"The Company Acting Studio is the place to go for career actors looking not only to sharpen their technique, but to refine and strengthen the entire process by which they approach their work. CAS has an incredible staff who knows the business inside out and care deeply about the personal learning experience of each of their students. I’ve been taking classes here for several years from Lisina Stoneburner and can honestly say I’ve never found a better, more effective coach. The rates are affordable, the opportunities diverse and catered to their students’ needs, and the team here is genuinely committed to cultivating conscientious actors who never stop expanding their work. Love this place!"
~ Rachel Frawley - Actor
ONLINE CLASSES MATERIAL
Find your class below and retrieve your materials and instructions
for your upcoming class.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Lisina Stoneburner at lisina@thecompanyactingstudio.com
See the end of the page for
RECOMMENDED READING / ARCHIVED HANDOUTS / RECOMMENDED VIDEOS
* An email invitation to join the class group will be sent earlier before the class in plenty of time for you to
download the Zoom app and find our class. This app does not cost anything to use.
1. Please warm yourself up well at home. Online classes may only include a moderate warm-up if any.
2. Be somewhere in your home where your internet connection is the strongest.
3. Please find a private place to work. Class work is private and even online we should treat it that way without anyone else in your household listening in or viewing the work. Everyone is on the honor system to protect the privacy of your fellow students.
4. Please be without distractions. If you cannot do the class without interruptions, we recommend passing on it, or if you have an obligation in your home like a child or loved one, just log off the class midway if necessary. Parents who wish to be close by, please feel free while allowing sufficient privacy for your Teen to participate on their own.
IMPORTANT RULE:
* Our same rules regarding privacy we adhere to inside the studio apply online and we do not want any of what we are working on to be posted online or shown to anyone who is not in class. Please refrain from screen shots or recording of our session.
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Adults Intro to Acting Class - Monday, August 9th 2021 7:00 PM EST
Meeting Links, ID and Passwords are sent via an email invitation. If you do not have that email within 24 hours before your class, please contact us at info@thecompanyactingstudio.com
The ZOOM INVITE comes from either katie@thecompanyactingstudio.com or info@thecompanyactingstudio.com depending on when you sign up for class.
If you do not see it, please check your spam folder. It often lands there for some people.
Please choose one of the monologues below to work on and begin preparing it. Please also choose a piece of music that either fits the environment or reminds you of the character. Have the music available to you if possible in class as well.
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - Role of MEDIC WADE
WEDDING CRASHERS 2 - Role of NATALIE
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Adults Intermediate Class - Sunday, August 8th 2021 11:00 AM - 1:30/2:00 PM EST
Meeting Links, ID and Passwords are sent via an email invitation. If you do not have that email within 24 hours before your class, please contact us at info@thecompanyactingstudio.com
The ZOOM INVITE comes from info@thecompanyactingstudio.com
If you do not see it, please check your spam folder. It often lands there for some people.
TO VIEW YOUR CLASS WORK VIDEOS AND NOTES IN THE GALLERY, CLICK HERE.
REMEMBER: THIS MONTH INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED CLASS IS COMBINED.
Please review and begin working on the set of sides below. Please be familiar enough with all of the characters, so that you can read anyone you are asked to.
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Adults Advanced Class - Sunday, August 8th 2021 11:00 AM - 1:30/2:00 PM EST
Meeting Links, ID and Passwords are sent via an email invitation. If you do not have that email within 24 hours before your class, please contact us at info@thecompanyactingstudio.com
The ZOOM INVITE comes from info@thecompanyactingstudio.com
If you do not see it, please check your spam folder. It often lands there for some people.
TO VIEW YOUR CLASS WORK VIDEOS AND NOTES IN THE GALLERY, CLICK HERE.
REMEMBER: THIS MONTH INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED CLASS IS COMBINED.
Please review and begin working on the set of sides below. Please be familiar enough with all of the characters, so that you can read anyone you are asked to.
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Teens Acting Class - Saturday, August 7th 2021 2:00 PM EST
Meeting Links, ID and Passwords are sent via an email invitation. If you do not have that email within 24 hours before your class, please contact us at info@thecompanyactingstudio.com
The ZOOM INVITE comes from either katie@thecompanyactingstudio.com or info@thecompanyactingstudio.com depending on when you sign up for class.
If you do not see it, please check your spam folder. It often lands there for some people.
Please work on the scene below from the horror movie IT. Choose whichever character you want to work on.
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Laban Movement Class - Next Class TBA
Meeting Links, ID and Passwords are sent via an email invitation. If you do not have that email within 24 hours before your class, please contact us at info@thecompanyactingstudio.com
The ZOOM INVITE comes from either katie@thecompanyactingstudio.com or info@thecompanyactingstudio.com depending on when you sign up for class.
If you do not see it, please check your spam folder. It often lands there for some people.
Below is an overview of The Eight Efforts. Keep this handy.
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Improv Class - Next Class Date TBA
Meeting Links, ID and Passwords are sent via an email invitation. If you do not have that email within 24 hours before your class, please contact us at info@thecompanyactingstudio.com
The ZOOM INVITE comes from either katie@thecompanyactingstudio.com or info@thecompanyactingstudio.com depending on when you sign up for class.
If you do not see it, please check your spam folder. It often lands there for some people.
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Shakespeare Class - Next Class Date TBA
Meeting Links, ID and Passwords are sent via an email invitation. If you do not have that email within 24 hours before your class, please contact us at info@thecompanyactingstudio.com
The ZOOM INVITE comes from either katie@thecompanyactingstudio.com or info@thecompanyactingstudio.com depending on when you sign up for class.
If you do not see it, please check your spam folder. It often lands there for some people.
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Career/Industry Q&A - Sunday, July 25th 2021 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST
Meeting Links, ID and Passwords are sent via an email invitation. If you do not have that email within 24 hours before your class, please contact us at info@thecompanyactingstudio.com
Members receive this forum for free. If you are not a member you will need to purchase your spot in the class.
Have your career questions ready. If you want any help with your headshots and resumes feel free to send me a copy prior to the class at lisina@thecompanyactingstudio.com
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“What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is the ability to mourn people we have never met.” ~ David Levithan
“During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything to reduce that. We are obliged to know we are global citizens. Disasters remind us we are world citizens, whether we like it or not.” ~ Maya Angelou
“To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty, to interpret it is his problem and to express it is his dedication.” ~ Marlon Brando
Books we recommend
* Acting 2.0 Doing The Work That Gets You Work in a High Tech World by Anthony Abeson
* The Technique of Acting by Stella Adler
* The Stanislavski Method by Sonia Moore
* Auditioning: What They Say When you leave the room by Mary McCusker.
Archived Handouts from Online Classes
The Actor's Goals / Stella Adler's The Technique of Acting
Notes from Class Motivation/Action
The Technique of Acting Chapter 4 Circumstances
The Technique of Acting Chapter 5 Actions
The Technique of Acting Chapter 10 The Actors First Approach to the Author
Respect for Acting Chapter 5/6 Excerpts on Sense Memory
Acting the First Six Lessons Chapter on Emotion
Excerpt on Faith from An Actor Prepares
The Five Rehearsal Ideals
Excerpt from Notes from Class on Rehearsal
Excerpt from Voice and the Actor on Listening
Excerpt from Notes from Class on Imagination
Commercial Audition Samples
Monologue from Intermediate Listening/Sensory Stimulus Class - The Talented Mr. Ripley
Monologue from Advanced Listening/Sensory Stimulus Class - Manchild in the Promised Land
Warm-ups
Speech Warm-up
Tongue Twisters
Theophilus Thistle
Videos we Recommend
