Teen Acting Technique I

This 8 week program is our intro and foundations program for all of our first time students at The Playground Acting Program. This class covers a myriad of acting techniques, works on building the actors confidence on and off the stage, and sets the student up for success as and actor and for future classes at our program.

Through this 8 week program students will master acting techniques such as:

• Stanslvisky-Based: Objectives, Obstacles, & Tactics (action)
• Stanslvisky-Based: Given Circumstances
• Memorization Techniques and Methods
• Vocal warm up for before performances or presentations
• Viewpoints Techniques adapted for actors by Anne Bogart  & Tina Landau.
• Uta Hagens: Who am I? Character Work
• How to give and receive constructive feedback
• Stanslvisky-Based: Emotional Recall
• Mindfulness and Mediation Practices

At the end of the 8 weeks students will individually perform a monologue in our student showcase. Family and friends will be encouraged to attend in support of their actor. 

Class dates and time: 

Saturday, September 3rd 12:00pm-1:30pm

Saturday, September 10th 12:00pm-1:30pm

Saturday, September 24th 12:00pm-1:30pm

Saturday, October 1st 12:00pm-1:30pm

Saturday, October 8th 12:00pm-1:30pm

Saturday, October 15th 12:00pm-1:30pm

Saturday, October 29th 9:30am- 12:00pm (Last Class and Showcase) 

Saturday, September 17th NO CLASS- Dylan is out of town. 

Dylan Hudson is originally from Florence, South Carolina and he is a current Sophomore at SMU studying Theatre and Business Management. Before SMU he had the opportunity to study at the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities where he studied Stanislavski, Linklater technique, Shakespeare, Mask, Laban, Rodenburg, and Devised theatre. He has been a part of numerous productions and most recently was a Fellow at Dallas Theatre Center Public Works Dallas. He has recently been promoted to a Lead Teaching Artist at The Playground Acting Program!