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Top-rated San Francisco Casting Director, Nancy Hayes, is now offering a series of actor training classes through the Nancy Hayes Acting Studio. If you are a professional actor or just beginning to explore the field, you will find a class that meets your needs and will allow you to learn about acting and audition techniques or further hone your acting achievements. The Nancy Hayes Acting Studio is designed for all levels of actors and will include a variety of classes aimed not only at technique, but also for the actor to gain a greater understanding of the entertainment and film industry as a business. It is essential for the actor to continue to further their training and technique, however combined with the knowledge-base and history of the industry – whether it is learning what happens on the other side of the camera or how to best promote oneself – one can better understand how to best succeed within the industry. If you have any questions about which class is most appropriate for you, please email: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Acting for Models with Mary Mackey Are you tired of the old cliché “Models Can’t Act”? If you’re a model and want to learn the art of acting in commercials, this class is for you. Through improv exercises and a variety of other techniques, you will learn how to bring your commercial best to camera. You will practice interview questions, audition techniques and master the art of making yourself memorable for more than just your looks. You will also learn to work with copy, break down a scene quickly and easily, and improve your on-camera speaking skills. This intensive 4-hour workshop will be followed by a Q&A session where you will go over headshots, resumes, being prepared & professional and any other questions or concerns you might have. Don't miss your chance to connect with the camera. Empower yourself by expanding your skills and start booking those commercials! To sign up for this class, complete enrollment form. Location: Mary Mackey has been acting in Commercials, Industrials, Television, Film & Stage for over 20 years. She started her career in 1984 when she was crowned Miss Northern California. From there she began a successful career as a high fashion runway model, working for top designers in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. She studied acting at the acclaimed film acting school, Full Circle Productions in San Francisco. She then went through their teacher training program and became a successful acting coach. She has studied improvisation with Academy Award Winner Alan Arkin, learned the technique of “taking it off the page” with renowned acting coach Harold Guskin and Commedia Dell'arte at Tim Robbins theatre company, The Actors' Gang; there she played Katherine Driscoll in Bury The Dead which won an LA Critics award. Mary was seen on House, as Mrs. Swanson on MTV’s The Hard Times of RJ Berger, & Carolyn Condit in the docu-drama “Who Killed Chandra Levy” on TLC. She has a commercial coming out soon for Overstock.com and was just cast as Glenda in the feature film Sprawl. For detailed resume please visit: www.lacasting.com/MaryMackeyMavrick or website www.knowingyou.net __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ On Camera Auditions with Rowan Brooks Nancy Hayes Casting’s Rowan Brooks brings his casting experience to a class designed to inform the actor on perfecting the audition and ultimately booking the job. This class will include on-camera training for the audition process and will cover headshots and resumes, the importance of slate, on-camera reads (cold and memorized), client etiquette, and taking a good photo. To sign up for this class, complete enrollment form. Location: Rowan Brooks has been cast in numerous projects including national commercials. In addition to acting, he has been running auditions at Nancy Hayes Casting for 6 years. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Introduction to Acting with Bruce Williams Whether working on-camera or on the stage, the actor should approach the task using the same basic techniques. This informative and confidence-building course explores the process needed to get your acting career started including character analysis, script and commercial copy analysis, basic vocal technique used in both film and theater, and much, much more. The course concludes with monologues that will be taped for critique review. If you’ve never studied acting, but know you can act, this is the course for you. To sign up for this class, complete enrollment form. Location: Bruce Williams has been a professional actor for 35 years. A member of SAG, AFTRA, and Actors’ Equity, he has performed and produced commercials, industrials and television productions and has extensive theater experience as well. Bruce has been a long standing, faculty and core company member at the American Conservatory Theater (ACT), acting in more than 44 main stage productions and where for 12 years he was the director of the Studio ACT and Summer Training Congress professional training programs also teaching and directing extensively in the Master of Fine Arts program. He has also appeared on several other West Coast stages including the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Magic Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theater, California Shakespeare Theater, the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, the Eureka Theater, Theatreworks, the Marines Memorial Theater, and many others. He has also taught on a regular basis at Stanford University, Santa Clara University, the University of Hawaii, the Nancy Hayes Acting Studio, the Berkeley Digital Film Institute, and Notre Dame de Namur University. Bruce is a member of the Board of Trustees for Theatre Bay Area and has a private practice teaching audition technique for the stage and camera. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Improvising in Commercial Auditions- On camera workshop with Jo McGinley & Stephen Kearin In this workshop you will learn improv tools that can improve your Slate, and how to improvise in Group, Partner, and Solo Scenes which all have their unique challenges. You will also learn how to create the Where in an instant and transform your audition from being an actor in an audition room, to being the character in the Where.You will learn how to slow the ball down and make your audition “pop." Learn the technique of improv so you can build a foundation on which to be spontaneous. To sign up for this class, complete enrollment form. Location: Jo McGinley's commercial clients include US Bank, Georgia Power, Honeynut Cheerios, Bounty, Southwest Airlines, Bank of America, Lowe's, Walmart, The Learning Channel, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Progressive Insurance, Ameriquest, Maytag, Primestar, Subway, Nestle Tollhouse, H&R Block, and others. She has been teaching and performing improvisation for 19 years and also coaches executive teams on developing corporate cultures that foster creative and collaborative management practices. Corporate clients include Method, Mini-Cooper, The Discovery Channel and the Irvine Foundation. Jo's current home of improvisation is Impro Theatre in Los Angeles where she is co-directing Twilight Zone Unscripted with Stephen at the Pasadena Playhouse. Stephen Kearin is a critically acclaimed improvisational actor who has performed on stages worldwide as a member of 3 for All, Impro Theatre and True Fiction Magazine. In collaboration with Impro Theatre, he has helped writers and storyboard artists at Dreamworks Animation, as well as the performers of Cirque du Soleil improve their idea generation processes and collaborative ensemble skills. Stephen is the co-creator of “Simlish” and was the principal male voice of The Sims, Sims 2.0 and Sims Medieval. He is currently featured in the Dreamworks Animation films Kung Fu Panda 1&2, Madagascar 2&3, Monsters Vs. Aliens and Megamind. