December 21, 2021
Major Tom to Ground Control
Our Weekly Recap, Resources & Recommendations for Actors, Directors & Creatives
"Aim your heart at the heart you wish to reach!"
Thanks to those of you who joined us yesterday for the Saturday Workshop featuring Master Voice & Speech Coach, Paul D'Agostino!
What's the Saturday Workshop?
This month, come visit a class as our guest!
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REMINDER: Due to the holidays, our Workshop will meet on Sunday December 26th and January 2nd!
Heads up: this newsletter includes moving images, photos and video!
The Work
BEYOND THERAPY
By Christopher Durang
Kevin Copps & Rosemary Thomas
HIDDEN FIGURES
by Allison Schroeder & Theodore Melfie
Mari Hayes
COLD READ AUDITION
Ramsey Zeitouneh & Hillary Mazer
WAITING FOR LEFTY
by Clifford Odets
Austin Khemraj & Kelli Dougal
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Here are the latest additions to your video library from our session on Saturday December 11th:
- Cold Read Exercise - "Hannah and Her Sisters"
- "Promising Young Woman" by Emerald Fennell
- "The Diary of Anne Frank" by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
- "Ivanov" by Anton Chekhov
- Patrick Mulryan's "Maintaining a Fully Present Body" Voice & Speech Workout
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Music This Week
INTRO: "Walk Away" by The James Gang and "Let Me Roll It" by Paul McCartney & Wings
OUTRO: "Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby Helms
CONSTANCE HOWARD
Lincoln, Nebraska
Recommended This Week
WATCH
LICORICE PIZZA
Alana Kane and Gary Valentine grow up, run around and fall in love in California's San Fernando Valley in the 1970's.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Bradley Cooper, Sean Penn, Jon Peters, Benny Safdie, Tom Waits, Skyler Gisondo, Maya Rudolph, Mary Elizabeth Ellis and Zoe McLane
Available: Only in Theatres
WATCH
BOOGIE NIGHTS
In the San Fernando Valley in 1977, teenage busboy Eddie Adam gets discovered by porn director Jack Horner, who transforms him into adult film sensation Dirk Diggler. Brought into a supportive group of friends, including fellow actors Amber Waves, Rollergirl and Reed Rothchild, Dirk fulfills all his ambitions, but a toxic combination of drugs and egotisms threatens to take him back down.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, Julianne Moore, Heather Graham, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Don Cheadle, Alfred Molina, Thomas Jane and Burt Reynolds
Available on: Hulu (Premium subscription), Sling TV, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Vudu and Apple TV
Want to be part of film history?
Study it.
Ongoing Recommendation:
THE CRITERION CHANNEL
We continually recommend this subscription service because it will give you access to an unparalleled library of films, from the the most obscure, unusual independent movies to the great classics of cinema history! Enjoy curated selections based on shared themes, actors or directors. An incredible resource for any cinephile or student of storytelling.
SEE YOU SUNDAY DEC 26TH!
New York Professional Actor Training comes to your home next week! We'll meet on Sunday Dec 26th due to the holiday!
Our international, intergalactic acting jam continues next weekend featuring Voice & Speech Expert - Rachael!
ABOUT RACHAEL WARREN
Rachael Warren is on the faculty of the Brown / Trinity Rep MFA Programs and is a graduate of the A.R.T Institute at Harvard. She is also a longtime member of the highly esteemed Trinity Repertory Company.
Rachael started at Trinity Rep in the 1999-2000 season playing Eliza in My Fair Lady and has been a company member since 2002. Other highlights at Trinity Rep include Tilly, Melancholy Play: a chamber musical; Mother, Ragtime; Mr. Darcy & Mr. Wickham, Pride & Prejudice; The Voice of the Plant, Little Shop of Horrors; Nancy, Oliver!; Sally, Cabaret; Puck, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Warrior One, Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage; Betsy/ Lindsey, Clybourne Park; Ophelia, Hamlet; Rebecca, The Long Christmas Ride Home; Sabina, The Skin of Our Teeth; Mary, A Dublin Carol; Isobel, The Secret Rapture; and Mary Warren, The Crucible. Ms. Warren was a company member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for two seasons playing The Baker’s Wife, Into the Woods; Eliza, My Fair Lady; and Muriel Humphrey/Pat Nixon and others in the world premiere of The Great Society. She toured nationally with The Who’s TOMMY, Chess, and Company, and has also performed at The Wilbury Theatre Group (Big Alison, FUN HOME), Hartford Stage, American Repertory Theatre (Bacchae, Antigone, The Doctor’s Dilemma), Williamstown Theatre Festival (Tonight at 8:30, Princess Turandot), Goodspeed Opera (Great Expectations), Wallis Annenberg Center, Virginia Stage, Cleveland Play House (Aldonza, Man of La Mancha), and Actor’s Theatre of Louisville. She has been the Voice and Acting Coordinator for Trinity Rep’s Young Actors Summer Institute since 2007.
More on Rachael Warren here: target="_blank">rachaelwarrenstudio.com!
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Todoroff Technique Flashcard Set
These beautiful cards were created by NYC Studio Director, Mark Guerette. An excellent way to learn and swiftly and joyfully integrate all elements of the Todoroff Technique!
