Older teens and adults can take part in three one-shot workshops. Please register by completing the form at this link.

Carpe Luden (Seize the School): College Audition Prep
Instructor: Brian Zoldessy, AEA Actor, Director, Professor / Director of Theatre at Tri C East
Date: Sunday, June 27, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
(includes seven and a half hours of class time, a one hour break for lunch, and several fifteen minute breaks)
Limit: Open
Eligibility: Open
Ages: 10th grade – Adult
Fee: $90
Location: This workshop will be held at Mayfield Village Civic Center, 6622 Wilson Mills Road, Mayfield Village

Planning on majoring in theatre or musical theatre in college? Whether you are headed toward undergrad or grad school, this program is for you.

This workshop will begin with the Audition Technique Process including the Do’s and Dont’s, The Moment Before, and The Monologue Roadmap and Toolbox. Additionally, we will begin the process of helping you pick appropriate monologues and songs for your college audition. We will also help you research the myriad of theatre programs available to help you select the college of your choice. Then we will take you through the nuts and bolts of the application process including essay writing, and resume preparation.

Students will have the opportunity after this one day workshop to have follow up private coaching sessions with Brian Zoldessy by arrangement, at a special FPAC rate of $30 per hour.

Getting Your Act Together: How To Be A Working Actor
Instructor: Brian Zoldessy, AEA Actor, Director, Professor / Director of Theatre at Tri C East
Date: Sunday, July 11  6:00pm – 9:00pm
Limit: Open
Eligibility: Open
Ages: 10th grade – Adult
Fee: $40
Location: This workshop will be held at Mayfield Village Civic Center, 6622 Wilson Mills Road, Mayfield Village

This workshop will provide the performer with clear-cut guidelines on how to approach acting as a business and successfully make the transition from being an acting student to becoming a working professional. Many of the How To's will be covered including How To: find the right agent; improve audition and interview techniques; market yourself (effective head shots/resumes and business strategies); learn survival techniques while looking for work, and most importantly, how to find work!
 
The DNA of Acting: Script Analysis for the Actor
Instructor: Brian Zoldessy, AEA Actor, Director, Professor / Director of Theatre at Tri C East
Date: Sunday, August 1  9:00am-6:00pm
(includes seven and a half hours of class time, a one hour break for lunch, and several fifteen minute breaks)
Limit: Open
Eligibility: Open
Ages: 10th grade – Adult
Fee: $90
Location: This workshop will be held at Mayfield Village Civic Center, 6622 Wilson Mills Road, Mayfield Village
 
Using a very hands-on approach, this master class offers the performer a clear, concise and easily understood technique for script analysis that is tailored to address the actor's needs, passions and creativity.

Included will be how to understand and serve the text; how to develop a process for breaking scenes into playable beats and actions; a character analysis template; how to discover the main ideas and themes with any script; the process of moment-to-moment acting.

Scenes from The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams will be provided, broken down and, rehearsed.