"Acting
Naturally" Drama Workshops
HELP is here! Finally a Christian drama workshop just for your fellowship, your start up
drama team and for your veteran performers.
"It was
amazing how much you covered in just one day!"
"you summed a whole year's college drama class in one day."
The Acting Naturally drama workshop is designed to demonstrate that acting on stage
is the most naturally of things. We have been "acting" most of our lives but
just dont call it that. Acting Naturally is uniquely formulated to be effective for
the start up, struggling or advanced drama group. Here is the major tune up
for your drama special, or taking your dramatist to their next level.
All sessions include practical participation to insure assimilation. Learn/review the
basics, then stretch your imagination with challenging exercises and Master Class style
critiques for the novice or veteran. A
complete notebook is provided to facilitate and for reference.
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Session 1: Approximately 2 hours of training to review theory, improv, and
practical exercises. Practical exercises that should be included as a must-do for every
drama group. When all else fails, back to the basics. Not only should the veteran review
and exercise, but of course the new members must be introduced to time proven methods to
develop the inner performer. As a wonderful benefit this session unites the drama group,
working together on the same level, and diminishes potential clics.
Session 2:
Approximately 2 hours of character development. A step-by-step learning experience
of assembling the character right out of thin air. Perhaps one of the most mysterious of
processes is now broken in to an A-B-C approach that is guaranteed to facilitate character
development. The approach will provide an opportunity for each participant to experience
the process personally through demonstration after development.
Session 3:
The Master Class. Also approximately 2 hours. The best for the last with very good
reasoning. Taking the elements of the first two sessions and using them to dissect short
vignettes with a carefully lead class participation critique session. This is a most
enlightening, engaging, educational and challenging dramatic experience that will have the
entire class sensing they have just graduated to their next level. Several will volunteer
as test case performers and typically are amazed at their own improvement within the first
few moments.
Session 3:
(Alternate) The Master Class Directors Session can be used as a fine-tuning
process for your specific drama presentation. This is a direct practical approach with
more of a directors role applied to your presentation. It is intended to give your
director and/or drama group a very hands on experience, through intense scene study, to
insure your drama is filled with energy, clarity and purpose.
FACILITY REQUIREMENTS
A classroom setting is most appropriate, as attendees will need to fill out their
notebooks. Class size is 25 to 40
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