Throughout this class I will give actors technical help to play with skill and freedom. Technique is work, but the exercises are fun because they’re doable, and once accomplished you have them under your belt. The point is to have skills you can practice so that you can work effectively on your own.

The atmosphere in my class is one of colleagues working together. Whether you are succeeding or failing in any particular class, there are reasons, and we will explore them, reducing shame and despair around performances and auditions. All acts in class are acts of courage.

You will be more capable of looking objectively, scientifically, at what you did or did not do. You can then move on from any disaster and make something of it for the future. All mastery is simply a fine coordination of “notes-to-self” from years of failed attempts.

1. We will work on scenes, monologues, and audition pieces.

2. Everyone will learn the three-question technique Sanford Meisner created to break down a scene.

3. Those who want to and who need to will go step by step through Uta Hagen’s excercises, and excercises that I developed over the years.

4. I will help you be accurate about yourself, so you can fix problems when they arise.

5. We’ll have fun.