WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES

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What kind of coaching does your group need? Do you need a workshop for your commercial, film or theatre auditions?

Do you desire to grow confidence in stage or camera presence?

Would you like an improvisation session for fun and team-building at work?  I can create workshops for groups of all ages (private groups, camps, schools, churches, etc).

With over thirty years experience in theatre and filmmaking, I love working with talent of all stages in their creative journey.

The following are workshops I teach and facilitate: $350 an hour (minimum two hours, within 30 minutes of Redwood City).

Travel/lodging not included for destinations beyond thirty miles. Customization and package deals can be created for large groups/retreat weekends.

Improv: (1 hour) Great for all levels/ages

  • Fun for all with improv games

  • Storytelling and team building

  • Saying YES AND, playing with no fear of failure

  • Working with props and thinking creatively

Auditioning: (1.5 hour workshop)

  • Casting room etiquette/expectations and headshot requirements

  • Advocating for yourself, getting the take you want

  • Cold reading scripts, tips and techniques for success

  • Working with a reader and a scene partner

  • Leaving an impression with the director

Screenwriting 101: (3 hour workshop)

  • Computers required. This workshop walks through all:

  • Screenwriting fundamentals, structure, character building

  • Anatomy story, outlining and writing for production.

Solo performance: (4 hour workshop)

  • Building a monologue

  • Creating emotional, believable characters

  • Crafting a narrative from personal experience

  • Finding the funny, heart and truth in each performance

Acting for the camera: (4 hour workshop)

  • Learn to breakdown TV/Film scripts

  • Create authentic, emotional characters

  • Rehearse with scene partners

  • Attain skills to work on TV/film sets

  • Gain training that translates in practical work with a director and cinematographer

  • Develop techniques for auditioning

I'd love to add some life to your small group, workshop, or an auditorium of students, with some creativity, constructive feedback, and all around fun! I currently perform in improvisation sketches and teach students of all ages.

I've worked with the Black Eyed Peas and Adobe Youth Voices media academy called, “The Peapod Foundation,” helping youth to create social change through the arts. And I’ve been on the outreach staff of Broadway By the Bay, helping to bring the performing arts and improvisation to kids and schools who wouldn’t normally have the opportunity.

It's more than an acting class...