HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!
5th ANNIVERSARY SPECIALS
THANK YOU for helping Verve Studios launch and thrive for 5 years! We couldn't do it without you! To celebrate our 5th Anniversary, and to commend students for growing their craft and career with us, we're offering great specials for the month of September!
- $50 off for all students returning to Scene Study in September, 2010! And save even more by utilizing the combo-month
discount and the September offer! (Combo must be paid in one payment to receive discount.)**
- And for NEW students of any age, register for any of the new classes in the month of September and your $25 Studio Registration fee is waived!**
Adult Classes and Workshops
An actor is always working on her craft. When you're not working, you should be in class. If you are serious about wanting to be a working, professional actor, then we invite you to study at Verve Studios.
Adult Ongoing Scene Study
Verve's Scene Study classes are a safe, vigorous, nurturing environment for you to build and practice your technique. Only through long-term training will you achieve your goals, stretch your previously held limitations, and learn to be flexible and adaptable while remaining true to the character and the script.
Through partnered scene work and solo Uta Hagen exercises, you will learn to create truthful, organic moment-to-moment life on stage on a weekly basis. The combination of expert coaching and self-critique will allow you to identify and articulate what is working and what isn't, and most importantly, why.
Scene Study is month-to-month, and ongoing. Students are encouraged to stay in class for a minimum of six months. Entrance into the class is through audition or completion of THE CORE.
CORE/FORMER STUDENTS: Now accepting re-enrollment for September start. The showcase is in Spring 2011 and you must have been in class for a minimum of 6-months in order to qualify. Get started today - the clock is ticking!
DATES: Ongoing, MONDAYS
TIME: 1-4 pm and 6:30-9:30 pm
INSTRUCTOR: Amanda Melby
PRE-REQUISITE: THE CORE, Private Study or Instructor's consent/audition
PRICE: $165.00 per month with discounts for paying for multiple months and duration.*
REGISTRATION: Download the form if new, or pay online if re-enrolling.
| MONTH | # Classes | 1st -6th Month | 6th-12th Month | One Year + |
| SEPT | 3 | |||
| OCT | 4 | $165.00 | $150.00 | $135.00 |
| NOV | 4 | $165.00 | $150.00 | $135.00 |
| DEC | 3 | $123.75 | $112.50 | $101.25 |
| Sept-Dec | 14 |
*please add additional 4% if paying online through PayPal.
Commercial Acting
In this market, Commercials are the bread and butter of the industry. An actor here must be well versed in commercials.
COMMERCIAL ACTING gives the actor the tools and on-camera experience to successfully navigate any commercial audition. The course will cover the commercial business, components of the audition, creating reality on camera, one-word and multiple character scripts, improvs, using props and food and more. Actors will break down scripts and will work on-camera at every class.
A DVD of the class work will be provided to the student at the conclusion of the course.
DATES: Wednesdays, September 1-October 6, 2010
TIME: 6:30-9:30 pm
INSTRUCTOR: Jennifer Pfalzgraff
PRICE: $300
REGISTER: Mail
* download pdf and submit via e-mail (click the red button at the bottom), or print and mail in.
The Core
Can you articulate what your technique is? Do you know how you do what you do? Are you consistent?
THE CORE is the nuts and bolts of acting technique so that you can attain both knowledge and confidence in your work. Actors will learn how to prepare and score a part, how to use dramatic improv and how to work effectively and flexibly with a scene partner. Students will work individually and will be partnered up; work and reading outside the class is required.
The intensive class is the pre-requisite for entry into the Scene Study classes.
DATES: Wednesdays, October 13 - December 1, 2010
TIME: 6:30-9:30 pm
INSTRUCTOR: Jennifer Pfalzgraff
PRICE: $275
REGISTER: Online or via Mail
* download pdf and submit via e-mail (click the red button at the bottom), or print and mail in.
TelePrompTer and Advanced Commercial Workshop also announced for Fall!
See website for details.
Teens and Kids Classes
NEW FOR 2010-2011: COMBO CLASSES!
The entire Teens/Kids Curriculum has been rolled into 2 semester-long sessions! With scripts and content changing regularly, this class should be taken on an on-going basis.
Fall Semester- Technique
The class meets for 11 weeks and provides Teens/Kids a place to practice and learn acting technique. Curriculum includes Technique, Script Analysis, Monologues, Improvs, Scene and Character Development.
Teens (ages 13-17)
DATES: Mondays, September 13 - November 22
TIME: 4-6 pm
Kids (ages 8-12)
DATES: Wednesdays, September 8 - November 17
TIME: 4-6 pm
INSTRUCTOR: Jennifer Pfalzgraff and Amanda Melby
PRICE: $500 (or three payments of $190)
REGISTER: Mail/e-mail (pdf)
* download pdf and submit via e-mail (click the red button at the bottom, or print and mail in).
