Atlantic Theater Company
Acting for Theater - Create Your Own Work
| Session1 | July 12 - July 17, 2010 CLOSED |
| Ages | 16 - 22 |
| Tuition | $1100 |
| Housing | $800 |
| Audition | No Audition Required |
Tuition includes room and meals
Grade entering in Fall 2010
Theater Acting Camp/Workshop Details
Workshop Executive Director: Mary McCannWorkshop Head: Heather Baird
Create your own work for the theater in this theater acting camp. Simple, honest and straightforward, Practical Aesthetics is both an acting technique and a philosophy. The technique gives actors an empowering set of analytical and physical tools. The actor learns to analyze scenes for tangible, physically-playable objectives, and uses his or her imagination, voice, body and sense of play to bring the character and the story to life. The Practical Aesthetics philosophy teaches self-reliance, professional work habits, as well as mutual support and respect between artists. Come explore your passion while immersing yourself in intensive daily classes in the Atlantic Technique in voice, speech, movement improve and theater games. Afternoons will be spent in acting class and working with a creative director writing and staging your own theater piece that will be presented on the final day to an audience of family and friends. During this engaging week you will tour the Atlantic Theater Company's award winning Off-Broadway Theater and have a guest class with an industry theater professional.
Tuition:
(includes lunch)
Housing is optional:
(Includes room, breakfast and dinner, activities, transportation in NYC as needed and full supervision)
* Additional Camp/Workshop Information |
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Directors and Faculty
Mary McCann
Workshop Executive director
Mary McCann is an actor and founding member of the award-winning Atlantic Theater Company. She is also Executive Director of the Atlantic Acting School. She has performed in many plays at the Atlantic, including the critically acclaimed rock musical, Spring Awakening. Mary can be seen in the film, Little Children, starring Kate Winslet and Jennifer Connelly, and the upcoming films, Choke, starring Angelica Huston and Sam Rockwell, and Sordid Things, and in the role of Ruthie Cheales in The Unit on CBS. Mary has appeared on Broadway in David Mamet's, The Old Neighborhood, Our Town, starring Spaulding Grey, and Search and Destroy.Heather Baird
Workshop Head
Heather Baird is a BFA theater graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and Atlantic Alumna. Upon graduation, Heather worked as a Film and Television casting director for 10 years. Noted film projects include Oscar winner, The Hours, starring Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman, Brown Sugar, starring Queen Latifah and Taye Diggs, Nicholas Hytner's film, Center Stage, and Paul Thomas Anderson's film, Magnolia. Television projects include numerous network pilots, HBO's dramatic series', Oz and The Wire, and ABC daytime series, Loving and The City. Heather's most recent casting project was a search for the lead boy in Billy Elliott the Musical for Broadway. Heather began her career in the performing arts as a member of American Ballet Theater's corps de ballet under the directorship of Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Location Information
This exciting acting camp is located at 76 9th Avenue in the heart of Chelsea, one of Manhattan's most exciting neighborhoods, Atlantic has a mainstage theater, a second stage theater and the Atlantic Acting School. The school has numerous beautiful, newly renovated studio spaces making it a safe and inviting space for exploring your creativity. This excellent school, founded by David Mamet and William H. Macy, is a wonderful home for our summer students and an excellent choice for those wishing to study in a conservatory setting after high school.
All an actor needs is: Bravery, will and common sense. Simple honest and straightforward, Practical Aesthetics acting technique gives students a clear set of analytical and physical tools. By approaching the story with a clear and simple focus the actor uses his imagination, physical action, sense of play and personal experience to create emotionally honest and driven characters. Atlantic Acting School maintains an extremely co-operative, professional and supportive environment for the exploration of actors' creative goals and is committed to preparing its students for all aspects of a career in theater, film and television.
Atlantic provides one of the most rigorous courses of acting in New York City. Atlantic students are guided with care through the process of learning Practical Aesthetics. This course of study is paired with comprehensive instruction in the fundamental physical tools required for the craft: Voice, Speech and Movement.
"The Atlantic training was a breath of fresh air for me. I learned to analyze quickly, jump straight in, work for what my character wants and execute actions with precision. What very valuable tools they've proven to be!"
- Alumna Edwina Findley
Limited housing available, please call 1.888.497.3553 for details.
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Dates, Directors, and Faculty subject to change without notice. The faculty is comprised of college professors representing their schools and professional industry artists. Images are of USPA programs, but may not represent actual program or location. Photos by Tito Deverya (UCLA TFT), and Lauren di Matteo.
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