Actors’ Boot Camp® – Basic Training

Acting training begins with the following question (and there is no learning anything about acting before you answer it) “Is this acting thing just a passing fancy or is it truly my life’s work?” Whatever the answer to this question, you must know it. Because acting isn’t easy, and neither is acting school.

Enter The Actors’ Boot Camp® – Basic Training. By the end of this daily, four week course, you will not only know the answer to the former question, but you will have the cornerstone of a strong foundation in acting technique as well as its APPLICATION to scene work and cold readings.

How will you achieve all this?

Like with no other school, no other program, at the Acting Corps you will actually ACT every day for at least 90 MINUTES. Acting is much like a sport, you have to do it, experience it, to get good. Yes, you can sit in a crowded class and listen to some tired professional acting teacher extol the virtues of some 20th century acting guru, but unless you are up and acting, on your feet and in your body - A LOT, you are NOT acting, only pretending.

These are the classes you will take on a daily basis for the four weeks, five days a week:

• Acting Corps Technique - Utilizing only the USEFUL components of the Meisner and Michael Chekhov technique, learning to live truthfully in the moment, bringing authenticity to your work as you explore the frightening intimacy and immeasurable joy of actually being present  to your acting partner and finding the courage to let go and PLAY.

• Scene Study - Beginning to work with text, slowly bringing in the deep connection to your partner found in The Acting Corps Technique class, and gaining an understanding of the basic mechanics of playing a scene truthfully and freely.

• Cold Reading - Getting a scene "cold", making powerful acting choices, listening and answering in the moment as you fully commit to your acting partner and your objective in the scene.

• The Actors' Instrument -Opening up your physical instrument through voice and movement work so that you can fully live in your body, experience the moment, and fully embrace your right to create.

And… INCLUDED, STRONGLY SUGGESTED, but NOT MANDATORY:

• The Daily Acting Workout - One HOUR a day, EVERY DAY, on your feet, utilizing all the skills you learn in your acting technique classes.

Morning Boot Camp schedule is Monday to Friday, 10:30am - 1:30pm.
Afternoon Boot Camp schedule is Monday to Friday, 2pm - 5pm.
Evening Boot Camp schedule is Sunday to Thursday, 7:30pm - 10:30pm.

Daily Acting Workout schedule is Monday to Friday 9am to 10am and Sunday to Thursday 6pm-7pm.