ACTING 101: 6 Week Beginning Technique and Scene Study with ROBERT BRADSHAW, Managing Director of The Play Company, Teacher, and Producer!

Thursday, November 7, 2019, 7pm ET / 4pm PT

If you've been thinking about starting a career as an actor, Acting 101 is the PERFECT way to start off. You'll work with Robert Bradshaw who will introduce you to a variety of approaches to Acting, Stage basics, Terminology and the Craft of Acting.

Acting begins with the ability to be your authentic self in the present moment. Robert will begin with imagination exercises and improvisation to help you be present, truthful, and therefore more compelling onstage or onscreen. You'll then work your way into text and performing scenes, covering the basics of scene analysis: discovering character, point-of-view, working off your partner, making it personal, finding objectives, and building up circumstances and emotional stakes.

These techniques will help you prepare for roles and auditions, and find your authenticity as an actor.

Class size is limited to 14 to ensure personalized attention and plenty of time with each actor.

Robert Bradshaw

Robert G. Bradshaw is a director, teaching artist, producer, and Managing Director of The Play Company, an Obie award winning theatre for new plays from around the globe.

At PlayCo, Rob has produced several NYC premiere productions selected as a Critic’s Pick by The New York Times including Caught by Christopher Chen, Oh My Sweet Land by Amir Nizar Zuabi, and Time’s Journey Through a Room by Toshiki Okada. Prior to joining PlayCo, he was the Associate Director of The American Place Theatre's (APT) Literature to Life program, a national arts literacy program for underserved students and communities. During his tenure at APT, he produced several verbatim adaptations of significant American literature, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz, and the New York Times bestseller The Giver, by Lois Lowry. He has also directed and produced several stage productions in the Greater New York area, and has been recognized for excellence in directing by The Kennedy Center and as an acting coach from The National Partners/American Theatre in Washington, DC.

As an educator, Rob has served as a teaching artist for several arts education companies and was the co-owner of Enspirited Projects, an arts education/community engagement company based in Brick, New Jersey. He holds a Bachelors in Theatre Studies and a Masters in Arts Management from Montclair State University.