Art & Performing Arts   

Scene Study Class is a follow-up course to the Introductory Acting Workshop. With basic acting skills under your belt, scenes will be assigned at the beginning of the course to dive deeper into how to bring them to life. Learn the tools needed to fully develop a character and identify the relationships in your scene. Feel the emotions of your character, learn about internal dialogue and the importance of body language. Learn tips to break down actions, identify transitions, and make powerful choices to achieve a believable story. Analyze the playwright's words to get to the root of what is really going on in a scene. Learn blocking (moving within the scene), and work with props to add dynamics. By the final class, we will have fully rehearsed and directed scenes to show off to friends and family. (autographs optional!)

This class will explore the obvious and the unexpected nominees and winners of the Tony Award for Best Musical from 2014-2024. Each week will include lecture, discussion, and Q&A on the history, leading artists and collaborators on those Broadway shows. Links will be shared to videos of shows and documentaries.

The Tony Awards have celebrated musical genres from pop, rock, country, hip hop, Motown, and operetta. Together we will celebrate this incredible art form which has spread joy, opened worlds, and created a community of theater fans the world over.

This is a follow-up to previous classes; structured so that new participants can join the class and fully participate.  Designed for either those who use smart phones or dedicated cameras. It isn’t a class on how to use any specific camera but how to compose and create pictures that POP. We will review fundamental photographic principles and what qualities make a “good” image. Students will be asked to submit photos for critiquing and constructive criticism. Although the goal is to get the best possible image right out of the camera, I plan to demonstrate how to improve images by post-processing in the “digital darkroom.”  I’ll be using Photoshop Elements but it’s not essential that participants have this software on their computers. Students are encouraged to ask questions and participate in critiquing.