Scene Study for Beginning Actors

Award-winning Casting Director and Producer Laura Stanczyk will offer ‘Scene Study for Beginning Actors,’ for students age 18 and up, Tuesdays, February 4-March 25, from 6-8:30 pm. This 8-week course will offer an opportunity for beginning and established actors to develop skills specifically in relation to written material (plays, films, episodics). “This is NOT improvisation, relaxation or a vocal production class,” notes Stanczyk. “This is scene study.”

Participants will be assigned scene partners and material, and will learn how to deconstruct a scene, how to find the throughline, how to attach their own experience to the experience of the character, and how to identify and overcome obstacles. They are expected to attend every class, to rehearse with their scene partner on their own time and to do the work.

Preparation for this class should include relaxation technique (yoga, pilates, meditation), an open mind and heart and a willingness to self…