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Acting Up Newsletter - August 2006 Welcome to the Acting Up Newsletter for June 2006 CONTENTS: Exciting new project for Incognita!
Weekly Classes Update July Workshop Reminder “Chasing Pegasus” to hit the stage at the Melbourne Fringe Festival!! Incognita Enterprises (Acting Up’s parent company) is delighted to announce that the original new work “Chasing Pegasus (a play in ten chords)” has been accepted into the 2006 Melbourne Fringe Festival Program. The work, which was originally staged over two nights in 2003 and 2004 at Mt Martha House, has undergone various rewrites and will now make it’s Melbourne season debut at the Gasworks Arts Park Main Theatre for five performances in October 2006. This year, Gasworks Arts Park is a “satellite hub” for the Fringe Festival, and invited independent producers to submit productions for selection as part of the Gasworks 2006 Fringe Program. After a marathon decision-making process, Gasworks Director, Crusader Hillis (formally of the Melbourne International Arts Festival) and his team have made their choices and Incognita were thrilled to receive the news that “Chasing Pegasus” has made the line-up of performances to be scheduled at the venue. In addition, a return season of five nights will take place at Mt Martha House on the Mornington Peninsula after the Melbourne Fringe Festival in late October. “Chasing Pegasus” Audition Information Auditions will take place mid-July on the Mornington Peninsula. Past and present Acting Up students are welcome to audition, as are those actors who have not yet worked with us, but have strong theatre backgrounds and credits. Some of the roles have already been cast using previous Acting Up students (who are all professional actors), but several roles – all women (aged 16 to 42) – are still available. One of the male roles may also be available, as the actor concerned (a former Acting Up student) has just landed a recurring guest role on “All Saints” and may not be available for the production period. The production will be staged on a ‘profit-share’ basis. This audition notice is only being sent out to the Acting Up mailing list for now – the other audition notices will go out to the general acting community in about 10 days. For more information on the production, the 2006 season and audition information, visit http://www.chasingpegasus.com/ As a result of the upcoming season of “Chasing Pegasus (a play in ten chords)” at the Melbourne Fringe Festival, this next lot of Sunday weekly classes will be the last lot of weekly classes held until November this year. We have four places left on the class – so get in soon if you want to book a place! The Sunday afternoon weekly class, begins on Sunday, June 18, 2006 from 2 to 5pm. These classes are designed to give you a solid basic foundation in acting, covering characterisation, scene work, monologue work, Stanislavski technique, voice work, learning lines and camera/screen technique. All techniques taught in these classes are based on those taught at The Actors' Institute, London (UK), affiliated with The Actors Institute, New York (US). Actor's Institute US graduates include Ted Danson (Becker, Cheers), Marisa Tomei (Alfie, My Cousin Vinny) and Sigourney Weaver (Alien, etc). UK graduates include Rena Owen (Once Were Warriors, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones), Claire Smithies (Kill Bill 2) and Kate Magowan (24 Hour Party People). Beginners are welcome, as are those who have some experience in amateur theatre, school plays or in television (with extra work and bit parts) and wish to broaden their skills base in a professional and fun environment. "It exceeded all my expectations. Sally obviously spent much time making each lesson valuable and a learning experience for each student each week. (She) has high standards for herself and for her students - which makes you 'buy in' to the lesson each week 100%." - Kathleen Ronchi, Acting Up Weekly Classes, 2004 "I definitely feel more secure and understand the relevance of certain techniques. Sally works with empathy and is very truthful, positive and concise. Fantastic!" - Janie Forsyth, Acting Up Weekly Classes, 2004 Dates: Sunday, 18 June to Sunday,
23 July, 2006 Please note: A deposit of $50 is due to secure your weekly class booking, either by cheque or direct credit (paying into Incognita's bank account via Internet Banking or at a branch of the bank). Details for paying the deposit are available on enquiry. Understanding that funds can be tight in this profession, we also have a fortnightly payment plan available. The Business of Auditioning with Dina Mann - Sat, 1 July, 2006 * Four places left * Auditions. The one thing nearly every actor dreads most, and yet we must all go through them. This workshop is designed to dispel the myths and non-effective habits we all form to get through this sometimes anxious, yet ultimately necessary experience. The morning will be spent preparing an audition scene, discussion of the professional audition process as a whole & CV and headshot preparation. In the afternoon, the students will undertake an audition with established and well-respected Melbourne Film & Television Casting Director, Dina Mann, concluding with feedback on their work. Students will work with Dina on their audition technique for television, and have the chance to ask questions about the audition process and working on screen. Students will then put a scene on tape for their own reference. Dina is one of Melbourne’s most sought after casting directors. She began her career as an actress, recognised for several television soap opera and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1985 she became the Casting Director at ABC Television Melbourne and during her seven years there she cast several projects including: Phoenix I & II, Embassy I, II & III, Police Crop, The Magistrate, Street Angels, The Four Minute Mile, A Matter of Convenience and The Fast Lane. Since becoming a freelance casting Consultant, she has cast a variety of projects including the documentaries The Good Looker (AFI Best Doco) and Islands, TV series and tele-features Waiting at the Royal (AFI Best Actress), Dreams for Life and The Widower and the feature films Only The Brave (AFI best performance award), Road To Nhill, Crackers, The Missing, Head On, Mallboy (AFI best performance award) and Japanese Story (AFI Best Actress, Best Film 2003). Dina is also in great demand as a drama/dialogue coach for film and television, working with various respected drama institutions such as TAFTA, The Rehearsal Room, Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and others. Date: Saturday, 1 July, 2006 And on that note, I’ll finish here. Until next time, keep dreaming, keep taking action on your dreams and I look forward to seeing you at one of our workshops (or at a performance of “Chasing Pegasus”!) during the coming months. Cheers, A celebration of what makes
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