Scene Study & Acting Technique [Dramatists]
Sharpen and deepen your acting skills by rehearsing and performing a scene of your choosing! Use theatre games, textual analysis, and physical and vocal exercises to develop a distinct character to make yourself a bold and inventive performer.
For current 9th – 12th graders
- Dates: Saturdays, October 1 – December 10; 2 – 3:30 pm
- October 1: FIRST CLASS (welcome!)
- November 26: NO CLASS (Thanksgiving weekend!)
- December 10: FALL CLASSES SHOWCASE (show what you know!)
For performers eager to deepen their acting training, this scene study class gives students the skills they need to take their performance work to the next level.
We will delve into the core of acting technique by rehearsing scenes that our students select from a mound of carefully culled dramatic literature. While rehearsing scenes, students learn to research and explore their character, balance logic with imagination, identify their character’s journey, collaborate with scene partners, and rehearse productively. Scene work will be augmented with improvisational games that also teach acting skills: clarity of thought and action, commitment to choices, active listening, and responding while in character. The result is bold, confident and clear acting!
Traveling Players classes and summer camps/conservatories offer expert training in acting, character creation, physical comedy, stage combat, improvisation, and text analysis. We also value the spirit of the ensemble. Our ensemble- and team-building activities create a strong, supportive cast — and friendships that can last a lifetime!
This class clarifies basic acting technique and introduces advanced techniques. We have found that you can never go over basic acting technique enough, as it is the foundation of all higher level work. This class solidifies the basics, thereby setting up students for success in high school, college and beyond!
Your final class is your Showcase Performance, held alongside all the other Fall classes!
- When: Saturday, December 10, 1:30-4:00 pm (note: this final performance is at a different time than class)
- Where: The Traveling Players Studio!
- Who: Invite your friends and family!
Showcase Schedule:
- 12:30-1:00 pm — Warm-ups; get into costume; final dress rehearsal (all Dramatists)
- 1:00-1:15 pm — Meet your Showcase buddies – students from the other classes!
- 1:15-1:30 pm — Family, friends & fans join us at the Studio!
- 1:30-4:00 pm — Showcase Time! Perform your monologues, watch performances by the other classes
- 4:00 pm — Celebration & Volunteer Toast! We honor our performers & 2022 volunteers with sparkling apple cider for all!
- Classes are in-person.
- Temperature is checked upon arrival.
- All staff are fully vaccinated.
- All students are required to be vaccinated.
- High-touch surfaces are disinfected between classes.
- Our Studio is fully compliant with CDC recommended safety standards, guidelines, and practices, in addition to Tysons Corner Center, Fairfax County and Virginia Department of Health (VDH).
- We are continuing to monitor local community transmission levels. If appropriate, we are prepared to move the class and the showcase online to Zoom (as we successfully did last year).
In 2021, Traveling Players welcomed 90+ students and 25+ staff for 6 weeks of in-person residential camp without a single case of COVID-19. Our community’s vaccination rate greatly exceeds the local average (between 85% and 95%).
In 2020, Traveling Players’ programs were held online. We produced five highly successful play festivals over Zoom, ranging from ridiculous farces to stark tragedies.
Needless to say, we’re prepared for whatever the future holds!
Tuition: $350 ($375 after the Early Bird flies away on Sept. 5 at midnight)
Location: Traveling Players Studio
Tysons Corner Center (Tysons-1 Mall), 1961 Chain Bridge Road, Tysons, VA 22102
Teacher: Ryan Fields, BA
Class Size: 12 actors
I just wanted to thank you and Traveling Players for all the training you guys have given me in the last three years. I got third place in my school’s Shakespeare monologue competition [as a freshman], and I give the credit ENTIRELY to the very worthy Traveling Players Ensemble. I love Traveling Players so much and I am glad to have met each and every person I’ve met there!
— Student