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"One of L.A.'s most respected
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Actors' directed by
S.M.P. Artistic Director
Upcoming Sessions:
Monday evenings, 7:00pm to 10:00pm DUES: $250.00
for 8 week sessions Acceptance is by interview only, and FOR INITIAL INTERVIEW and FREE PERSONAL
please call: 310-394-9779 ext. 673 |
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“Thank you for all you have given me!” Rina Mimoun (Dawson’s Creek, Gilmore Girls) |
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“You make magic!”
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“Great in so many ways!” Mickey Madden (Maroon 5) |
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“Your work is brilliant!” The English Shakespeare Company |
“Thank you for your guidance!” Priscilla Morrill |
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| An extraordinary way to enhance your acting skills in only eight weeks! | ||
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UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVE SELF | |
CONQUER THE CRITIC WITHIN |
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CONQUER COMPETITION FEAR | |
CONNECT YOUR PERSONAL DRAMA TO YOUR PUBLIC FACE |
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ENGAGE IN CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING | |
FIND YOUR INNER VOICE |
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CONNECT WITH EVERY CHARACTER YOU PLAY | |
EMPOWER YOUR IMAGINATION |
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MAKE THE WRITTEN WORDS COME ALIVE | ||
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The unique approach of Actors’ Workshop
allows beginners through professionals from all walks of life to explore and
expand personal boundaries. In addition to working professionals in the
performing arts, members of Actors’ Workshop have included students, athletes,
attorneys, educators, therapists, engineers, architects, painters, poets,
neurosurgeons and veterinarians.
Artists who have worked under Mr. DeCarlo’s direction include Frank Aletter, Haskell Anderson Jr., Zina Bethune, Joe Bologna, Michael Callan, Molly Cheek, George Coe, Sandy Faison, Deborah Harman, Alice Hirson, Peter Jason, Matthew Laurence, Barbara Minkus, Priscilla Morill, Ron Palillo, Stuart Pankin, William Schallert, Albie Selznick, Sammy Shore, Louise Sorrell, Todd Susman, Renee Taylor, Dianne Turley Travis, Renn Woods and playwrights Brenda Krantz, Rose Lieman Goldemberg, Jerry Mayer and Annie Reiner. |
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work is "Spellbinding"
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CHRIS DeCARLO combines teaching
with an active career as performer, writer and director in theatres everywhere
from the Henry Street Settlement Theatre in New York to the Hitori Memorial Hall
in Tokyo, and has been directing, writing and acting in Los Angeles for over
forty years. As Co-Artistic Director of Santa Monica Playhouse and its resident
acting company, Actors' Repertory Theatre since 1973 together with his partner
Evelyn Rudie, he has been responsible for bringing over 500 World, American and
West Coast premiere productions to the boards and has created more than 300
roles, with more than 10,000 on-stage performances. Mr. DeCarlo is co-founder and director of Actors' Workshop and the Young Professionals' Company. Under his direction, members of these groups have participated in over forty-five international tours, performing as well as teaching and directing in New York, Canada, Japan, Ireland, England and Hong Kong. Former students include Kate & Oliver Hudson, Zooey & Emily Deschanel, Jason Ritter, Jon Kasdan, Obi Ndefo (Stargate), Rina Mimoun (producer, writer Dawson’s Creek, Gilmore Girls), Mickey Madden (Maroon 5), and Cami Anderson (New York Superintendent of Alternative Schools and Programs). His innovative methods are changing the face of theatre education worldwide. Under his aegis, the Santa Monica Playhouse has been honored with the Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle's prestigious Margaret Harford Award, over 25 Drama-Logue Awards, and eleven Mayor's Commendations. |
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Acceptance is by interview
only, and enrollment is limited. please call: 310-394-9779 ext. 673 |
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Santa Monica Playhouse, a not-for-profit 501 (c) 3 educational corporation founded in 1960, provides exciting and entertaining dramatic and comedic, classic and contemporary live theatrical productions, Family Theatre musicals, birthday and tea parties, year-round and summer theatre workshops and educational programming for young people, teens and adults, create-a-play classes and Mommy and Me events for pre-schoolers, daytime and after school enrichment classes and in-service in public and private schools, cultural exchange, international touring, and community outreach, as well as theatre rental space for productions, seminars, solo shows, concerts, recitals, lectures, meetings and more.
