Teaching Statement from Paul Pryce: “In Part B, we will quickly review the tools explored in Part A and then move to apply them in a new play. You actor will demonstrate your understanding of the tools and will apply them to the scene that you will be performing. In Part B, there will be more improvisational tools used to help the actor embody the character physically. We will explore, at an exploratory level, the work of Uta Hagen’s Exercises, Michael Chekhov’s psychological gestures, The Animal Exercise, Lucid Body’s Shadow & Chakra work, Laban efforts, Meisner’s Repetition Exercise, Imagination & Improvisation all as a means of converting the text analysis into a living, breathing character that pursues something in the world. The required text for this course is Mike Alfreds’ Different Every Night. Recommended reading is Uta Hagen’s A Challenge for the Actor.”