Go behind the scenes, learn how to improvise, and discover your creative talents at the Florida Studio Theater School. FST offers a variety of classes for you to choose from that will enhance your creativity and theatrical skills, as well as allow you to meet new people.
Enrollment for 2014 – 2015 classes has begun and classes begin 2 WEEKS from now. Do not miss your chance to enroll!
Check out some of our available classes below:
Behind the Scenes at FST
This popular series takes you on a behind-the-scenes tour of the play creation process! Follow the professional visiting artists and FST staff from initial concept to final performance. You’ll be right beside the professionals for:
*Script Analysis
*Design Concept Meeting
*First Read-Through (with the actors & designers)
*Play Panel Discussion
*Process Class
* First Run-Through (first-time actors run through show in rehearsal)
*Tech Rehearsal
*Dress Rehearsal
8 Classes | Fee: $99/session
Space is limited to the first 32 applicants
No Fear Acting
The most welcoming Introduction to Acting Class you will ever
experience. Unleash your inner actor and lay the groundwork for
all your future performances and classes. Start your training with
a solid foundation, and learn the building blocks of mind, heart,
body, and voice. This 16-week class will improve your mind with
script and character analysis, deepen your heart with emotional
intelligence, free your body with biomechanics and movement-
based exercises, and unleash your voice with breathing and vocal
training. The class will feature two performance nights in Bowne’s
Lab Theatre, where students will perform polished monologues
and scenes for a live audience.
Tuesdays 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM
Fee: $398 per 16-week session
Acting for the Camera
This 10 week course is designed for students with some previous
acting experience either in the classroom or on stage. Class work
will be videotaped, and instruction will focus on learning acting
techniques for on-camera auditions, commercial copy, improvisation, and serious scripted scene work. Participants will become familiar with the filmmaking process, and will cover a variety of topics including making strong choices, audition etiquette, what casting directors look for, empowering yourself as an actor, dealing with nerves, taking risks, analyzing a script, working with a partner, image/type and how to book a job.
Thursdays 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Fee: $398 for 10 weeks
**Prerequisite: No Fear Acting or submit a theatre resume.
Space is limited to 10 students
Devise and Conquer!
In this sixteen week session focused on ensemble work, students will be guided in the creation and development of short plays, sketches, and stories based on prompts, group exercises, and improvisation, and then receive acting instruction to polish the presentation of these original works in Mixed Nuts performances in Bowne ‘s Lab Theatre.
Mondays 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Fee: $398 for 16 weeks
**Prerequisite: No Fear Acting or submit a theatre resume.
Improv for Performance
Let’s put it all together! An in-depth class designed to develop and refine the individual’s ability to work in an ensemble. Structured around performance, students perform regularly in FST’s Bowne’s Lab. Special attention ispaid to the individual performer’s ability to create believable, emotionally based characters that have the ability to drive a scene forward though character modification and change. Admission to this class is by instructor recommendation only.
Tuesdays 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Fee: $199 persession | Sign-up for 4 sessions for $597
Going Long: An Introduction to
Creating the Narrative
All the world is a stage and it takes practice to avoid the pit. Through games, exercises and training formats, you’ll learn the basic elements of improvising a thirty-minute story: who is the story about, what kind of story is it, and how does your character fit into it. This workshop series offers the keys on how to begin with nothing, go on a journey, and actually find the end.
Thursdays 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Fee: $199/session | Sign-up for 4 sessions for $597
To view the 2014 – 2015 Adult Education brochure, click here.
