March 14, 2021
Major Tom to Ground Control
Our Weekly Recap, Resources & Recommendations for Actors, Directors & Creatives
"Raise your personal standards to the heavens!"
Thanks to those of you who joined us yesterday for the Saturday Workshop featuring Master Voice & Speech Coach, Patrick Mulryan!
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The Work
DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller
Mark Guerette and Will Kellar
HAMLET'S ADVICE TO THE PLAYERS
by William Shakespeare
Matthew Mueller
LAUGHING WILD by Christopher Durang
Barbara Ann Cecchetti
COLD READ AUDITION
Lars Classington, Stacie Stocker, Tessie Herrasti and Max Kharchenko
CRIMES OF THE HEART by Beth Henley
Deanna Nicole Shinsky
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Here are the latest additions to your video library:
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Coaching Sessions from last Saturday (March 6th): "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams; "Ivanov" by Anton Chekhov; Cold Read Exercise: "Better Than Jesus"
- Lessons from Tom: from last Saturday (March 6th): "Surf the wave of emotion"; "Develop your vocal and visual vocabulary (Vocal Variation Meets Viewpoints)"
- Voice & Speech Lessons: from last Saturday (March 6th): Mary Lou Rosato's Voice & Speech workout - Operative words and Physicalizing Shakespeare's Text
The recording from our Monthly Member Meeting this month was also posted earlier this week!
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Music This Week
INTRO: Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head by B.J. Thomas ... South American Getaway by Burt Bacharach - from the Soundtrack to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
OUTRO Cinnamon Girl by Neil Young
Recommended This Week
WATCH
"Straight Time"
A career criminal, Max Dembo (Dustin Hoffman) is determined to go straight after his latest stint in prison. He takes a mindless job in a cannery, patiently endures the abuse of his pompous parole officer, Earl (M. Emmet Walsh), and begins a romance with a sympathetic girl from the employment office, Jenny (Theresa Russell). But when Earl erroneously busts Jack for drug abuse, the ex-con cracks, assaulting Earl and setting off on a reckless crime spree.
Available on iTunes, Hulu, Vudu, YouTube & Amazon Prime
WATCH
"Citizen Jane: Battle For The City"
Arguably no one did more to shape understanding of the modern American city than Jane Jacobs, the visionary activist and author of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" who fought to preserve urban communities in the face of destructive development projects. Here, she fights against the ruthless redevelopment projects of urban planner Robert Moses.
Available on Amazon Prime, Itunes and YouTube
WATCH
"Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid"
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution - escape to Bolivia.
Starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford
Available on Amazon Prime, Hulu, YouTube, Itunes and Vudu
SEE YOU MARCH 20TH!
New York Professional Actor Training comes to your home next Saturday!
Our International, Intergalactic Acting Jam continues next Saturday, featuring Master Voice & Speech Teacher:
ANNE BURK
Anne Burk is a professional voice and coach specializing in dialect/accent acquisition and modification. She is a Credentialed Fitzmaurice Voicework Practitioner, but also implements Linklater, Lessac, and Hart methodologies in her voice work.
Her private clients are series regulars on ABC, AMC, BBC TV/Radio, BET, CW, Disney, HBO, History Channel, Netflix, Showtime, SYFY, and Telemundo.
Some of her awards include: the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Awards for Acting and Directing, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Gold Medal Certification in Acting, and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music - Royal Academy of Music SingingCertification.
Anne received her BA from SJSU and MFA from UCLA. She also completed additional professional training at East 15 Acting School (London,) British American Drama Academy (Balliol College, Oxford,) Royal National Program (London,) Gaiety School of Acting/Trinity College (Dublin,) and received a BTEC in Performing Arts at Oldham College and Polytechnic (Manchester.) Anne is currently a professor at USC, the lead coordinator, instructor, and show coach for all Voice Production and Speech work at AMDA LA and has worked with the Tom Todoroff Studio for over a decade!
And now YOU have the chance to learn from this incredible artist and coach without even leaving home!
And now YOU have the chance to learn from this incredible artist and coach without even leaving home!
Join us on Saturday to study with
Anne Burk and Tom Todoroff!
The Guidepost Card 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!
