STAGE TWO: SCENE STUDY I

CHARACTER ACTION INTO TRANSACTION

COURSE CONTENT

STAGE TWO: Scene Study I (Character Action into Transaction) will focus on helping you, the professional actor, develop a Psychological Profile and cohesive Thought Process moment-to-moment for the character. This will provide you with a solid foundation to create the most authentic and potent characters possible. These sessions offer the actor a step-by-step process of unique, effective, and time-efficient ways to research, analyse and perform a character. This approach to acting continues to build upon the work accomplished in STAGE ONE: The Meisner Intensive Workshop and leads to an organic and vibrant exchange the actor and their scene partners as they engage in a constant flow of interactive listening and immediate response. The result is the creation of a consistent and genuine connection with the emotional life of the character.

We will accomplish this by helping you to:

• Create a comprehensive but stream-lined approach to investigating the background of both the play and character so that you can get the most out of your research.
• Create a comprehensive but stream-lined approach to “actioning” your scene or monologue through the Task/Tactic Paradigm. This process will offer you a practical and productive way of creating a justified and cohesive Thought Process for your character.
• Identify the character's Archetype as a way of determining the character's essential patterns of behaviour. These patterns of behaviour will help you  select and play the best Tactics possible moment-to-moment.
• Identify and be done to by points of Discovery and points of Decision throughout the scene that motivate your tactical choices.
• Create an authentic interaction of character through exploring improvised games from Stanislavski's, Method of Physical Actions.
• Create a series of impulse-driven improvisations and text-based rehearsal methods designed to help you shift interactively and without hesitation from one Tactic to the next in the pursuit of your Scene Task.
  
  

Upon completion of Stage Two, you will be ready to move on to STAGE THREE: Character Transformation.

STAGE TWO: Scene Study I - Character Action into Transaction course will run weekly beginning TBA in 2025.

WEEK ONE

ONLINE LECTURE & CLASS DISCUSSION: An Introduction to Immediate Acting plus Effective Strategies on how to Research the Play

You can either attend the daytime class (12:00 - 14:00) or the evening class (18:30 - 20:30).

WEEK TWO

ONLINE TUTORIAL: Reviewing participating actors Play Research results.

Each Scene couple will meet with me online for an hour to discuss the results of their research. Appointed times will be arranged in Week One.

WEEK THREE

ONLINE LECTURE & CLASS DISCUSSION: Effective Strategies on how to Research the Character.

You can either attend the daytime class (12:00 - 14:00) or the evening class (18:30 - 20:30).

WEEK FOUR

ONLINE TUTORIAL: Reviewing participating actors Character Research results.

Each Scene couple will meet with me online for an hour to discuss the results of their research. Appointed times will be arranged in Week Three.

WEEK FIVE

ONLINE LECTURE & CLASS DISCUSSION: Analysing the Scene & Character

You can either attend the daytime class (12:00 - 14:00) or the evening class (18:30 - 20:30).

PLEASE NOTE: Partners should meet either online or in-person to work on their character analysis and rehearse their scenes from Week Five onwards. It is highly recommended you test your Task and Tactics by putting the scene on its feet. Following your meeting with your partner (online or in-person) you should submit your first joint Scene Analysis Sheet.

WEEK SIX

ONLINE TUTORIAL: Reviewing participating actors Scene and Character Analysis results.

Each Scene couple will meet with me online for an hour to discuss the results of their research. Appointed times will be arranged in Week Five.

WEEK SEVEN

LIVE CLASS INTENSIVE: Scene Study Workshop 1 (On Book).

These live and in-person classes will take place at Theatre Deli, 107 Leadenhall Street, London from 10:00 to 13:00.

WEEK EIGHT

ONLINE TUTORIAL: Review and Discuss Scene Analysis & Rehearsal work from Week Seven. Design targets for Week Nine's Live Class.

Each Scene couple will meet with me online for an hour to discuss the results of their research. Appointed times will be arranged in Week Seven.

WEEK NINE

LIVE CLASS INTENSIVE: Scene Study Workshop 2 (Off Book).

These live and in-person classes will take place at Theatre Deli, 107 Leadenhall Street, London from 10:00 to 13:00. There is a possibility, if enough interest is generated, that we will use the last two hours on Saturday for a Showcase with an invited audience.

WEEK TEN

ONLINE DISCUSSION: Feedback Session. Reflection on the work and suggestions for future Scene Study Classes.

You can either attend the daytime session (12:00 - 14:00) or the evening class (18:30 - 20:30).

COST

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