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SUMMER INTENSIVES 2013
@ STONESTREET

There are two six-week Screen Acting Workshop sessions during the summer. The following are the Summer 2012 session dates:

First Session for Summer 2013:  Tuesday, May 28, 2013 to Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Second Session for Summer 2013:  Monday, July 8, 2013 to Friday, August 16, 2013

During the Second Summer Session we also conduct the Advanced Screen Acting Workshop that has a prerequisite of completing the Screen Acting Workshop One either during a previous Fall or Spring semester or during a previous summer session.  Some students take Workshop One and the Advanced Workshop during back-to-back sessions during a single summer.

The Summer Sessions are five days a week throughout the six-week tenure of the session.  And during the evenings of Mondays and Wednesdays, Stonestreet holds the Showcase class. Showcase class iw here students get to meet and perform for casting directors and talent agents.

Each six-week session is an immersive very intense training program for screen acting. Every class and the work you do in that class is recorded digitally.

Call 212-229-0020 for information regarding tuition, fees and an application.

Each sunmer session offers the following courses:

DIRECTING THE ACTOR
Instructors:    Jennifer McCabe, Guest Professionals

This course is designed to give theater-trained actors a chance to experience what they need to do to reach a professional level screen performance. Students learn the peculiarities of screen acting by working on scripts in a single camera setting, alternately in medium two shots and close-ups. While inviting any and all previously learned techniques, this class helps students widen their tools and techniques and think creatively outside of the box when it comes to creating a compelling, believable and moving character on screen. Students work only on material that is unfamiliar to them, strengthening their skills for creating characters and performances that can tell a story, illuminate something hidden, and develop material without a previously drawn road map. Additionally, this course pays particular attention to the director-actor relationship and helps to strengthen skills in communicating on set, building a respectful work ethic, taking direction, and creating a positive working relationship on set.

SCREEN ACTING & CHARACTER
Instructor:    Gary Bennett, Guest Professionals

This class focuses on the physical, vocal and emotional aspects of character: how exploring, defining, and executing these are tantamount to screen acting. Students work on developing characters in an organic way on physical, vocal, and psychological levels. Development of an actor's sense of truthful subtext is explored before jumping into text. Students work on screen on structured improvisation, from non-verbal situations to scripted material. All work is centered on material that the actor knows and is compelled to work on, which can range from Shakespeare to modern classics to obscure and lesser-known material. When actors become comfortable with their character's essence and vulnerability, in combination with their character's POV, armor, or outward veneers, their work is finalized by shooting their characters and material in different situations and with different directions.

SCREEN PRODUCTION & ACTING
Instructor:    Chris Modoono, Guest Professionals

Students experience all aspects of working on a set, from pre-production to production, as actors, directors, and producers. Un-produced screenplays are chosen each semester, and all students are cast in roles they develop and shoot over the course of the semester. Students also learn about and work on all positions on set, while honing their screen acting skills, including important preparation skills, making strong dramatic, personal choices, character choices, and the ability to be surprising, fresh and organic while using their technique.

SCREEN ANALYSIS, MULTI-CAMERA & RAPID SHOOTING
Instructors:    Michal Zecher, Guest Professionals

This class addresses the particular demands of working with multiple cameras live, such as in sit-coms and some dramatic series. The first half of the semester is devoted to script analysis and camera technique – students learn the vocabulary and body language needed to be successful in the daytime world. During the second half of the semester, students tape actual soap opera episodes in an environment that simulates a typical day’s work on a real soap opera set. This is achieved using Stonestreet’s professional soundstage, with multiple cameras, sound, lights, and control room.

SCREEN AUDITION TECHNIQUE
Instructor:    Zach Galligan

This class provides a forum for students to learn how the camera and industry professionals perceive them, both in the commercial and legit audition setting. With instructor guidance, students choose and prepare commercial sides and dynamic 1-2 minute monologues. This class is also a warm-up and preparation for students’ auditions in front of commercial and legit agents, casting directors, and managers who attend Stonestreet’s Showcases each week.

ACTING AS A BUSINESS & THE ART OF AUDITIONING
Instructor:    Ted Sluberski

This course is designed to give students a complete overview of how the business of show business functions, to understand how the art and craft of acting compliment the film and television industry. Each week, we discuss facets of the business as they pertain to film, television, commercials, and industrials. Classes include mock auditions in these areas, including interviews, cold readings, and prepared auditions. Topics covered include: the role and function of the casting director, the manager, and the agent; SAG, AFTRA and EQUITY as they pertain to professional work; the climate of the business in its most employable cities (New York, Los Angeles, and others); the headshot’s importance; show business periodicals and websites; alternative sources to seek employment, representation, career management and continued education.

