Documentary performance is a unique opportunity for an actor to develop and create characters from real people, using real text. As seen in the contemporary theatre canon in The Laramie Project, Anna Deavere Smith's Fires in the Mirror and Twilight, Los Angeles, last season's Coal Country, and this summer's Zoom performance of The Line at The Public--as well as in other types of performance and activism, such as the current work of Sarah Cooper--this type of storytelling allows artists to amplify the voices of people whose stories might not otherwise be told and interrogate our assumptions in a way that is genuine to the experience of an individual or community. Led by the powerhouses, actor Mary Bacon and actor/director Mary Hodges, you will delve into the technical study of inhabiting a real person's words and bringing that person to life.
This class might be for you if you:
In this class you will:
By the end of this class you will:
REGISTRATION AND SCHEDULE
Instructors: Mary Bacon (Actor, Coal Country at The Public, The Tribute Artist and Little Women at Primary Stages) and Mary Hodges (Actor, Cassio in Othello and Ophelia in Hamlet at Harlem Shakespeare; Assistant Director, Slave Play on Broadway)
Thursdays from 10:00am – 1:00pm ET
Oct 8, 15, 22 29, Nov 5, 12, 19, and Dec 3
For new students, please submit your headshot/resume and registration request to kelly@primarystages.org.
For returning students, please email kelly@primarystages.org for more information and to request registration.
About the online platform for this class:
Zoom Meeting is easy to start, join, and use to collaborate online in a personable way via desktop or mobile without complicated set-ups. The Zoom Meeting Host (your ESPA instructor or administrator) sends out a meeting link and at the time of your class, you just click the link to launch the virtual classroom via your web browser. In the Zoom Meeting, each participant can share their webcam so that you're not only hearing your instructor and classmates but seeing them too, making it feel similar to being in one of the studios at ESPA. Other exciting collaborative Zoom features include Breakout Rooms in which students can meet in smaller groups, "Raise Your Hand" feature to better facilitate balanced conversation, Video Sharing, and File Transfer for your assignments. If you can't log in via a computer, there are also options to phone into the meeting so you can still participate in the class even if you find yourself without computer or internet access. And Zoom has an Apple and Android app, making it possible to take part in class from any device.
SCHEDULE
Thursdays from 10:00am – 1:00pm ET
LOCATION
Online!
PRICING
Returning Students: $480
New Students: $500
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FOR MORE INFO
Learn more about How It Works. For more information, please call 212.840.9705 or email espa@primarystages.org.