Week One: Introductions & Working Methods
A Brief History of Modern Acting
Given Circumstances & Concepts
Sensory Recall, Memory & Your Internal Thermostat
Scene Work: Why do I Want To Become an Actor (Monologue)
Week Two: The Actor's Trinity
Scene Work: 'The Shape of Things' by Neil la Bute
Strategy Class # 1: Your Own Dreams, Strategies & Obstacles
Week Three: Ian's Incredibly Scientific Formula for Acting
Scene Work: A Further Monologue
Strategy Class # 2: Your Five Year Plan
Week Four: Endowment & Substitution
Scene Work: 'A Streetcar Named Desire' by Tennessee Williams
Strategy Class # 3: Obstacles All New Actors Encounter
Week Five: Inner Objects & Inner Monologue
Scene Work: 'A Streetcar Named Desire' (Cont.)
Strategy Class # 4: The Business of Acting
Week Six: Place and a Sense of Privacy
Scene Work: 'Breaking Bad' by Vince Gilligan
Strategy Class # 5: Agents, Auditions & Castings
Week Seven: Relationships
Scene Work: 'Breaking Bad' (Cont.)
Strategy Class # 6: Effective Marketing - Resumes, Head Shots, Show Reels, IMDB & more
Week Eight: History & Biography
Scene Work: 'Romeo & Juliet' by William Shakespeare
Strategy Class # 7: Pitching Your Performance - Film, TV & Theatre
Week Nine: Physicality - Destination; Gesture & Business
