What's included
5 pre-recorded lessons
average 33 mins per video5 weeks
of teacher support2 hrs 43 mins
total video learning hours1 year access
to the contentAssessment
Once the student has completed all of the lesson chapters, they will have an acting assignment. They will get a selection of monologues to choose from and they will be asked to select & prepare a monologue for performance using the acting tools that they have learned throughout the course. Once the monologue is ready for performance, they will be given a packet of instructions that will show them how to self-tape their monologue so that it is a professional level acting clip that students can use proof of their acting talents to show possible directors, agents, managers, and casting directors. Once the monologue has been taped by the student, they will need to send it to me to get my feedback on what they did well and what they can improve on to strengthen their acting & audition skills.Class Experience
Beginner - Advanced Level
This Intro to Acting and Auditioning course can help you fast-track your growth and go from aspiring actor to a dynamically skilled actor who knows how to set themselves up for success in auditioning & their professional career as a modern working actor. This is an online video course that is professional level, self-paced, & accessible from anywhere at anytime. In Introduction to Acting you will learn all the same foundational skills an actor going through a conservatory training program would. You will become a stronger actor by learning all the tools every strong actor knows. In Introduction to Auditioning you will learn everything a modern actor needs to know to actually get a head and be competitive in today's acting industry. Topics include: what every actor needs to have to get signed to an agent or manager, how to self-tape well, how to make choices that catch a casting directors eye in person or on tape, and so much more! Introduction to Acting and Introduction to Auditioning Class Lessons Breakdown found in Syllabus section.
Learning Goals
Students will learn the tools it takes to become a dynamically skilled actor. They will also learn how to set themselves up for success when auditioning & in their professional career as a modern working actor.
Syllabus
5 Lessons
over 5 WeeksLesson 1:
Intro to Acting - Theory
This lesson covers:
The Origins & Importance of Actors
How Acting Can Teach Us Empathy
Arts Entertainment & the Economy
10 mins of video lessons
Lesson 2:
Intro to Acting - Actor Tools
This lesson covers:
Definition of Acting
Jobs of the Actor
The Actors Tools (The 5 Senses, The Imagination, Fully Body Listening, Emotional Point of View, Listening & Responding, Status, Eyes & Focus, Memorization, Cheating Out)
Introduction to Acting Verbs
Foundational Acting Exercise
28 mins of video lessons
Lesson 3:
Intro to Acting - The Actor's Instrument
This lesson covers:
Vocal Knowledge
Physical & Vocal Warm Up
26 mins of video lessons
Lesson 4:
Intro to Acting - Artistic Application
This lesson covers:
Introduction to Text Analysis (beats, goals, obstacles, tactics, expectation)
Applying Text Analysis to a professional Monologue
Intro to Point of View & the Imagination
Actor Vocabulary
26 mins of video lessons
Other Details
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Teacher expertise and credentials
I am a bicoastal actor, singer, dancer, and teaching artist. I am currently the first-year acting teacher at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. My previous work as a theatre educator has been with organizations such as the Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Professional Training Program, TheatreWorkers Project, People’s Theatre Project, Shakespeare Re-mixed, and Trinity Theatre Project.
I began as a dancer so I have a full-body approach to performing and teaching acting. Some of my favorite topics to teach within acting studies include: Foundations in Acting, Text Analysis, Scene Study, Monologues, Auditioning, Voice & Speech, Movement, Physical Theatre, and Collage Theatre just to name a few. Within all of these areas of study the artists voice, body, and imagination are nurtured and strengthened - bringing more truth and organic belivability to their performances. It’s my goal that when students walk out of my classes, they have gained strong tools to keep in their artistic toolbox for life. Students will be able to take these professional level skills straight into the acting industry or sucessfully transfer them over to any other activity, academic subject, and career path. I’m currently working with students 14-17 during the weekdays at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.
I've also worked as a production intern with Ensemble Studio Theatre LA through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and have studied with the American Theatre Wing’s SpringboardNYC program. I've performed in Echo Theatre Company’s reading of DREAMHOU$E as well as off-Broadway as Ophelia in the solo show Hamlet & Ophelia with the Semicolon Theatre Company while also creating new, socially conscious, devised theatre in New York with Naked Angels (The Issues Lab Project). I've performed at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion with Shakespeare LA and traveled to Hangzhou, China to perform in the world premiere of Pacific Cinderella the Musical with the Hangzouh School of the Arts. Select past theatre credits include Danielle (Language of Angles), Hermione (The Winter’s Tale), Hermia (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Chloë (Arcadia). Web-series: Nina (The Clinic).
My passion lies in helping young students: cultivate their imaginations, develop their creative-critical thinking skills, express themselves through their bodies and voices fully, and work independently as well as collaboratively within an ensemble. I believe that quality theatre education should be accessible to everyone, and that the arts have the ability to be an agent for positive social change. I am a graduate of the LACHSA Theatre Department; I also holds both a BFA in Dramatic Arts and an MA in Arts Management & Entrepreneurship from The College of Performing Arts at The New School in New York City.
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Self-Paced Course
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Ages: 6-18