GROUP CLASSES

Ken teaches ongoing weekly master classes in New York.  Click on the class names below for detailed descriptions and current dates and times:

  • ACTING TECHNIQUE – SCENE STUDY
  • IMPROVISATION
  • PHYSICAL ACTING
  • VOICE
  • ADVANCED ACTORS INDUSTRY SHOWCASE

    Admission to Ken's classes is by audition.  Audition interviews are scheduled individually; interested actors should call, message, or e-mail Ken to schedule an appointment.  In addition to a current headshot and resume, please prepare two brief contrasting monologues:  one contemporary and one classical.  Please choose published dramatic or comic material for which you would be castable.  The two monologues together should run about five minutes.

    To reserve space in any class once it is offered, payment in full is required by the posted registration deadline.  Space in all classes is limited – interested actors should audition and register early.

    Classes are held in convenient midtown Manhattan studios.  Times and locations are subject to change.  To ensure a safe, concentrated working environment, auditing is not permitted.

    To schedule an audition appointment for any of Ken's group classes or for more information, call 718-625-8372 or fill in the contact form at right.


    ACTING TECHNIQUE – SCENE STUDY

    MONDAY EVENINGS, 6:30 – 10:30 pm

    Two master acting classes in one!

    Each week, we link intensive training forms and technique exercises with detailed work on contemporary and classical scenes and monologues.  We place a special emphasis on practical application of actor training:  rehearsal technique in real-life situations, working alone and with others, text analysis, given circumstances, actions and objectives, physical and vocal choices to create character, problem-solving, reading, and sensory skills.  We equip each actor with vocabulary, tools, and skills to approach any acting task on stage or on film with honesty, clarity, depth, and confidence.

    ACTING TECHNIQUE – SCENE STUDY is ongoing, every Monday evening.  New students are admitted at the start of each month (each four-week session):

    SUMMER – FALL 2010

    • NEXT SESSION – AUGUST:  August 9 – August 30 (register by August 6)
    • No class Labor Day, September 6
    • SEPTEMBER:  September 13 – October 4 (register by September 10)
    • OCTOBER:  October 11 – November 1 (register by October 8)
    • NOVEMBER:  November 8 – November 29 (register by November 5)
    • DECEMBER:  Special Monday/Wednesday Holiday Schedule!  December 6, 8, 13, 15 (register by December 5)
    * Special!  For a limited time, just $240 per month or $400 for eight weeks or $520 for twelve weeks! *

    Admission to this class is by audition.  For details, click here.

    *** On the fence about taking an acting class?  JOIN US for Ken's next Acting Technique – Scene Study OPEN HOUSE for prospective students on Wednesday August 18!  Details HERE. ***


    IMPROVISATION

    Lightning-fast, amazing choices!

    We develop each actor's ability to make instant creative choices on stage or on film.  Applying physical and verbal exercises and games to extemporaneous styles and written scenes – comic and dramatic – we focus on spontaneity, expression of impulses, status transactions, narrative skills, character choices, ensemble work, audience dynamics, and practical application of improv forms and techniques to audition preparation, rehearsal, and all kinds of performance.

    IMPROVISATION runs for eight weeks.  The next session is:

    TBA SPRING 2011 – ask Ken for schedule details!

    * Special!  For a limited time, just $280 for the full eight-week session! *

    Admission to this class is by audition.  For details, click here.


    PHYSICAL ACTING

    Movement for actors!

    We develop each actor's ability to make instant physical choices to create character and communicate story on stage and on film.  Improving strength, flexibility, and coordination, we focus on body language, relaxation, expression of physical impulses, gesture, timing, and spatial relationships, linking physical work with vocal and emotional technique, and illuminating text with physical choices.

    PHYSICAL ACTING runs for eight weeks.  The next session is:

    TBA SPRING 2011 – ask Ken for schedule details!

    * Special!  For a limited time, just $280 for the full eight-week session! *

    Admission to this class is by audition.  For details, click here.


    VOICE

    Free your voice!

    We help each actor to strengthen and care for his/her vocal instrument by releasing physical and emotional blocks which inhibit the natural voice, so that he/she can express through a natural two-to-four octave pitch range a full spectrum of emotional experience, complexity of mood, and subtlety of thought.  We focus on the relationship between breath, text, and vibration of sound, relaxation, warm-up technique, and vocal choices to create character.

    VOICE runs for eight weeks.  The next session is:

    TBA SPRING 2011 – ask Ken for schedule details!

    * Special!  For a limited time, just $280 for the full eight-week session! *

    Admission to this class is by audition.  For details, click here.


    ADVANCED ACTORS INDUSTRY SHOWCASE  *NEW*

    WORK WITH KEN AND A SELECT GROUP OF ACTORS TO DEVELOP, PRODUCE, AND PERFORM AN EVENING OF ORIGINAL SOLO WORKS FOR DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS, AGENTS, AND CASTING DIRECTORS!

    Over twelve weeks, Ken will coach and direct eight actors as they each create, produce, and perform an individual 7-10 minute theater piece designed to spotlight his/her unique talent, range, skills, and marketability.  Our rehearsal process and performances form an ideal opportunity to learn how to put craft training into practice, create your own work, hone your marketing image, and present yourself professionally to the industry.  There will be three performances in May.  Directors, producers, agents, casting directors, and the public will be invited.

    SPRING 2011

    THREE PERFORMANCES:

  • Wednesday May 18 at 7:00 pm
  • Thursday May 19 at 7:00 pm
  • Friday May 20 at 7:00 pm

    • GROUP REHEARSALS (exact times TBA):

  • Approximately two hours once a week beginning the week of February 28
  • Technical & dress rehearsals May 14 – 17

    • PLUS a full schedule of INDIVIDUAL COACHING SESSIONS AND REHEARSALS over twelve weeks

    $1280 (register by February 11)

    Participation in this class and in the showcase performances is by special audition – ask Ken for details – and is limited to eight actors.  For more information, call 718-625-8372 or fill in the contact form at right.

    © 2009 Ken Schatz