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Scene Study - Studio Practice
with Michael Beckett
For professional performers who desire to return to, or maintain an ongoing relationship with a dynamic and fertile state of learning. The goal: to use the specifics of language, action, subtext, circumstance, and relationships in order to connect with the work at the deepest most personal level. You are encouraged to push boundaries with the aim of building ever more complex characters and situations, allowing and exploring what is powerfully, unexpectedly revealed. Expected rehearsal time outside of class: 6+ hours / week
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- Prerequisite: Open to Acting Level Studio Practice (Level 4). New to HB? Submit online for level placement.
Scene Study 3
with Michael Beckett
You apply advanced lessons in technique and text analysis to the preparation, rehearsal, and presentation of scenes from a range of contemporary and classic plays. The work may incorporate Modern (19th/early 20th century) and Classical texts, as well as heightened, non-linear, experimental and Contemporary material. Scenes are presented in class for critique, then reworked to explore and apply feedback. Extensive research, preparation, and rehearsal are expected outside of class. Skills: understanding and realizing the event of the scene; layering conscious and unconscious behavior; applying technique as a tool to solve challenges outside your comfort zone; transformation of self. Through extensive examination, research, and experiment, you discover and rediscover the level of action and commitment needed to fulfill the form and idea of the play. Expected rehearsal time outside of class: 6+ hours / week
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- Prerequisite: Open to Acting Level 3 and up. New to HB? Submit online for level placement.
Scene Study - Studio Practice (Online)
with Austin Pendleton
For professional performers who desire to return to, or maintain an ongoing relationship with a dynamic and fertile state of learning. The goal: to use the specifics of language, action, subtext, circumstance, and relationships in order to connect with the work at the deepest most personal level. You are encouraged to push boundaries with the aim of building ever more complex characters and situations, allowing and exploring what is powerfully, unexpectedly revealed. Expected rehearsal time outside of class: 6+ hours / week
- Learn more about the instructor
- Prerequisite: Open to Acting Level Studio Practice (Level 4). New to HB? Submit online for level placement.
Scene Study - Studio Practice
with Frank Wood
For professional performers who desire to return to, or maintain an ongoing relationship with a dynamic and fertile state of learning. The goal: to use the specifics of language, action, subtext, circumstance, and relationships in order to connect with the work at the deepest most personal level. You are encouraged to push boundaries with the aim of building ever more complex characters and situations, allowing and exploring what is powerfully, unexpectedly revealed. Expected rehearsal time outside of class: 6+ hours / week
- Learn more about the instructor
- Prerequisite: Open to Acting Level Studio Practice (Level 4). New to HB? Submit online for level placement.
Scene Study 2
with Lorraine Serabian
In Scene Study 2, you will apply the lessons of Acting 1 and 2 to the preparation, rehearsal, and presentation of scenes, focusing on contemporary realist plays (mid-20th century to present). Scenes are presented in class for critique, then reworked to explore and apply feedback. Technique exercises may be introduced diagnostically to address problems as they arise.
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- Prerequisite: Open to Acting Level 2 and up. New to HB? Submit online for level placement.
Scene Study 3
with Francesca Ferrara
You apply advanced lessons in technique and text analysis to the preparation, rehearsal, and presentation of scenes from a range of contemporary and classic plays. The work may incorporate Modern (19th/early 20th century) and Classical texts, as well as heightened, non-linear, experimental and Contemporary material. Scenes are presented in class for critique, then reworked to explore and apply feedback. Extensive research, preparation, and rehearsal are expected outside of class. Skills: understanding and realizing the event of the scene; layering conscious and unconscious behavior; applying technique as a tool to solve challenges outside your comfort zone; transformation of self. Through extensive examination, research, and experiment, you discover and rediscover the level of action and commitment needed to fulfill the form and idea of the play. Expected rehearsal time outside of class: 3-6 hours / week
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- Recommended viewing: Uta Hagen's Acting Class documentary.
- Prerequisite: Open to students placed at Acting Level 3 and up. New to HB? Submit online for level placement.
Scene Study - Studio Practice
with Alfred Molina
For professional performers who desire to return to, or maintain an ongoing relationship with a dynamic and fertile state of learning. The goal: to use the specifics of language, action, subtext, circumstance, and relationships in order to connect with the work at the deepest most personal level. You are encouraged to push boundaries with the aim of building ever more complex characters and situations, allowing and exploring what is powerfully, unexpectedly revealed. Expected rehearsal time outside of class: 6+ hours / week
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- Prerequisite: Application required. Apply Online
Scene Study: New Plays
with Hadi Tabbal
This scene study class is designed for a group of intermediate and advanced students who come together from diverse and/or international backgrounds. As the world changes, the stories we tell as artists change with it, and the training of new actors must reflect this new landscape. In this class, students only work on scenes pulled from new plays (already written or currently being developed) by some working writers today. Students are also encouraged to work on scenes of their choice from plays that they feel reflect who they are in today’s world. This class is meant to complement traditional training in classical and contemporary plays by inviting the actors to experience their full cultural self in plays they see themselves in. How can we as diverse actors develop our craft and face the challenges of working on new plays all while cementing our belief in our place in the industry?
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- Prerequisite: Open to Acting Level 2 and up. New to HB? Submit online for level placement.