Acting to Camera Intensive returns to Santa Fe!

What: This six-part series of classes will focus on audition technique, on-camera performance, script-work, an understanding of the New Mexico film scene, monologues, scene study - and of course - acting skills.  Enrollment is limited to ten participants.  There will be a camera present in each session.  The program ran in Santa Fe in July/August and the interest and response were huge.  Casting Director, Karl Wildman, will be a guest coach at the final session.

When:

Day 1: Evening Workshop (1 coach) – Tuesday, September 16 th – 6:30pm to 9pm

Day 2: Evening Workshop (1 coach) – Tuesday, September 23nd – 6:30pm to 9pm

Day 3: Evening Workshop (1 coach) – Tuesday, September 30th – 6:30pm to 9pm

Day 4: Evening Workshop (1 coach) – Tuesday, October 7th – 6:30pm to 9pm

Day 5: Evening Workshop (1 coach) – Tuesday, October 14th – 6:30pm to 9pm

Day 6: Closing Workshop (2 coaches) – Tuesday, October 21st – 6:30pm to 9pm

Where: The Coaches Center, 2 Calle Medico, Ste 5a, Santa Fe, NM 87505

Directions: From I25 take St. Francis Drive exit, continue on St. Francis until you turn right (East) onto St. Michael’s Drive, turn left (North) onto Arroyo Chamiso Rd, first left is West onto Calle Medico.  Take second driveway on the left into No. 2 Calle Medico.  Ste 5a is to rear of building.  Parking is free.

Cost: The fee is $220 for 15 hours of instruction. Please call the office at 505.514.0195 (use area code) to process your credit card payment.

Who:
Lucy River, Certified Professional Coach and actress:  Lucy has a Diploma (Degree) in Speech & Drama from DIT Conservatory of Music & Drama, Dublin.  Her coaching practice, Acting4life Coaching, is based in Santa Fe.  Lucy comes from Ireland where she worked in theater and television from the age of nine.  Credits include Hazel Swann in Earth’s Revenge (The History Channel), Majella in ‘Pure Mule’ (Accomplice Television, Ireland), Domestic Violence commercial (City of Santa Fe), and appearances on Irish National Television as a child and teenager in ‘Echo Island’ and ‘Minors With a Mission’.  In 2005 she won the ‘Artist in the Community Award’ (Local Government Recognition) for her coaching.  Please go to www.acting4life.com for more about Lucy.

Guest Coach:
Casting Director, Karl Wildman: Upon moving to New Mexico, he cast the History Channel Dust Bowl Documentary Earth’s Revenge and is currently the Casting Consultant for the 2008 Duke City Shoot Out. He has appeared in film, television, and print for clients such as: Kodak, Energizer, True Value and the Oprah Winfrey show. Karl holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Florida where he was appointed as a Graduate Fellow. His talents can also be heard on several audio titles published by Random House Listening Library and Full Cast Audio. 

For more information email Lucy@acting4life.com or phone 505.514.0195 leaving your name, email address and phone number.

Testimonials:

“This class really helped me master an audition and gain more confidence overall” – KF, Actress & Student, Santa Fe

“Well done, many thanks for the insightful instruction ” – Actor, Santa Fe

“Really enjoyed the chemistry and dialogue when both of you were able to be there!  (You were both outstanding on your own though)” – Actor, Albuquerque

“This class was a great pushing reminder of the true direction I wanted to go with my acting career.  Thank you Lucy & Karl” – Actress, Santa Fe

Lucy's workshops are based on two-person ‘scene studies’.

She begins by handing out each pair of participants the script of a scene from a play. The scripts are chosen for the possibility of interaction between actors on a human level.

Each couple has a chance to read through the scene and we answer any question about story line they may have.

Every pair then gets a chance to work with Lucy in front of the group – this work may take fifteen to twenty five minutes – it of course varies with the number of people in the group and time constraints.

She is not interested in giving directions such as ‘move upstage’ or ‘don’t turn your back to the audience’ in this work. The focus is on enabling the actors to find that moment of authentic human interaction between two people. The text is just a way of accessing this state.

Some terms you will hear us use are energy, space, reaction, presence, listening and being in the moment.

The process is exciting and challenging.