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acting for improvisers
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We're so excited to offer this class on a weekly basis after a hugely successful workshop -
and so lucky to have Sheila Siragusa teaching with us!
Improvisation is theatre. Improvisers are actors. Traditional theatre training is a huge asset in any performing art, but especially for improvisation. All acting techniques share one goal: to bring believable human behavior to the stage. Join local director, actor, and teacher Sheila Siragusa to exercise some fundamental techniques that make the stage actor more readable, believable and arresting. This acting class will include working with the visible language of power, sending vocal and physical energy into specific spaces, and playing actions to affect your scene partner. If you're an improviser looking for a huge boost in your stage confidence, focus, and presence, don't miss this opportunity!
Please note: This is primarily an acting class, though we'll do a small bit of improv in order to synthesize the acting work.
Increased acting abilities will enhance your future improvised scenes.
About Your Teacher:
Sheila Siragusa is a performer, director, and teacher of acting and directing. She has been on the faculty at NYU’s Stella Adler Conservatory, Parson’s School of Design, the State University of New York at Oneonta, the University of Massachusetts and Smith College. As one of the founders of The August Company, her directing credits there include Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night and As You Like It. Other directing credits include New Century Theatre (Sunset Limited, The How and the Why and Hold These Truths,) Chester Theatre (An Iliad, Mercy of a Storm, Blackbird, Memory House,) The Academy of Music (Building the Wall, Nobody’s Girl, Sweet, Sweet Spirit and work with Librettist Harley Erdman and Composer Eric Sawyer on their original opera, Garden of Martyrs,) The Majestic Theatre (Alabama Story,) Hubbard Hall Theatre (An Iliad,) and at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (The Opera Workshop and Opera: On the Air.) As an actor, Sheila has appeared in ONWORD: Gone and Santacide for The August Company, in Lee Blessing’s Two Rooms at Silverthorne Theatre, and in OK OK! at the KO Festival of Performance. Sheila currently is at work on the New England premiere of Erin McKeown’s musical Miss You Like Hell for the spring of 2019 at The Academy of Music in Northampton.
This class meets on the following 8 THURSDAYS
at 7-9pm at the HVC Theater (1 Mill Valley Rd, Hadley)
Nov. 14
Nov. 21
[No Class: Nov. 28]
Dec. 5
Dec. 12
Dec. 19
[No Class: Dec. 26]
Jan. 2
Jan. 9
Jan. 16
[Possible Make Up Date: Jan. 23]
Fine Print!
*Please note that once you make your purchase, your place in the class is NON-REFUNDABLE unless we have 48 hours notice before first class AND we can get someone to fill your spot.
*Students must attend at least 6 of the 8 classes to graduate to the next level.
*Students must be 18+ years. (In actual years, not maturity. ;)
*Our classes involve physical activity, and we could be on our feet for at least an hour. If that's an issue, please let your instructor know how we can accommodate the class to fit your needs. Please email us with any questions about accommodations for ability.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY AS TO STUDENTS
The Happier Valley Comedy School admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.
The Happier Valley Comedy School admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.
