ACTING INTENSIVE WORKSHOP Held At White Plains Performing Arts Center

White Plains Performing Arts Center hosts an ACTING INTENSIVE WORKSHOP with Merideth Maddox.

ONLY $45!
4 HOUR WORKSHOP
12pm - 4pm
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12th

SO, YOU WANT TO ACT?

Whether a student is the lead in their high school's musical, preparing to portray one of Shakespeare's tragic heroes, or in the ensemble of a contemporary comedy, they need solid acting skills to make their characters believable and truthful. Acting Intensive is a four-hour workshop that will help serious theatre students gather a set of tools to make every audition, rehearsal and performance more relaxed, specific and real. Acting Intensive finds its foundation in the definition of acting as "living truthfully under imaginary circumstances" and will focus on three key concepts: reality of doing, honest talking and listening, and character point view. Each student will have an opportunity to work individually and with a partner, on text and through improvisation, under the guidance of an instructor with over 10 years of professional experience. This workshop will not run with less than 10 students.

ARE YOU...
acting during auditions and it doesn't feel right?
working to improve your cold-reading skills?
not getting the parts you think you're right for?

Acting Intensive finds its foundation in the definition of acting as "living truthfully under imaginary circumstances" and will focus on three key concepts: reality of doing, honest talking and listening, and character point view. Each student will have an opportunity to work individually and with a partner, on text and through improvisation, under the guidance of an instructor with over 10 years of professional experience. This workshop will not run with less than 10 students.

To enroll, please contact
Jesse Pellegrino
Director of Education & Outreach
education@wppac.com

Merideth Maddox holds an MFA from the Florida State University/Asolo Conservatory For Actor Training and has worked in theatre education over 10 years. Merideth began her career as an actress, playing challenging roles ranging from the dramatic to the comedic, including Abigail in The Crucible, Lady Anne in Richard III, Shelby in Steel Magnolias, Jackie in Hayfever and Lisbette in Anton in Show Business. While working as an actress, Merideth began teaching and decided to pursue a career as a full-time theatre educator. Merideth honed her skills while teaching Acting, Styles of Acting, Dramatic Lit and Intro to Theatre at The Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan. During her four year at PPAS, Merideth worked with students who were featured on Broadway, soap operas, commercials, and television series, as well as non-professional students looking for a solid foundation in theatre arts. She continued her work outside the classroom with private clients, coaching teens for professional and school auditions. In New York, Merideth also served as the director of the Young Actors Program at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, has taught annual workshops in improvisation and styles of acting for the Theatre Arts Center, and became an annual guest artist at The School of Visual Arts in NYC, where she teaches a three-hour intro to acting intensive for adults. In addition to teaching, directing and coaching, Merideth is still a student of theatre, having recently traveled to London, England to study Shakespeare and Bahia, Brazil to study music and dance. Merideth currently teaches at Hackley School in Tarrytown, NY where she has directed The Wizard of Oz, Little Shop of Horrors, Dear Edwina, and John Lennon & Me.

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