August 12, 19, 26

Matthew Arkin
Commercial Voiceover Intensive
Tuesdays, August 12, 19, 26
12:30pm - 2:30pm
Class Fee $51

This is a practical workshop designed to acquaint the student with the specific techniques involved in performing commercial voiceover and radio copy. Students will practice the basics of mike technique, acquire tools to discover the point of view demanded by the commercial copy, and will learn how to translate that understanding into a compelling performance at an audition or a recording session. The student will also gain perspective on demo tapes, casting directors, agents and the audition process.

MATTHEW ARKIN studied technique, scene study and Shakespeare with Ms. Hagen, and also studied with Austin Pendleton and Sheldon Patinkin. Broadway: THE SUNSHINE BOYS, with Jack Klugman and Tony Randall, LOSING LOUIE, LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR (also national tour). Off-Broadway includes Gabe in Donald Margulies’ Pulitzer Prize winning DINNER WITH FRIENDS (Drama Desk nomination), MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS, ROUNDING THIRD, and Barbara Dana’s WAR IN PARAMUS, directed by Mr. Pendleton. He has worked extensively in regional theater, most recently receiving acclaim as Charlie in Theresa Rebeck’s THE SCENE at both The George Street Playhouse and Hartford Stage. Film includes indies SECOND BEST, and RAISING FLAGG, THE CURSE, and BITTERSWEET PLACE, as well as DEATH TO SMOOCHY, LIAR, LIAR, NORTH, and AN UNMARRIED WOMAN. Television includes recurring roles on RESCUE ME, 100 CENTRE STREET and ALL MY CHILDREN, as well as the PBS pilot COPSHOP, THIRD WATCH, HACK, THE EDUCATION OF MAX BICKFORD, ED, THE STREET, SIMPLE JUSTICE for PBS, KOJAK, THE DEFECTION OF SIMAS KUDIRKA, as well as all incarnations of LAW AND ORDER. He has also performed voiceovers for hundreds of television and radio commercials, and for more than two years was the voice of Discovery’s The Science Channel.

August 13, 20, 27

Ian Marshall
Stage Combat: Contemporary Weapons
3 Wednesdays, August 13, 20, 27
12:30pm - 3:30pm
Class Fee $63

Knives, bats, lamps, extension cords and other handy props. Why fight with your hands when you can use your environment - safely. An introduction to some useful stage combat techniques.

Ian Marshall is a theater/opera director and movement specialist. Teaching: Yale University (graduate acting and opera departments), NYU, Circle in the Square, and The Classical Studio. Directing: HAMLET, KING JOHN, COSI FAN TUTTE, SUOR ANGELICA, and the NY premiere of A.R. Gurney’s THE GUEST LECTURER (among many others). Movement, choreography, and fight direction: HB Playwrights Foundation, Ensemble Studio Theater, Atlantic Theater, National Shakespeare Company, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Bronx Opera Company, Chelsea Opera, Pulse Ensemble Theater, 13th Street Rep, CBS’ The Learning Channel, Sing Sing Maximum Security Prison, music videos, commercials and many independent films. Ian is also the co-founder of United Stages, the audience-building resource for Off-Off Broadway and all New York performance.

August 3, 10, 17