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Monday Evening Exercises & Improvisational Scene Work Build Character • Touch photo for more
Character Shine Up
• Break Rank • Monday March 26th Improvised Scene Work “Success is not due to spontaneous combustion. You have to set yourself on fire.” ~ Lots Of People • Do it Different • Break Rank From Your Usual "Persona" 2-3-4 person scenes where your point of view is not like...
Let go.
• Break Free • Monday March 19th Improvised Scene Work “We worry that we aren’t going to have an honest discovery, so we make up stories. Or if we actually manage to have a real discovery, we worry that our reaction to that discovery isn’t going to be enough.” ~...
Bravery Amped up
• Break In • Monday March 12th Improvised Scene Work “Acting is about finding the authenticity of a human being’s journey and giving your vision of certain aspects of the human being.” ~ Marion Cotillard [button...
Get Out Of Jail Free Card
Monday March 5th • Improvised Scene Work • "Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What's important is the action. Just do it and the confidence will follow." ~ Carrie Fisher ~ [button...
Imagination Taking Flight
• Imagination Workout • Monday FEB 26th • 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 Penn [button...
Those Pesky Emotions…
• Connection Between Breath, Body & Emotions • • Monday FEB 19th • Improvisation Workout “You do not need to work to create emotions. Emotions are responses, they happen to us as a result of what we do. They will happen easily as long as you give your body...
Finding Yourself In The Role
• Monday FEB 12th • Improvised Scene Work "Wear your character like a straw boater. Light enough to tip it and reveal yourself." ~ Del Close • CHARACTER ~ EXPLORATION • You will answer a few key questions to begin to flesh out a new character. Communication with scene...
Before You Opened Your Mouth, I Got The Message
• February Focus On Listening • Moment to Moment • Listen With All Your Senses • Improvised Scene Work "Most of acting is reacting, and you only react if you're listening. I think that if you have a talent for acting, it is the talent for listening." Morgan...
Courage vs. Comfort
• New Year • New Vistas • Monday Night Jan 29th "I love flying by the seat of my pants, going at something instinctually." Frances McDormand • IMPROVISATION TAKE AWAYS • More Courage Keener listening Self-confidence Spontaneity Experience exercises and Improvised...
Clarity and Contradiction
• New Year • New Vistas • Improvisation Workouts • Monday Jan 22nd "Who isn't drawn in when a story or a character is full of specifics. Be the blueberry in the oatmeal." Kay LaVergne Jaz • JAN 22nd 2018 • Where scene work reigns. Specifics & Contradictions...
JAN 15th Use the “C” word: Commit
• New Year • New Vistas • Monday Night Improvisation Workouts • “The way I do things is by imagining that I can. This is what we do as actors. We imagine it, and then it happens.” ~ Meryl Streep • JAN 15th 2018 • Where scene work reigns. Find "your" smart & sassy...
Your Best and Worst Thanksgiving Stories…
NOVEMBER 27th • Bring your best and worst Thanksgiving story • Improvised Scene Work "Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a...
More Than One Way
Monday November 20th We Continue To Explore Character With Improvised Scene Work "One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things." ~ Henry Miller • This past week we courageously explored solo work, 2 person, and 7 person scenes where...
Taking Scary/Fun Steps
Monday November 13th We Explore More Character With Improvised Scene Work “You should know your story so completely that there is no question any actor can ask you about a character (including aspects of off-screen life and back-story) for which you cannot instantly...
Stairway to Character
November Mondays We Explore Character With Improvised Scene Work "Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there." ~ Meryl Streep [button...
What Scares You?
Commitment. Know the difference in your body. Not 80%. not 90%. But 100% plus. Improvised Scene Work, Monday Oct 30th "It sounds like magic or something corny but really the determinant, instead of talking about 'staying in character' should be focus, determination...
Intelligence Is Not Overrated
• Work at the top of your Intelligence • Monday OCT 23rd Don't think you're funny? You can be if you learn not to try. We'll explore how to approach a script (and improvised scenes) for comedy. “It takes intelligence to make real comedy, and it takes a reality base...
“Invent nothing, deny nothing.”
• Be Spontaneous • Improvised Exercises & Scene Work • Monday OCT 16th “Invent Nothing, Deny Nothing”. ~ David Mamet ~ In this workshop you will use the same 6 lines of dialogue in each scene, repeated 2 more times with different circumstances. You will choose...
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