NOW REGISTERING FOR
WINTER 22
8 Week
ADULT ACTING &
AUDITIONING CLASSES!
2/07/23 - 3/29/23
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NOW REGISTERING FOR
Winter 23
ACTING and AUDITIONING CLASSES!
18 Years old and UP
COST PER FALL Session:
$275 per 8 week session
Register Early and SAVE
$25 OFF 1 Session
$250 Total After Discount!
(Discount Code: 1EARLY)
$75 OFF 2 Sessions
$475 Total After Discount!
(Discount Code: 2EARLY)
$200 OFF 3 Sessions
$625 Total After Discount!
(Discount Code:3EARLY)
VERY LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE!
*ACTING FOR THE STAGE, ACTING FOR LIFE - Part 1
5 SPOTS LEFT
Tuesdays 5:30pm to 7pm
(Taught by Carla Stockton)
Whether you seek to pursue acting on the professional stage or in an amateur production, acting lessons are essential to your preparation. But acting can benefit anyone who seeks to be a better parent, better teacher, better co-worker, better friend.
Candidates with acting skills are sought after by
· Medical and Law Schools
· Insurance companies
· Law Firms, Hospitals, Brokerages
· Real Estate Companies
Whatever you seek, you will find that our 8-week session of acting classes* are fun, collaborative, interactive, creative. They will include but will not be limited to:
· improvisations, role plays, and other theater games
· theater history, including introduction to varied acting techniques
· Scene study and monologues
*ACTING FOR CAMERA – Part 1
3 SPOTS LEFT
Tuesdays 7:15pm - 8:45 pm
(Taught by Carla Stockton)
An introduction to acting for and with the camera, which is acting without an audience. Even with a crew of 30 or more people, the actor is in a world unto themselves as soon as they find themselves in front of a camera. We will explore the importance of specificity – how to exploit our nonverbal communication, how to make character limitations and biases work from within, how to get out of our heads and unfreeze emotions so the camera can read them. Most importantly, we will explore ways to tell stories simply, with the least showiness, with the fewest and smallest gestures and sounds
Class size is limited. Register early to reserve your place.
*Suitable for novice actors as well as for those who have had some previous training.
ACTING FOR THE STAGE, ACTING FOR LIFE – Part 2
5 SPOTS LEFT
Wednesdays 5:30 - 7:00pm
(Taught by Carla Stockton)
This class if for those students who have taken our part 1 class and or for those who are ready for new acting challenges and are familiar with the basics of The Method, this course will offer opportunities to exercise old skills and acquire new ones. In class, we will talk about how to approach and master a comedic monologue, how to extend the improvisation exercises and make them useful in real life, how to navigate scenes, and what it takes to put on a production of short plays.
This is a fun, engaging way to improve your talents not only for theater but also for general collaboration, creative thinking, interactivity.
AUDITIONING FOR STAGE and SCREEN
7 SPOTS LEFT
Wednesdays 7:15pm to 8:45pm
(Taught By Carla Stockton)
Whether you want to be a star or a bit player, perform in a Broadway musical or play an extra role in a film, you must audition.
We can help you build specific skills that will make you confident in your acting. Confidence is the main ingredient in a successful audition.
In this class, we will work on preparing you to ace any audition by practicing:
· Cold reading
- · Sides preparation
· Monologue delivery
· Physical presence
· How to dress
At the close of the eight-week session, participants will receive a list of casting agencies and auditors that might help them get a start in the business.
** Please note: Students who have completed the first half ot the course, we will create an audition reel.
Class Size Is Limited.
Register Early to reserve your spot.
MEET YOUR COACH
Carla Stockton
Carla Stockton is a very familiar presence to New Haven’s educational theater community. From 1987-2003, she directed multiple student programs including the Amity Summer Theater, Sonnets and Songs, and the All in One Ensemble, which she co-directed with beloved music director Louis Negri, Ph.D. She directed three productions at Guilford High School, headed the North Haven and East Haven theater programs, and taught acting for the New England Academy of Theater as well as for her own company Bagel Fish Productions.
Many of Stockton’s students, people whose names are familiar in area communities, have gone on to professional careers in the theater and film. Eric Santagata, of Branford, who played Sweeny Todd for the All in One Ensemble production of the eponymous play, is now a successful Broadway Actor, Director and Choreographer, Jesse Gabbard of North Haven, is currently enjoying a career as actor and stunt man in Hollywood. Nicholas Borisjuk, who worked with Stockton for over 8 years in all of the programs she directed, is now a mega-successful theatrical sound man, whose work is one of the contributing factors responsible for the success of plays such as Beautiful and Hamilton on Broadway AND on tour. Stephanie Madonna, of East Haven, had a very successful career as a Broadway Stage Manager before she changed careers and became a physical therapist and mom. There are many others, among them NHAOPA’s own artistic director Billy DiCrosta, who starred in 4 productions Stockton directed.
Stockton often writes about drama, and her work – including interviews with multiply decorated playwrights and screenwriters David Henry Hwang (M Butterfly, Flower Drum Song, Aladdin, Tarzan, et al) Robert Schenkkan (All the Way, Hacksaw Ridge, The Quiet American, et al), JT Rogers (Oslo, Blood and Gifts, et al) Jocelyn Bioh (School Girls or the African Mean Girls), and others. – has been featured in publications such as Moment Magazine, The Toast, The Guardian, Guernica and others, and her translation of King Gordogan, by Croatian surrealist playwright Radovan Ivsic, has been produced in several university venues. Stockton holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University, a Master’s degree from Arizona State University, and an M.F.A. from Columbia University’s School of the Arts.
Carla Stockton is a very familiar presence to New Haven’s educational theater community. From 1987-2003, she directed multiple student programs including the Amity Summer Theater, Sonnets and Songs, and the All in One Ensemble, which she co-directed with beloved music director Louis Negri, Ph.D. She directed three productions at Guilford High School, headed the North Haven and East Haven theater programs, and taught acting for the New England Academy of Theater as well as for her own company Bagel Fish Productions.
Many of Stockton’s students, people whose names are familiar in area communities, have gone on to professional careers in the theater and film. Eric Santagata, of Branford, who played Sweeny Todd for the All in One Ensemble production of the eponymous play, is now a successful Broadway Actor, Director and Choreographer, Jesse Gabbard of North Haven, is currently enjoying a career as actor and stunt man in Hollywood. Nicholas Borisjuk, who worked with Stockton for over 8 years in all of the programs she directed, is now a mega-successful theatrical sound man, whose work is one of the contributing factors responsible for the success of plays such as Beautiful and Hamilton on Broadway AND on tour. Stephanie Madonna, of East Haven, had a very successful career as a Broadway Stage Manager before she changed careers and became a physical therapist and mom. There are many others, among them NHAOPA’s own artistic director Billy DiCrosta, who starred in 4 productions Stockton directed.
Stockton often writes about drama, and her work – including interviews with multiply decorated playwrights and screenwriters David Henry Hwang (M Butterfly, Flower Drum Song, Aladdin, Tarzan, et al) Robert Schenkkan (All the Way, Hacksaw Ridge, The Quiet American, et al), JT Rogers (Oslo, Blood and Gifts, et al) Jocelyn Bioh (School Girls or the African Mean Girls), and others. – has been featured in publications such as Moment Magazine, The Toast, The Guardian, Guernica and others, and her translation of King Gordogan, by Croatian surrealist playwright Radovan Ivsic, has been produced in several university venues. Stockton holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University, a Master’s degree from Arizona State University, and an M.F.A. from Columbia University’s School of the Arts.
