The Cleveland Play House Announces Winter Adult Classes
Acting 101: Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Acting
8 Weeks
January 21-March 10
Mondays 7-9 PM
$180
This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamental tools of acting. Using games, scenes, monologues, and acting exercises students will gain a solid understanding of how to create a character, analyze a text, and utilize important acting vocabulary. Students will begin to understand the demands placed on professional actors and the process of developing a role. Students will leave the course feeling confident about their acting process and how to perform truthfully on stage. Students will perform both scenes and monologues.
The class will be taught by Cathy Hartenstein. For the last sixteen years Ms. Hartenstein has worked in every aspect of the arts community as a director, educator, and arts administrator. For the past ten years she has taught acting and directing all over the world and has worked at a total of four universities, four professional theatre institutions, and given workshops at both National and International Theatre conferences. She has held positions at The University of Colorado at Boulder, The New York Film Academy, DeSales University, Southwestern University, The City of Austin’s Dougherty Arts School, The Metropolitan Opera, The State Theatre in Austin, Texas, St. Louis’ Center of Contemporary Art, Portland Oregon’s Regional Art and Culture Council, and Northlight Theatre.
She has also directed at theatres all across the nation and premiered work at the Arezzo Festival in Arezzo, Italy. Other professional experience includes: casting director for 42 Productions and casting associate for THE GREEN BIRD (Broadway), BAND OF BROTHERS for HBO; and various Off-Broadway and National Commercials.
To Register or if you have any questions please contact:
Cathy Hartenstein
Education Director
The Cleveland Play House
8500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106
(216) 795-7000 X270