OUR NEXT EVENT:
Friday, May 16th, 12pm – 2:30pm
Master Your Mouth w/ AMANDA QUAID
AMANDA QUAID has developed a unique and remarkably effective method for helping actors master a character's way of speaking and communicating. She is now on the faculty at The Yale MFA Acting Program.
Oral Posture is the single most effective tool in your dialect work. It allows you to effortlessly “place” an accent and maintain consistency. It also allows you to modulate from “light” to “thick,” and even to invent character voices beyond traditional dialect work.
In this workshop, we’ll explore all the
possible postures of the lips, tongue, soft palate, and jaw, plus cover the oral posture orientations of commonly requested accents.
The Freeman Studio Presents:
FREEminars!!
At The Freeman Studio, giving back to and building our community is a very important part of our mission.
**Along with our usual programming, we’d like to expose actors to aspects of their crafts that we don’t offer on an ongoing basis.**
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Upcoming Events:
Friday, July 18th, 12pm – 2:30pm
Screen Acting w/
WELKER WHITE
WELKER WHITE is an actor and educator with deep roots in theatre, film and television. She regularly appears in major films and teaches at major schools, such as NYU Grad and Yale.
This workshop will help you describe your process to yourself in a whole new way.
Actors will learn how stories written for film and television are constructed, and what a given scene – as written on the page – is revealing. It’s only then that the actor is able to release into the circumstances of the story: Not to do "less", but rather to allow for greater specificity, ease, and present-moment veracity in front of a camera. These practical tools are applicable for self-tapes, in person auditions, rehearsals and on-set performance.
Past Events:
Voice for Camera w/
BETH MCGUIRE
BETH MCGUIRE was Professor in the Practice of Acting, and Director of Speech and Dialects, for over 20 years at the Yale MFA Acting Program.
She has also served as voice and/or dialect coach on many major feature films, working with trained theatre actors, actors with on-set journeymen experience, and actors with very little experience.
What is her approach for successfully helping the vast spectrum of actors’ voices to not just heard but felt? Come find out!
Embodying Shakespeare w/ JOHN DOUGLAS THOMPSON
JOHN DOUGLAS THOMPSON is widely considered to be one of the pre imminent
actors of our generation and is especially known for his Shakespearean
performances in NYC and at the RSC in London.
Come learn how he uses a
primary focus on the physical in creating his characters.