GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD & INTO THE MOMENT - an on-going, on-camera auditioning
workshop taught by acclaimed director KATT SHEA.
THE WORKSHOP
is based on exercises that help free up natural instincts within us. Most of us watch professional actors and wonder how they
are able to do what they do, or we think that we could do that, but when the time comes to perform we are prevented from expressing
freely. Even those of us who are experienced actors freeze up when a camera is pointed in our face and we are instructed
to state our name and instantly perform. Nerves, fear, and trying too hard, prevent us from being in the moment and havig
fun. Being free, authentic and in the moment are elements that make an actor great.
Katt's technique frees us to trust ourselves. Using
scripts from current movies and TV shows THE CLASS IS FUN and in the space of ONE session improvement is obvious.
Often, after working with the technique
for a while, students find that they can laugh or cry appropriately without preparation. In comedy, actors are
freed to take chances they would otherwise be too inhibited to make.
After three months
of teaching her cold reading technique in L.A. Katt found that the students started booking jobs regularly and she became
determined to bring a truly professional class to the Santa Clarita Valley.
Katt has used this with many actors including Drew Barrymore, Angelina Jolie,
Leonardo DiCaprio, Sara Gilbert, Mena Suvari, Christina Applegate, Alison Lohman, Zachary Ty Bryan, Melissa Gilbert, Tom Skerritt
and many others.