This 6-week program is perfect for first-time or returning Playground students to learn the importance of trusting your impulses in scene work, in cold-readings, public speaking engagements, and auditions. You will learn techniques to help ground yourself in your work, be confident in the choices you make, and trust yourself.

“Coming out of your comfort zone is tough in the beginning, chaotic in the middle, and awesome in the end…because in the end, it shows you a whole new world.” – Manoj Arora

Through this 6-week program, students will master acting techniques such as:

• Viewpoints Techniques adapted for actors by Anne Bogart & Tina Landau.
• Improvisation
• Meisner Technique
• and more

At the end of the 6 weeks students will perform an Improv Showcase at our April Fools Improv Night.

Class Dates and Times:

Saturday, February 25th 2:00pm-4:00pm

Saturday, March 4th 2:00pm-4:00pm

Saturday, March 11th 2:00pm-4:00pm

Saturday, March 18th 2:00pm-4:00pm

Saturday, March 25th 2:00pm-4:00pm

Saturday, April 1st 4:30pm-8:30pm (Last class, Improv Night, and Showcase)

Chris Sanders (She/Her) Chris recently had her directorial debut with The Table Co/Lab's production of The Danger Year. Chris has also directed several staged readings, including Frozen Fluid for Echo Theatre's Echo Reads series. She also directed readings of Ashes of Aquitaine with Altered Shakespeare and Parent, Legal Guardian, Angel, Other with Undermain Theatre. Chris was the Assistant Director for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare at Shakespeare Dallas. She has also done dramaturgy with Echo Theatre and Turtle Creek Chorale. As an actor, she performed locally with DTC, Theatre 3, Amphibian Stage Productions, Jubilee Theatre, and Second Thought Theatre. Chris was a lecturer at UTD and earned her MFA in Acting from SMU. She is a member of AEA and is represented by the Mary Collins Agency.

Payment plans are available. Please email theplaygrounddallas@gmail.com for more information.