see you tonight!"--Travis Shakespeare, actor and Emmy-nominated producer



Also, heartfelt congratulations to JB Waterman, who will play the leading role in Henry V with Island Stage Left, the summer professional company on Puget Sound's San Juan Islands.

10 weeks. 3 hours weekly. $400. Learn the acting technique I encountered as a directing student at the Yale School of Drama.

The technique is based on the work of the most influential acting teacher of all time, Konstantin Stanislavsky. But it's Stanislavsky with the kinks ironed out and the practical questions answered.

Want powerful, practical tools for creating truthful performances that matter? Contact me now at actbetter@utteracting.com about a class cycle starting soon!

Be sure to check out the ever-growing list of testimonials from students who wanted something more from an acting studio and got it, and the new video testimonials.

Mother of Invention Acting School students go on to do great things! One San Francisco student got a speaking part in Gus van Sant's Academy Award winner "Milk." Read about it here.

And here is a podcast produced about the class for the site NedPR, a Forum for Creativity.

Read this remarkable inquiry received recently about the class from a Los Angeles actor.

One longtime San Francisco student wrote a letter to a friend about the class.

And speaking of testimonials, this just in: acclaimed playwright Liz Duffy Adams, a member of New Dramatists in New York, whose plays (Dog Act, One Big Lie, The Train Play) have received fine productions around the country in the last few years, has proffered the following: "Andrew is one of the sharpest, most inspiring and galvanizing people I know. I trained as an actor in the experimental theater, so I tend to be wary of Stanislavsky-based methods-- but Andrew brilliantly mines that tradition to help actors bring characters to vivid, theatrically compelling life. I highly recommend him."

Also, listen to an interview with me about the class produced by the new Internet Radio site coolashelltheatre.com by clicking here. Finally, don't leave without checking the resources page, to find out about email lists and other resources invaluable to those interested in acting in Hollywood/Los Angeles and the Bay Area.

Click here to sign up to receive email announcements of future class cycles in Los Angeles and San Francisco..

 





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~Kafka






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