ACTORS CO-OP PRESENTS THE ACTORS ACADEMY

[Note from Barb: Marianne is a good friend of mine and a brilliant actress and acting teacher. If you know any aspiring actors, this will be a day well spent.]

Actors Co-op - a professional theater company composed of Christian actors in Hollywood presents a day-long workshop for actors. Topics to be covered include:

PLAYING OBJECTIVES
- What’s the most important thing an actor does?
- What give a scene life?
- Playing an objective or an action.

Discover the key to dynamic acting. Learn how to determine the action from the text. Practice making specific choices as to how to play the action you’ve chosen. Playing objectives or actions will invigorate you as an actor. Being specific and flexible in playing your actions will win you roles.

Date: Saturday, June 25, 2005
10:00am – 4:30pm (1/2 hour lunch break)
Cost: $80 (payable by Visa, MasterCard, Check or Cash)
Class size is limited


Teacher bio: Marianne Savell is the Producing Director of Actors Co-op. She received her MFA in Acting at the Professional Actor Training Program at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and also studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. As a member of Actors Co-op Marianne directed ANGEL STREET, TRANSLATIONS, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN and GOD & SHAKESPEARE and performed in THE SEAGULL (LA Weekly Award for Best Featured Actress), THE HASTY HEART, AS YOU LIKE IT, ALL MY SONS, UNCLE VANYA, TWELFTH NIGHT and HENRY V. She directed THE LION IN WINTER and THREE SISTERS at Vanguard University, and MOLLY SWEENEY at the Eclectic Theatre Company. Recently, Marianne directed the critically acclaimed SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME at Victory Gardens Theatre in Chicago. Marianne works with Vanguard University as an adjunct professor in the theatre department as is alumni and participant of Directors Lab West and an associate artist with Taproot Theatre Company in Seattle, WA.

Please call Marianne Savell @ Actors Co-op
323-462-8460 ext. 103, or email msavell@fpch.org