Winter Semester- Technique (On-Camera)
The class meets for 11 weeks and provides Teens a place to practice and learn acting technique. Curriculum includes Technique, Script Analysis, Commercials, Film and On-Camera presence work.
Teens (ages 13-17)
DATES: Monday-Friday January 17-March 28, 2011
TIME: 4-6 pm
Kids (ages 8-12)
DATES: Wednesdays, January 19-March 30, 2011
TIME: 4-6 pm
INSTRUCTOR: Jennifer Pfalzgraff and Amanda Melby
PRICE: $500 (or three payments of $190)
REGISTER: Mail/e-mail (pdf)
* download pdf and submit via e-mail (click the red button at the bottom), or print and mail in.
Private Lessons
Private lessons are available with Amanda Melby (acting, cello, voice) or Jennifer Pfalzgraff (acting). Contact the studio for available times/days.
Student Success
Congrats to these WORKING Verve Studios family members!
FILM
CODY BALLENTINE was cast as the lead in the short "11:06." CODY was also cast in a feature and has a table read this month. GREG RENFRO was the lead in the short "Latte Trouble." HEMINA KAPADIA is in "Elected Leader...Now What?" by Diane Dresback. KAREN LEWSADER is working on "Celestial Run;" vote for it in a contest - www.internationalmovietrailerfestival.co
THEATRE
RICHARD WALES was cast as Mark in "Art" at Ghostlight Theatre; it runs September 17-26 at Ghostlight Theatre. DIANE SENFFNER was cast as H.M. Queen Elizabeth I in "Shakespeare in Shorts" at Desert Rose Theatre; it runs October 21-November 6. EILA ELTON plays Allegro in "Cinderella" at Desert Stages through September 19. GEORGE BUFFORD directed "Leading Ladies;" he is now performing as the Major General in "The Pirates of Penzance" in Flagstaff through Sept 5. ERIK ABRAMOWITZ is returning to Phoenix for a night of Stand-Up Comedy at Stand-Up Scottsdale on September 18. TORYANN KOLSTEDT was cast as a lead in Theater Works' "Killer Halloween" that opens October 14. MALLORY ADAMS is in "The Foreigner" at Hale Center September 3-October 16. MITCH ETTER is in Theatre Artists Studio's "Strangers in the Bedroom;" it closes this Saturday. LYNETTE BROWN was cast in "Peanutman" at the Black Theatre Troupe. ASHLEY FAULKNER was cast in "Compleat Female Stage Beauty" at PVCC. RALEIGH PINSKEY is doing her one woman show at Cave Creek Coffee Company on October 9 to benefit local animal rescue: 480.575.6760. GABE DRIGGS was cast as "Dan," a lead, in "The Rocky Monster Show."
COMMERCIALS/TV
HEMINA KAPADIA hosted "Sustaining AZ" on Cox Channel 7.
INDUSTRIAL/WEB
MICHELLE ALLEN acted in a live streaming web series called "Live Taxi's;" in August.
CONGRATS
CHLOE BANKER was accepted as a dual major in theatre and voice in the highly competitive South Orange County School of the Arts program at the Dana Hills High School in CA. ERIK ESTRADA has made the move to LA! ERIK ABRAMOWITZ has made the move to Boston! Verve friend WEBB PICKERSGILL was nominated for a ton of Rocky Mountain Emmys! KEVIN HERRMANN was nominated for the same project as the on-camera Talent! Kat Nichols of "Flagstaff Live" said in her review: "A real treat in the production is GEORGE BUFFORD, a veteran stage actor who is making a return to musical theater in the role of Major- General Stanley."
Notes from Amanda
I just couldn't be more pleased and grateful for the 5 years of support this community and you have shown me. When I moved here from LA, I was looking for an on-going scene study class to join myself and couldn't find one. So I started one. I offered one evening class, Tuesday nights, at the JesterZ space for about six months. After that, I moved to North Valley Community Playhouse and continued on Tuesday nights for another year. After about a year and a half in business, I expanded to offer an afternoon class and a Teens class, also on Tuesdays. When North Valley Playhouse went out of business, I moved downtown to the Phoenix Film Foundation/IFP-Phoenix offices and moved the classes to Mondays. With that move I was able to utilize the more open schedule and began offering additional classes for adults, kids and teens.
I'm pleased that we now offer 2-5 group classes per week and over 20 hours of private instruction per week. THANK YOU!
Many thanks to our instructors JENNIFER PFALZGRAFF, CHRIS REDISH, SUSAN K. BRIGHAM, DEE RICH and DIANE SENFFNER. I couldn't do it without you either!
I'm looking forward to a bright future at Verve Studios!
As always, I am open to your suggestions and comments. You can reach me at 480.659.8957 or Amanda@VerveStudio.net.
** In order to receive the stated discount, student must enroll and pay for the class in full in September, 2010.