INTERMEDIATE ACTING

Course 1015: Intermediate Acting (The Next Step)
When: Tuesdays 7-9:30 p.m., August 6-August 27  (four meetings)
Where: University of Washington campus in Seattle
Tuition: $150 

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  • General Public: $150 tuition + $10 reg fee = $160  
  • UW Students (current ID): $145 tuition + $5 reg fee = $150  

Course description:  Acting 2: The Next Step is a follow-up class for students in Seattle who’ve taken the Beginning Acting class and would like to continue learning and developing their acting skills.  In the first class, we’ll do some warmups designed to get people listening to each other and working together as a group;  do some more advanced group and individual improv exercises; then do some work on emotions (such as: saying a nursery rhyme, with different emotions; counting to ten, letting the emotion to more intense as the numbers go higher, less intense as they go lower)  In the second class, we’ll work on exploring a range of characters of different backgrounds and age groups, objectives and motivations, by workshopping short script excerpts in class.  The focus will be on stretching students’ acting abilities while moving through portraying a wide range of different characters in a genuine way. In the third class, students will perform short monologues (solo scenes with a strong emotional arc), and will learn about camera acting techniques.  Monologues are a good exercise in themselves, and are also helpful when preparing for auditions.

In the fourth and final meeting, students will break into small groups, create and rehearse a short scene or play with a group of other students, then rejoin the class and perform the scene for the group. Instructor: Nils Osmar

Note: Students should take Beginning Acting before attending this class.  (It’s fine to sign up for both classes at the same time.)

A note from the instructor:

Some students have emailed me asking about the Beginning Acting 2: The Next Step class, how it’s different from the Beginning Acting class, and how it fits into the range of acting classes I offer.
 
Beginning Acting is intended as an introduction to acting (laying the foundations for developing a range of different skills). Exercises in the beginning level class include warm ups and theater games, improv (unscripted acting), becoming familiar with the stage, sense memory work, relaxation exercises,and memorizing, rehearsing and performing short scenes.
 
Beginning Acting 2: The Next Step is an intermediate level class, for students who’ve taken the first acting class and would like to continue learning and deepening their understanding of acting. The focus is on moving into more in-depth character work, listening to and responding naturally to other actors and characters, and becoming more comfortable feeling and expressing a range of emotions (as the character).  Students will perform short scenes, monologues, and will work through exercises designed to help increase the range of emotions they can express as actors.
  
In sum, students will have an opportunity to stretch themselves as actors on several levels, practice doing cold readings, learn techniques that will help them act both on stage and in front of the camera, and increase their range emotionally.  It’s a fun class with a variety of exercises, all building on the basic skills we began developing in the first class. It’s a good follow-up to the beginning level course, for people who would like to keep building foundation skills.
Everyone who attended at least three meetings of the Beginning Acting class, is welcome to sign up for Beginning Acting 2: The Next Step.

Category: Seattle Acting Classes

Sponsored by: Classesandworkshops.com, Wonder Productions, and the
University of Washington’s ASUW Experimental College

- Nils Osmar

P.S. If you’re looking specifically for film acting classes or movie acting classes in Seattle, Let’s Make a Movie is also offered every quarter. It’s a course in which we rehearse and film a short movie right in the class.

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