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In April, 2008 Project Life Stories will be opening a full
time acting and solo performance school at the Lena Street
Lofts in Santa Fe. I will be teaching solo performance,
various monologue classes and trainings for facilitators. I
have brought aboard several excellent teachers including
Ursala Drabik who will teach Acting Basics, Scene Study and
Acting for Film; Kathleen Fontaine who will teach classes in
Stand-up Comedy and Creating Characters through
Improvisation and Michelle Vest who will be offering classes
in movement, presence and creativity for the actor. Michelle
has trained at the prestigious Tamalpa Institure in the Bay
Area and with Ruth Zaporah. All classes will meet once a
week for 8 weeks and we will have four sessions throughout
the year! The first session begins April 24 and I will be
sending you a complete schedule and how to register in the
next newsletter!
As we go along, we will add classes in playwriting, audition
techniques, screenwriting and more. Look in the coming year
for many talented and accomplished guest teachers. We will
also be having special events at the studio such as
monologue slams, stand up evenings and informal monologue
performances. There will also be week long and weekend
intensives this summer with several guest teachers and
myself.
I will be doing my own one woman show "The Sex Chronicles"
at the space this summer so watch out! It's going to be the
first show I've written and performed in several years and I
am psyched!
In my classes (for one person shows and memoir) I am always
encouraging and supporting my students in "finding the
container" for their show or book. The container is the
structure that we can funnel all of our creativity into so
that it can be presented in an artistic and clear way to an
audience or reader.
I have created many containers for my own classes, the
monologue shows and more. I have never been so excited as I
am now, creating this space to support actors, solo
performers and theater facilitators in our community!!!! The
school's primary mission is to offer people the training and
support to create one person shows, with writers and
performers based in New Mexico and elsewhere. Our secondary
mission is to offer training to writers and actors in Santa
Fe's emerging film community.
What a mission - huh! I am joyfully devoting myself to the
blossoming of solo shows, monologue shows, great acting and
writing across the Universe-----
More to come~
Much Love,
Tanya |
