On February 18th and 19th, The Acting Studio at Edgemar Center for the Arts in Santa Monica will present The Actor’s Golden Box, a two-day intensive program of training taught by renowned acting coach Michelle Danner.
Danner, Artistic Director of the Edgemar Center for the Arts, has coached some of Hollywood’s most elite actors including James Franco, Salma Hayek, Gerard Butler, Chris Rock, Penelope Cruz, Isla Fisher and more. She has directed and acted in over 30 plays and musicals in Los Angeles and New York, and has directed two films, “How to Go Out on a Date in Queens†(starring Jason Alexander and Rob Estes) and the recently completed “Hello Herman†(starring Norman Reedus and Martha Hagerida).
Actors learn how to create vivid, fleshed-out and interesting characters through an intense and emotional workshop with technique exercises and lectures. Not just for actors, the course is also of benefit to writers and others in allied professions.
The class is supported by film clips and there are discussions and analyses of performances by Meryl Streep, Judi Dench, Anthony Hopkins, Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, James Dean and others. Exercises include learning how to build provocative and complex back stories by opening up your instrument emotionally and finding triggers and psychological gestures in your work.
The Actor’s Golden Box is conducted once a month on a Saturday and Sunday at Edgemar Center for the Arts. Please call (310) 392-0815 for exact dates, times and registration information.
The Acting Studio at Edgemar Center for the Arts is located in a two-theatre and art gallery complex is located at 2437 Main Street in Santa Monica.
Michelle Danner and Larry Moss founded Edgemar Center for the Arts, a two-theatre and art gallery complex in 2000. The Larry Moss Studio has been housed at Edgemar since the cutting of the ribbon in 2002 and has flourished and grown into what is now The Acting Studio at Edgemar.
Classes offered in The Acting Studio at Edgemar Center for the Arts:
* The Actor’s Golden Box: with renowned acting coach Michelle
Danner (Saturdays 11am-5:30pm, Sundays 10am-3pm)
* Audition for Film & Television: On-Camera
* Scene Study Beginning/Intermediate/Advanced
* Improv Workout
* Casting Director Workshop
* Voice Intensives Level 1 & Level 2
*Brad Garrett, the Emmy Award winning star of “Everybody Loves Raymond†will teach a six week sitcom/comedy intensive starting July 26th.
Free information sessions held Thursdays 10:30am-12:30pm
For more information: www.edgemarcenter.org