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Improv for Kids: A Workshop for Kids (ages 10-16) w/ Katie Cronin & Patricia Cotter This is a two week improv workshop for young actors ages 10 to 16. Actors will learn the basics of improv including listening and sharing focus, character development and how to make fast, fun acting choices on the fly. Actors will work using sample commercial text and watch each other's work on camera. A great deal of auditions ask actors to "just be yourself" and this workshop will give young, emerging actors the skills and confidence to relax and have fun in front of the camera. To sign up for this class, complete enrollment form. Location: Katie Cronin is a San Francisco casting director and commercial actress veteran. Katie has studied acting at ACT, and with Jean Shelton. Katie has cast national and international commercials as well as film and theater, and has worked as a casting director for over sixteen years. Patricia Cotter is an Emmy Award winning Groundling Theater and Second City Alum. Patricia has taught improv at the LA based Groundling Theater. As a writer she written for Dustin Hoffman's Punch Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television, and Disney Theatrical. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Auditioning 101: An Acting Workshop for Kids (ages 7-16) w/ Katie Cronin & Patricia Cotter This is an ongoing auditioning workshop with scripts for young actors. Kids will learn the basics of auditioning and build confidence. We'll walk each child through the process of what to expect from an audition: the slate, camera techniques, cold reads, prepared reads and improv. We'll practice taking direction and improve upon their listening skills. Taking the kids step by step through a typical audition will remove the anxiety of those first auditions and replace it with fun and confidence as they hit the ground running. To sign up for this class, complete enrollment form. Location: Katie Cronin is a San Francisco casting director and commercial actress veteran. Katie has studied acting at ACT, and with Jean Shelton. Katie has cast national and international commercials as well as film and theater, and has worked as a casting director for over sixteen years. Patricia Cotter is an Emmy Award winning Groundling Theater and Second City Alum. Patricia has taught improv at the LA based Groundling Theater. As a writer she has written for Dustin Hoffman's Punch Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Television, and Disney Theatrical. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ “Corporate Acting-Tools of the Trade” with Gino Scandur Time to learn how to book those Corporate jobs, union and non-union. A solid 75% of the work that comes into casting offices in the Bay Area on a regular basis is “Corporate acting” work. These consists of video industrials, trainings, live shows at Sales, Marketing and Incentive meetings, trade shows and live presenter work, all of which can be very lucrative as well as consistent. It’s about how sharp your skills are at acting and/or presenting this type of material believably and with an understanding what you’re talking about. This class is designed to introduce the actor to the corporate market, performing and marketing. This class will include on-camera training with various styles of corporate copy, Teleprompter technique, ear prompter skills, and how to market directly to the production companies and corporate clients. To sign up for this class, complete enrollment form. Location: Gino Scandur has run, for over 25 years, Scandur and Company Productions, Inc. (formerly Scandur and Newman Productions) producing, writing, directing and performing in hundreds of corporate shows and events worldwide. The shows are multimedia; involving live theatre, digital video, film, live and/or recorded music and visual/graphic aids (Depending on budgetary allocation). On Camera Acting with Marty Pistone In addition to on-camera scene work, this class will also cover film and television auditioning techniques as well as instruction on how best to market and promote yourself as an actor. Please note that there is a fair amount of rehearsal outside of the designated class time, therefore being prepared and on time is an essential factor in taking this course. To sign up for this class, complete enrollment form. Location: Marty Pistone has been a faculty teacher at Stanford University, New York University, Berkeley Digital Film Institute, Juilliard School of the Arts, American Conservatory Theater, California Institute of the Arts, and the Lee Strasberg Institute. Marty received an MFA from the American Conservatory Theatre and has worked as a producer and assistant director as well as an actor, stuntman, and fight director in film for over twenty years. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Improvisation with Barbara Scott Improvisation is an important and extremely valuable tool used by actors to free the imagination, gain confidence in auditions, and deepen emotional connections. This class will cover the basic guidelines of improv, focusing on good narrative, creating strong environments and believable characters, and the power of positive choices. This class is appropriate for beginners as well as those who want to brush up on their improv skills. To sign up for this class, complete enrollment form. Location: Barbara Scott is a company member of BATS Improv and a founding member of the internationally acclaimed improvisation ensemble True Fiction Magazine. She has toured with improv groups across the U.S., Europe, and New Zealand. In addition she is an instructor at American Conservatory Theater, BATS Improv, San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking, and the San Francisco Opera Center. Barbara has conducted master classes in Japan, New Zealand, Belgium, the Netherlands and Finland, and has been a guest instructor at Stanford University, Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre, and the California Shakespeare Festival. |
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