MASTER CLASSES & VOICE-OVERS
Instructors:    Guest Instructors

Guests from the industry work with students in a master class situation from Voice-overs to Auditions, Sit-coms to how to maintain a healthy and creative life with guests from our Behind the Scenes at Stonestreet Seriessuch as Susan Sarandon, Kevin Bacon, Edie Falco, James Earl Jones et al. Some of these previous interviews can be seen on our Behind the Scenes at Stonestreet page.

AUDITION & SHOWCASE
Instructors:    Guest Talent Agents, Casting Directors, Managers

This class begins midway through the semester, once students have had a chance to work on audition material in and outside of their other classes. It is an opportunity to showcase their work and talent to visiting agents in a group setting, and then receive industry and peer feedback. This showcase is highly regarded by the industry because of Stonestreet’s reputable training program, the impact it has on the students’ work and auditioning skills, and its use as a casting tool. This class is monitored by Ted Sluberski and Zach Galligan, connecting what is learned in their respective classes to the real environment of an audition and vice versa.

The second six week session also incudes an advanced program, but has the prerequsitite of having completed the first semester program with Stonestreet either during a prior summer session or in a prior Fall or Spring semester:

FILM PRODUCTION
Includes participation in a Series or Pilot, Annual Stonestreet-Goldberg Festival of New Films, and/or Kanbar Institute of Film & Television Productions.

Instructors:    Alyssa Rallo Bennett, Chris Modoono, Zach Galligan, Jennifer McCabe, Bornila Chatterjee, Gabe Fryer-Behar, Guest Film & Television Directors

Students work on developing characters for screen production that stretch their boundaries as actors, to bring compelling, believable and interesting interpretations to the original screenplays and series being shot. All work is produced to the fullest extent, from pre-production to post-production. The actor learns from the entire process of production - how to work with or without rehearsal and on different types of film sets. Watching dailies, rough cuts, and final cuts of their work is also a huge part of the learning process. Finished material is submitted to festivals and other professional venues as well as being available to be put on a reel.

The films shot and edited in Stonestreet II are showcased to the professional world via www.Stonestreet.tv, www.The47thFloor.com, and in domestic and international film festivals, which can be seen on Stonestreet-Goldberg Film Festival page. Stonestreet students can easily send a link of their work in lieu of an audition, or as a way of introducing themselves to potential work sources.

ADVANCED AUDITION PREP & CAREER MANAGEMENT
Instructor:    Ted Sluberski

This class is a hands-on exploration of the craft of auditioning in the professional world of film and television. The semester, offers specific forays into the various aspects of what makes a solid audition that best represents you, your skills as an actor, and your skills as an interpreter of text. Each week, students are asked to prepare sides chosen specifically for them from network series, pilot scripts, indie films, feature films, and commercials. Students work on all types of roles, including featured principals, guest stars, and under-fives. Each actor's choices and preparation are discussed and peer-critiqued during class. This course gives actors a better understanding of what to expect from casting directors, directors, producers, and writers, as well as how to build a solid foundation on which to prepare and execute a confident and memorable audition.

ADVANCED SCREEN ACTING & CHARACTER
Instructor:    Gary Bennett, Guest Professionals

This class is a continuation of work accomplished in the previous semester, concentrating on character work in a medium shot. In addition, there is an emphasis on getting an organic and interesting result more quickly, by challenging students to confront pressures placed on actors in production settings. The pressures on a production set often intimidate even the best actors, causing them to forget their craft and/or rely merely on the sometimes-inadequate eye of the director. Actors need to become viscerally aware of the level of their own performances in order to take control of their creative space and deliver their best work. The scenes in this class are lit and edited with the object of reviewing and showcasing each actor’s work in mind.

ADVANCED MASTER CLASSES & VOICE-OVERS
Instructors:    Andy Roth and Guest Instructors

Guests from the industry work with students in a master class situation from Voice-overs to Auditions, Sit-coms to how to maintain a healthy and creative life with guests from our Behind the Scenes at Stonestreet Seriessuch as Susan Sarandon, Kevin Bacon, Edie Falco, James Earl Jones et al. Some of these previous interviews can be seen on our Behind the Scenes at Stonestreet page.

ADVANCED AUDITION & SHOWCASE
Instructors: Guest Talent Agents, Casting Directors, Managers

Students continue to perfect their business and audition skills with the guidance and coaching of faculty, as they continue to meet additional new agents and, now, casting directors, in a more intimate one-on-one basis. This class is monitored by Stonestreet faculty, connecting what is learned in their respective classes to the real environment of an audition.