Actor Wake Up Your Work(shop) at Phinney Sandbox
Monday Evening Exercises & Improvisational Scene Work Build Character • Touch photo for more
Hmm…what do you mean?
• MONDAY FEB 18th • Improvised Acting Work(shop) • Breathe, See, Hear, Taste, Touch, Smell, then React "If you know why someone is doing what they're doing, why they're behaving the way they are, then that's your job to reveal that, and often that's situational. The...
It all depends…
IF THE SNOWS BLOW ~ DON'T SHOW Improvised Scene Work(shop) • MONDAY FEB 11th •Breathe, See, Hear, Taste, Touch, Smell, then React“We did not have a full script. We had an anatomy. In this you had to have a lot of flexibility. Improvisational skills, listening to other...
6 Environmental Factors Your Character Can’t Live Without
Improvisational Acting • MONDAY JANUARY 28th • The unique Mike Leigh encourages film-makers and actors to "Understand and explore the relationship of characters to their environment – these relationships are essential to appreciating who these characters...
You know you have it in you…right?
• Character Work With Improvised Scenes • January 21st“Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.” ~ Sam Mendes I want in MON JAN 21st!Breathe, See, Hear, Taste,...
Now here or nowhere
• Cold Reads • Improvised Scene Work • January 14th "What people respond to is authenticity and you being uniquely who you are and not trying to be someone else."~ Laura BenantiThis Monday we're back (that virus was a doozy) and will work with film scripts doing cold...
It’s True…
YOU & YOU & YOU… MADE 2018 ! We all at WUYW (that's us, Kay & Jerry) THANK YOU! ~ For bringing your ALL ~ Being Bold Being Brave Being You For Breathing & "Seeking the Joy of Your Own Experience" Stay safe, be kind, and see you in the new year.
Aha!
Improvised Scene Work • Monday DEC 10th • "...good acting to me is about reacting.” ~ Jim Jarmusch ~ ~ Breathe, See, Hear, Taste, Touch, Smell, then React ~ A workshop with a little bit of this and a little bit of that. A mix of...
Acting is fine, just don’t get caught at it. ~ Spencer Tracy
Improvised Scene Work • Monday DEC 3rd • "I read the script and take out all the things you can't change about the character, all the facts. Then, if I don't think the scene is answering my questions, I'll bother the hell out of the director. I allow myself to be in...
Risky Behavior Encouraged
• Monday NOV 26th • Improvised Scene Work "Isn’t this why you became an actor? To scare people, scare you and to take risks? Did you really leave your hometown and everything you knew to go into rooms, play it safe, and show the casting and producing team a slightly...
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…you.
• Monday NOV 19th • You & Improvised Scene Work "What people respond to is authenticity and you being uniquely who you are and not trying to be someone else.” ~ Laura Benanti ~ When you don't try to be whoever you think you should be we believe you. With senses on...
At The Ready
• Monday NOV 12th • Fully Engaged • Improvised Scene Work "It’s being so aware of the other person that, even if you have your back to them, you’re observing them. It’s letting everything about them affect you; not just their words, but also their tone of voice, their...
What’s too comfy?
• Monday NOV 5th • Text & Improvised Scene Work “It’s what still excites me most about acting; letting your imagination go places it’s never been before. There’s nothing better than that.” ~ Robin Wright ~ Circumstances change behaviors and relationship. We'll...
Listen. Make It More About Them.
• Monday OCT 29th Improvised Scene Work • "An actor who is a good listener lets what is going on with the other actor be more important than his own performance." ~ Judith Weston ~ We're just coming off a two week film shoot. What a privilege to work with such a...
Make Fear Disappear
Leave Safe and Polite Behind • Monday OCT 1st • With Improvised Scene Work “Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.” ~ Carrie Fisher ~ In this workshop...
The Sounds of Silence
What They Hear Is What You Do • Monday SEPT 24th • With Improvised Scenes "I have to give up responsibility for making the improvisation happen. And that is a very hard thing to do." ~ Ruth Zaporah In this workshop we will work with getting what you want in silent...
Character Flexing
Letting Your Role Play You • Monday SEPT 17th • With Improvised Scenes “I try to research or make up for myself what happened in any character’s life. From when he was born until the first page of the script. I fill in the blanks.” ~ Viggo Mortensen [button...
Some Things Seem Closer Than They Are
Text & Circumstances • Monday SEPT 10th • With Improvisation "One of the most important keys to acting is curiosity. What that means is you want to devour lives. All people contain mystery, and when you act, you want to plumb that mystery until everything is known...
Purposeful Action. Be Brave. Be Bold.
Focus. Take Action. • Monday AUG 27th • Improvised Scene Work "The act of consciously doing anything focus’ you." ~ Gary Austin “You don’t have to become more interesting, more sensitive, more talented, more observant – to act better. You do have to become more...
Kay LaVergne Jaz
Educator
Improvisational Acting Workshops
No matter what we “do” it’s all based on 100% commitment with …”active listening and breath awareness”.
Some of the themes we emphasize:
- Mining Emotional Truth
- Character Outing
- Narrative
- Specificity Exercises
WHERE
In the ABQ area…To Be Determined
DATES & TIMES
To Be Determined
COST
Whats comfortable for you
CLASS SIZE
up to 12 max
PARKING
Free street