Dates: Saturdays - November 3rd, 10th, and 17th from 2-5 PM
Location: Triskelion Arts: 106 Calyer St, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Cost: $250; Once you are registered, we'll contact you for payment details
Registration: Complete this form to register.
Description:
MFA audition season is upon us and this class is designed to get you ready for it! No matter where you are planning to head for graduate school, this workshop will support you in preparing for the rigorous and intense process that is the MFA audition.
This is a workshop for actors and directors who have a firm grounding in undergraduate level coursework and who are planning to audition for an MFA program in the next year. This workshop is designed to help you prepare for the major elements of an MFA audition. By bringing actors and directors together in one space, you’ll have the opportunity to work with a variety of artists, styles, and scene work - an ability that can make or break your audition!
Actors will cover:
Identifying your ‘type’
Choosing and preparing a monologue (contemporary & classical)
Working with other actors and directors
Crafting your artistic statement
Directors will cover:
Interview best practices
Crafting your artistic statement
Pitching your passion project
Directing a scene for an audition panel
Instructors:
Christie Marie Clark is a Brooklyn-based creator, educator, and advocate of social change. In 2013, she received her MFA in directing from The New School for Drama. Christie was chosen as a 2016 Drama League artist in residence for her project L’appel Du Vide. NYC credits include: The Great Somewhere and The See Throughs (Asterism Theatre Co.), Venus von Merkle (Open Source Gallery), The Mermaid Won't Sing and The Skull Beneath The Skin (440 Gallery); G Train Exodus (Estrogenius Festival); They All Know Me (Thespian Production Slam-a-Thon); Clown Love (Strawberry One Act Festival); Clean; The Spider and the Wasp; Marlee Saves the World; An Office Called Eden; Ruins and Radical Methods for Radical Heartbreak (at NSD). Christie is the co-founder and artistic director of Asterism Theatre Company. She is most drawn to theatre that is bottomless: plays that reveal more with each reading, rehearsal or performance. Most of all, she is endlessly fascinated by theatre's capacity to prompt social epiphany and change.
Katharine Scarborough is an award nominated New York City based actress and writer, originally from Jacksonville, Florida. She received her MFA in Acting from the New School for Drama, and trained with the Moscow Art Theater and The People's Improv Theater. She has held Artist Residencies with Mabou Mines and the Brick Theater in Williamsburg. She is Associate Artistic Director of Asterism Theater Company, and is the creator and star of the web series, Big Girl, produced by Brazen NYC.
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