Category Archives: Instruction

Ready for New York: Audition Instruction at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Jul 24 at 1pm & 4pm

Ready for New York: Audition Instruction at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Jul 24 at 1pm & 4pm

Ready for New York: Enhance your on-camera audition technique.

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

INTENSIVE INCLUDES:
Enhancing your on-camera audition technique. Receive coaching and feedback from the industry guests on your scene performance. Walk away with feedback forms from all guests. Question and Answer Session.

Featuring:

Debbi Epstein, Talent Agent (Stewart Talent Agency.) Debbi’s clients has booked series regular roles on several network shows, including but not limited to Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, You’re The Worst, and Grey’s Anatomy

Christopher D. Silveri , VP & Talent Manager (Prestige Management Group.) Christopher has clients who are recurring on MTV’s Eye Candy, Netflix’s Orange is the New Black, Bravo’s Odd Mom Out, HBO’s Crime, The Young & The Restless & Boardwalk Empire. He also has had Guest Stars on nearly all television shows shooting in NY.

Francesca Francois-Grimaldi, Managing Partner & Talent Agent (Plaza 7 Talent.) Francesca heads the NY Division of Plaza 7 Talent Agency, a SAG/AFTRA full-service entertainment agency. Currently her acting clients can be seen on Law & Order: SVU, Burn Notice, Boardwalk Empire, Men In Black 3, and English Vinglish.

Tickets: $150.

Third Annual Black Theatre Symposium at Clarice Smith, Apr 2 at 9am

Third Annual Black Theatre Symposium at Clarice Smith, Apr 2 at 9am

Third Annual Black Theatre Symposium
Embracing Inclusion and Diversity in American Theatre
Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 9AM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Gildenhorn Recital Hall, General Admission.

Featuring keynote speaker Johnetta Boone. Starting as an aspiringart student at the Duke Ellington School Of The Performing Arts and continuing her studies at FIT, Johnetta Boone has served as a stylist and designer for still photography, television, commercial and feature film arenas for more than two decades. Her images have been featured in Essence, German Vogue, Entertainment Weekly and Us Magazines. As a costume designer she has worked on such notable films as Cadillac Records featuring Beyoncé, The Jane Austen Book Club, The Notebook, Runaway Bride and Beloved. Most recently Ms. Boone has become a collaborator with Tyler Perry on films and TV Shows including Temptation, The Haves and the Have Nots, For Better or For Worse and Love Thy Neighbor.

Sponsored by the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, the 2016 Black Theatre Symposium (BTS) continues to champion efforts towards inclusion and diversity in American theatre.

In its third year, the BTS symposium will address the overriding theme: “Black Aesthetics: Past, Present, and Future.” Through panel discussions, workshops, and performances, BTS will explore the following:

What is a “Black Theatre Aesthetic”? Which institutions are successfully cultivating black theatre scholars and artists? How do we facilitate inclusion and diversity in the technical and design aspects of the field? Racial Battle Fatigue — How can theatre positively impact the current cultural climate and racial tensions?

Theatre professionals, scholars, and students will convene to discuss and take action around these questions in order to influence and expand practices of inclusion in the field of theatre.

Regular: $30 if purchased on or before March 2, 2016, $40 if purchased on or after March 3, 2016, Students: Free with valid university ID (registration required).

Theater Skills Workshop at the Huntington Community Center, Mar 25-May 13

Theater Skills Workshop at the Huntington Community Center, Mar 25-May 13

M-NCPPC Theater Skills Workshop for ages 10-15

Fridays, March 25 to May 13, 2016, 7pm to 9pm

Location: Huntington Community Center, 13022 8th Street, Bowie MD.

Learn how to stage a play, including acting, stage design, stage presence, and costume design. Present it to family and friends at the end of the camp session.

Ages 10 yrs. – 15 yrs.

No fee: free course.

To sign up click here.

Spring Break Circus Camp with the Greenbelt Recreation Department, Apr 6-10; performance Apr 10 at 2:30pm

Spring Break Circus Camp with the Greenbelt Recreation Department, Apr 6-10, performance Apr 10 at 2:30pm

SPRING CIRCUS CAMP Ages 7-14, April 6-10, 2015

Location: Greenbelt Community Center Gymnasium

Join former Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus performer Greg May for a fun-filled session of circus skills training. Learn juggling, stilt-walking, unicycling, balance boards, rolling globe, partner acrobatics, clown gags, and single-point and fabric trapeze.
The development of circus skills translates into immediate life advantages: balance, hand-eye coordination, public presentation, teamwork, creativity, and how to slip on a banana peel without getting hurt! Campers are safely taught at their individual skill levels. On the last day of each camp session, campers will demonstrate their new skills in a show for parents and other guests. Students under age 8 admitted with Director’s approval.

Spring Break session: 236203-1, Dates: Monday, April 6 – Friday, April 10, 8:45am-3:30pm, Fees: R: $190, NR: $228, Performance April 10 at 2:30pm.

To register click here.

Performance Location: Greenbelt Community Center (Greenbelt MD).

Intro to Improv class at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Mar 15-Apr 19

Intro to Improv class at Laurel Mill Playhouse, Mar 15-Apr 19

Introduction to Improv

Join Ken Krintz in a fun filled improvisation course. This class has you up and practicing each session. So come join the fun and learn what improv is all about!

Location: Laurel Mill Playhouse

Sundays March 15, 2015 through April 19, 2015, except April 5.
Class Schedule
Class 1: March 15 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Improvisation Basics and Rules
Class 2: March 22 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Physicalization (Where)
Class 3: March 29 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Characterization (Who)
Class 4: April 12 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Storytelling (What)
Class 5: April 19 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Performance Games

This Introduction to Improv class is excellent for actors or for those looking to be more comfortable onstage or in public speaking situations. It can help in your work and day to day relationships. The basics of improvisational theater will be taught in a small, supportive and relaxed class. Through the use of lecture, games, exercises and peer feedback, you will learn:

The vocabulary of improv
Improvisation rules
Physicalization, characterization and storytelling (Who? What? Where?)
To take the initiative and lead sometimes
To take the back seat and follow other times
To be innovative and spontaneous
To work together effectively while having fun
To be more comfortable on onstage or in public speaking situations

$50 tuition fee for five classes. For adults 18 and over. If younger, contact Maureen Rogers at 301-452-2557.

Ken Krintz has been involved in live theatre for 20 years as an Actor and a Director. Always being curious about improvisation and the needed skills, he used his instructional design and training skills from his day job, his interaction and studies with other improv groups, and then put together an outline of rules, exercises, and games for several actors at LMP. They met informally, learned the rules, played a lot of games and had the times of their lives! They found it a nice change of pace from studying lines and managing props. That outline has grown into a five-session course that he has taught several times to both teens and adults.