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Acting Workshop | Contemporary Acting & Texts Intensive [Closed]

Host: Trinidad Theatre Workshop

Presents: Contemporary Acting & Texts Intensive

Discipline: Acting/ Theatre

Skill Level: Intermediate – Advanced

Description: Trinidadian New York City-based professional actor, Charlie Reid, will guide you through the fundamentals of a sustainable acting career with monologue and scene work on contemporary texts. Additional focus will be on-camera vs. stage performance – rooted in the Meisner technique.

Participants will be required to prepare a 1 – 2 minute monologue of their choice for the first session.

Course Outline:

  • Day 1: Orientation, presentation and filming of prepared monologues, intro to Meisner.
  • Day 2: Expand Meisner, assigned scene work.
  • Day 3: Assign final monologue, block and rehearse scene work.
  • Day 4: Moment-to-moment scene work – off-book.
  • Day 5: Scene work presentation, final monologue rehearsal.
  • Day 6: Final monologue presentation and filming.

Duration:  14th February – 2nd March 2022

Days | Times: Mondays and Wednesdays | 6PM – 9PM

Location: Trinidad Theatre Workshop | #6 Newbold Street, St. Clair, Port of Spain [view map]

COVID-19 Policies for Workshop

  • All participants must be fully-vaccinated
  • All participants will be masked unless otherwise instructed for exercise/classwork
  • Upon-entry participants will be required to sanitize and be subject to temperature checks
  • The location will provide an open-windowed studio space for proper ventilation
  • The location will provide a socially distanced seating plan when not working

Facilitators: Charlie Reid

Charlie Reid is a Trinidadian born-and-raised, New York City-based professional actor. Training: Hofstra University (BFA) in New York and The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre (Conservatory) in NYC. Off-Broadway credits include: “See You” and “Gemini”. Trinidad credits include: “Scrooge”, “The King and I”, “It Runs in The Family”, “Mahalia: A Gospel Musical” and “Moon on a Rainbow Shawl”.

Cost: $600 TTD (one time payment)

Key Dates:

  • Registration Begins: 7th February, 2022
  • Registration Closes: 14th February, 2022

Additional Information: Space is limited! You are encouraged to sign up early and complete their registration in order to secure their spot.

Workshop details submitted by: Trevon C.  Jugmohan

 

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