[SDS] DeBaun Summer Acting Class

[Charles S Beall]

​Hello again!

We also wanted to share some info about a Summer Acting Class that DeBaun will be offering. If you are interested, let Dr. Bethany Reeves know by the end of this Monday, May 25th. You can reach her at breeves at stevens.edu.

Enjoy the rest of your Memorial Day weekend!
-Charlie

Charles Beall
Stevens Institute of Technology
B.S. Physics '23
Stevens Dramatic Society - Vice President
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Original message subject: DeBaun: Theatre in the Corona Lane (summer workshop - no credit, no fee)

Dear Actors!

Although our 2020 summer theatre productions have of necessity been postponed to 2021, DeBaun IS offering an acting class this summer.

Current circumstances call for a new kind of adventure:

ACTING FOR THE CAMERA

  *   Mondays & Thursdays, May 28-June 29 (10 sessions)
  *   7:00-9:30pm (spillover to 10 as necessary)
  *   Possibly to include separately scheduled coachings
  *   This will - of course - be a Zoom class. We will likely utilize breakout rooms and recording functions quite a lot.

Full disclosure: I am a theatre actor with, at this point, a minimal film background. I have, however, embarked on studies of my own in this pandemic. Among those studies is a current camera class for aspiring professionals at T. Schreiber Studios. This is both to grow my own craft and to better be able to offer our summer actors a valuable experience.

The good news is this: acting is acting. That said, there are some major differences between stage and camera. I'll stick with two for right now:

  1.  SCALE. How far must your communication reach?
  2.  If you aren't really, fully present and invested, the camera will catch you out. "On the stage you can give a performance. In front of a camera, you'd better have an experience!" - Tony Barr, master teacher.

We'll be doing a lot of exercises and scenes, working with the same tools we bring to the stage - characterization, givens, actions, stakes, etc. - but scaled to the minute specificity and simplicity required by the screen.

If you are interested, please write to me by the end of the Memorial Day, Monday May 25. If you are unable to attend every session, that is not a stopper.

Hoping you and yours are healthy and doing well -

Cheers,
Bethany Reeves


Dr. Bethany Reeves
Director, Stevens Choir & DeBaun PAC Voice Studio
Music Program Coordinator, DeBaun Performing Arts Center
Stage Director/Teacher, DeBaun Shakespeare & Summer Theatre Projects
Stevens Institute of Technology

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