Instructors: James Donlon & Leonard Pitt

TBA, Cost: $30 - $40

A survey of the Flying Actor Studio methods including improvisation, imagination, time, movement, mask, and mime. This class is offered on a sliding scale to make our classes accessible, while also meeting our rental needs. Pay what you’re willing.

Sept. 12 - June 1, 

30 Weeks, 15 hours/week, 9am to Noon, Monday through Friday

Tuition: $7500 

Program limited to 16 students.

FLYING ACTOR STUDIO offers a 30 week course of daily intensive training in all aspects of physical theatre. This rigorous course is designed for those who are interested in an 8 month commitment to learn the creative approaches and technical skills necessary to make resonating visual theatre that speaks to our times. The neo-classic arts of the clown/mime will be a special emphasis of study. Actors wishing to expand the command of their bodies and imaginations will find a creative physical base that will serve them in all areas of their professional work. Directors will discover new ideas about dramatic structure, space, timing and energy.. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Instructor: James Donlon

September 20th - November 8th (eight Tuesdays); 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Cost: $240

The physical actor is the most grounded of all performers . . . but when flying, can evoke awe, wonder, joy, and mystery. This is a very physical class which includes the disciplines— movement, mask, improvisation, ensemble dynamics, dramatic structure, and neo-classic mime & clown. Flying Actor methods inspire the actor to answer questions of space with mastery and imagination. Actors will find a creative base that will serve them in all areas of their professional work. Directors will discover new ideas about staging, timing and energy. This course is the foundation of the movement for actors training method that Donlon has created and taught in many leading conservatories such as The Yale School of Drama, The American Conservatory Theatre, The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, UC-Santa Barbara, UC-San Diego, The National Theatre Conservatory-Denver Center, and international schools like Ireland's Gaiety School of Acting. Oscar winning actors Javier Bardem and Kathy Bates have applied the Donlon method to their film work. Film & Television star Benjamin Bratt says, "The overall impact of his craftsmanship and unique teaching style continue to influence my work in nearly every acting job I do." 

Instructor: James Donlon

Saturday & Sunday, TBA; Cost: $125

Explore the fundamental performance techniques of the mime-clown through the internationally recognized Donlon method. Strengthen your ability to transform an empty space into resonating visual theatre.  Probe the world of the trickster and fool. This intensive is designed for those who are serious about a professional career in the physical theatre. Noted actor/clowns have trained with Donlon including Tony Award Winner Bill Irwin, and the Big Apple Circus' Barry Lubin. "His technique is impeccable, Donlon is like a one-man Cirque du Soleil". - Robert Shields of CBS' The Shields & Yarnell Show.

Instructors: James Donlon & Leonard Pitt

July 18 - 29, 2011

2 weeks, Monday thru Friday, 9 - Noon.

10 Classes, Cost: $375

This rigorous course is designed for those who want a daily 3 hour immersion into the creative approaches and technical skills necessary to make resonating visual theatre that speaks to our times. The neo-classic arts of the clown/mime, mask, and ensemble movement will be a special emphasis of study. Actors wishing to expand the command of their bodies and imaginations will find a creative physical base that will serve them in all areas of their professional work. Directors will discover new ideas about dramatic structure, space, timing and energy. 

Instructor: Kathryn Zdan (click here for Kathryn's bio) 

TBA for Summer 2011

Cost: $280

We will explore how gesture, economy, and timing are an actor's greatest tools. Using a number of techniques including Laban, observation, object study and mask, we will work to create an original character through physicality.  We will examine the inherit wisdom of the body, and how ultimately the body and mind fuse in the creation of character. 

Teen actors wishing to also enroll in the Physical Theatre Summer Intensive with master teachers James Donlon & Leonard Pitt, Monday through Friday, 9am to Noon, July 19 to 30, can pay a total tuition of $480 for The Physical Character class and the Summer Intensive. This is a $150 savings off the regular Summer Intensive tuition.

(See above for Summer Intensive information)