WORKSHOPS

Ken teaches occasional full-day technique workshops in New York.  Click on the workshop names below for detailed descriptions and upcoming dates:

  • AUDITION MONOLOGUE WORKSHOP
  • COLD READING WORKSHOP
  • MASK TECHNIQUE WORKSHOP

    Admission to Ken's workshops 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 a workshop once it is offered, payment in full is required by the posted registration deadline.  Space in all workshops is limited – interested actors should audition and register early.

    Workshops 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 full-day workshops or for more information, call 718-625-8372 or fill in the contact form at right.

    SPECIAL WORKSHOPS FOR COMPANIES AND CASTS

    For acting schools, college/university programs, readings, showcases, theater and film productions, repertory companies, talent agencies and casting offices in New York or anywhere – Ken can custom-design a workshop to suit the needs, interests, and goals of any large or small group of professional performing artists in any of these areas:

  • acting technique, scene study, text analysis
  • audition prep, monologues, cold reading
  • movement, ensemble work, improvisation
  • voice, speech, accents & dialects
  • mask performance technique
  • physical & vocal character work

    To arrange a special workshop for your group or for more information, call 718-625-8372 or fill in the contact form at right.


    AUDITION MONOLOGUE WORKSHOP

    NEXT DATE:  Sunday August 1, 2010, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (register by July 23)

    In a full-day intensive workshop, we assist each actor in finding, selecting, and preparing the best audition pieces, rehearsing alone, and connecting the craft of acting with the business of casting for theater, television, and film.  Working in-depth on contemporary and classical material, we link monologue presentation with marketing strategy (including headshots), and examine the actor's choices in the context of the whole audition event.

    $160 or take with Ken's COLD READING WORKSHOP on Sunday August 8 for $300

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


    COLD READING WORKSHOP

    NEXT DATE:  Sunday August 8, 2010, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (register by July 23)

    Working in-depth on all kinds of audition sides from film, theater, and television scripts – scenes, monologues, voice-over, and commercial copy – we arm each actor with solid techniques to make bold acting choices on the spot and take command of any audition in which he/she is handed words to read.  We focus on the actor's physical and vocal relationship to the printed page, analyzing text in an instant, and how to handle adjustments from agents, directors, and casting professionals with dexterity and confidence.

    $160 or take with Ken's AUDITION MONOLOGUE WORKSHOP on Saturday August 1 for $300

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


    MASK TECHNIQUE WORKSHOP

    NEXT DATE:  TBA SPRING 2011 – ask Ken for schedule details!

    In training, rehearsal, and performance, a mask can liberate, excite, and inform the actor's instrument, enhance specificity and concentration, and access hidden creative impulses.  Using neutral and character masks, we guide each actor through a series of exercises designed to deepen the work, and free the actor to achieve extraordinary levels of vocal and physical detail in text work and characterization.

    $200

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


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