Acting for the Camera Camp

What is there about watching a performance on the screen? Why do we love our screen nights, whether it's in the theater or in our own home? I think it's because of the intensely personal character portrayal. We watch people enacting stories with personal traits we can relate to. People that pick us up and transcend us to another time and place. That type of response doesn't happen by accident. It takes the collaboration of many; a screenwriter, a director, a cinematographer, designers and most important, the actor.

If you're a young actor, or a parent or teacher of an emerging artist, guiding them towards making their dreams a reality, finding the right training programs can be a difficult task. If your child is between the ages of 11-18, US Performing Arts has the perfect summer camp experience for the student who dreams to act for the camera. The team of Mary Lou Belli and Charlie Dougherty bring their professional expertise...

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Theater/Acting
UCLA - Acting Conservatory
"Inspiring", "Life-changing", "A game-changer", "Where dreams begin to become a reality." Those are just some of statements heard after the Acting Conservatory work in progress performance. H. Richard Greene leads a team of faculty so invested in their work that students come away with marked improvement in their work and deeply committed to the pursuit of their dream. This is a workshop for serious acting students who are interested in exploring their passion. A letter of recommendation from a teacher or director is required.

Acting for the Camera
Emmy Award Winning Television Director Mary Lou Belli and Actor Charles Dougherty at Pepperdine, Stanford and UMass in 2012!

Mary Lou Belli and Charlie Dougherty were recent guest artists at the Missouri State Thespian Festival giving students a slight taste of what's in store for them this summer in USPA's intensive one week Acting for the Camera workshops. Mary Lou Belli is currently directing two television series and Charlie Dougherty can be seen in television dramatic roles as well as television commercials. Come join them in one or more weeks and take home a reel of your work to show others how ready you are to live your dream.

Musical Theater
UCLA - Musical Theater Conservatory
FAME - The Musical will be the center point of three weeks of training and rehearsal at the UCLA Arts Camp/Workshops Musical Theater Conservatory this summer. UCLA’s School of Theater, Film & Television adjunct faculty, Director Kay Cole and Musical Director Steven Kaminski, will be joined by other TFT faculty to teach, coach and rehearse the production which will be presented as a work in progress on Saturday, July 14th. By audition only, this intensive workshop is filled with the "stuff dreams are made of."

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