2022 pASSIONATE aCTOR RETREAT
NEXT START DATE: AUGUST 15th to 19th, 2022
FULL RETREAT DETAILS
"BACK IN THE ROOM"
AUDITION WEEKEND WITH DIRECTOR MICHAEL NANKIN
Saturday and Sunday March 5th/6th 9am to 5pm (PST) live in studio in VANCOUVER
A PROFESSIONAL AUDITION INTENSIVE with Hollywood Director Michael Nankin and acting coach Matthew Harrison formatted to teach audition process - and successful work "in the room"!
Director/Exec Producer MICHAEL NANKIN (“Van Helsing”, “Defiance”, “Exorcist”) and acting coach MATTHEW HARRISON teach audition skills and hone audition technique - and specifically designed to prepare the actor being back in the audiktion room.
Jumpstart your learning. Get the knowledge you need before you practice your craft. The Actor's Foundry is not just an acting class it is an online acting community where an actor can acquire the skills to enhance and push their career forward. Every actor in class at The Foundry is required to be a part of the Online Foundry Community. FIRST MONTH IS FREE!
NEXT ROUND:
TUESDAYS at 5pm (PST): March 8, 15, 22, 29
WEDNESDAYS at noon (PST): March 9, 16, 23, 30
This is a remote learning opportunity for actors everywhere, following the FOUR WEEK FOUNDRY PROCESS of regular scene study. Regular weekly conditioning for the hard working professional actor ONLINE. This four-week class format provides rigorous and passionate exploration Story, Emotion, and Focus’. Expertly designed to push artistic and professional growth for the professional/working actor.
Actors participating will be sent scenes in advance...actors may choose to work from either: (1) monologues, (2) audition scenes, (3) or with a partner on a full scene.
(LEVEL II/III)
PLEASE NOTE: classes are now FULL
If you would like to waitlist for Thursday Scene Study class please email info@actorsfoundry.com
THIS IS A FOUR WEEK CLASS...one class per week, on THURSDAYS live in studio
FOR THE VIRTUAL SCENE STUDY CLASSES ON TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS click here
CLASS DESCRIPTION
Regular weekly conditioning for the hard working professional actor. This four-week class format provides rigorous and passionate exploration of the ‘Three Pillars of Acting: Story, Emotion, and Focus’. Expertly designed to push artistic and professional growth for the professional/working actor.
Film or Theatre scenes that challenge you to tackle what’s in front of you in your artistic growth are assigned in advance. You will work it for four weeks:
NEXT DATES: SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2021
A comprehensive scene study for Professional Youth.
IN STUDIO: please email info@actorsfoundry.com for details
This is a remote learning experience for the Young Professional, following the FOUR WEEK FOUNDRY PROCESS of regular scene study, for the teens of today. An integrative approach to honing in the young vessel, ONLINE. This four-week class format provides reigorous and passionate exploration on Story, Emotion, and Focus, provided in a safe container for the developing mind. Expertly crafted to articulate each element of artistic and professional growth. For the Working Professional Teen Actor.
Actors participating will be sent scenes in advance...actors may choose to work from either: (1) monologues, (2) audition scenes, (3) or with a partner on a full scene.
WEEKEND INTENSIVES
LOS ANGELES: February 5/6, 2022
This workshop is renowned as an AWAKENING experience. Hundreds and hundreds of actors have proclaimed that their career, artistic, and even life perspective has shifted because of this workshop.
Through RIGOROUS process...and the CLEAR and PRACTICAL TOOLS every actor needs, participants are thrown levels ahead in their work ... in one weekend.
- articulate and immersive story analysis to prepare the actor
- intensive focus exercises to draw the actor out
- electrifying emotional preparation to explore the worlds of imagination and experience
This exciting and eye-opening immersion of process gift the actor with a celebration and exploration of:
being CONNECTED IN THE MOMENT
being CONNECTED TO YOUR SELF... for the best telling of the STORY
Freeing and inspiring...the Foundry Intensive is the foundation of The Foundry itself.
TBA
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Director/Exec Producer MICHAEL NANKIN (“Van Helsing”, “Hell On Wheels”, “Exorcist” ) guides actors through a FULL SCRIPT ANALYSIS working from one screenplay:
Alvin Sargant's ORDINARY PEOPLE
The class starts from a reading, to analysis, to scenes on their feet - blocked, directed, and performed.
- plunge into ONE screenplay for an entire month with a renowned director
- work deeply and intimately in SCRIPT STUDY from a director’s perspective
- act scenes from the script directed by one of Hollywood’s busiest directors