THE ACTOR FACTORY
To register
for any of the below classes, call The Factory at 405.701.1673.
AUDITION FOR FILM & TELEVISION
with Chris Freihofer
6-Week
Session. Mondays, 6:30-9:30 pm
Class Limit:
10
Cost: $275
NEXT SESSION
BEGINS:
June 14, 2010
Oklahoma Casting Director and professional actor Chris Freihofer,
Director and Founder of The Actor Factory, offers his very popular
limited 6-week class entitled "Audition for Film & Television" on
Monday nights at The Factory. The class is designed for both
beginning and advanced actors to receive professional training and
critique in their audition technique for film and television.
Class
participants will be emailed audition material to prepare during the
week prior to class. These scenes are taken from either current,
highly-rated network television series, or big-budget studio
features currently casting, or still awaiting release. The audition
material will be accompanied by an assignment involving an area of
focus for the audition. Participants will be videotaped and
evaluated during class time, with constructive criticism given to
improve the actor's technique. Each participant will be provided
a video of their class work each week, including his or her
on-camera instruction and critique.
Also each
week, a short lesson will be offered concerning the industry.
Headshots, resumes, agents, the unions and marketing skills and
opportunities will be covered.
"Auditioning
is a skill. It is a different part of your performance. It is a
one-act play and a mind game. This class will help actors overcome
all the baggage that's associated with auditioning and concentrate
on the ob at hand: getting the job," he said.
Freihofer has
appeared as an actor in numerous film and television productions.
Upcoming roles include the feature films LEAVES OF GRASS, with
Edward Norton, Kerri Russell and Tim Blake Nelson (opening in
limited release April 2) and THE EX-TERMINATORS with Heather Graham
and Jennifer Coolidge. He will appear on NBC in "Friday Night
Lights" later this year. Recent film and television appearances
include "The Deep End" on ABC, Oliver Stone's "W.", Fox Television's
"Prison Break" and "Wildfire" on ABC Family. He is a member of
Screen Actors Guild.
As a casting
director, Freihofer cast the recent Oklahoma films HEAVEN'S RAIN,
THE KILLER INSIDE ME, TIME EXPIRED, BARKING WATER, PEARL, WISTERIA;
THE STORY OF ALBERT FISH, The Sundance Film Festival award-winning
film FOUR SHEETS TO THE WIND and many others, including hundreds of
national, regional and state-wide commercials for such clients as
The Oklahoma Lottery, AAA, Blue Cross, American Clean Skies,
Chesapeake Energy, AAA, OU Medical Center, Aladdin Bail Bonds, The
ONE Campaign and hundreds more. For full casting credits, visit the
website www.FreihoferCasting.com
The class is
open to beginning or advanced actors aged 16 and up.
To register
for this class, call The Actor Factory at 405.701.1673.
This is not a
job interview or audition. The intent of the class is solely
educational. The presence of a casting director is neither a
guarantee nor a promise of employment.
IMPROV PERFORMANCE
with
Rebecca McCauley
Sundays, 6:00-7:30 pm
6- Week Session.
Class limit: 12
Cost: $200
NEXT SESSION BEGINS: June 20, 2010
Learn the
basics of Improv Performance in this high-energy, fun and positive
class.
McCauley will
teach the basic fundamentals of creative performance with no script
and very little audience input, in a class situation similar to
Second City. It is the classic long-form improv art form, summoning
out of nothing while on stage. Students will learn trust, the rules
of on-stage improv, team work and invention in this carefully-guided
class.
McCauley
stresses that there is no improv background needed for this class,
and the setting will be fun, lively and funny in a very trusting,
lighthearted and supportive environment. She stresses that it is
not a comedy class and comedic skills are not required. This is
also not a class of short-form improv games, but teaches the
fundamentals of Herald Improv, also known as 'Chicago Style'.
This is
probably the most fun class people take at The Actor Factory.
McCauley is
arguably the best teacher of improv in the area. She has appeared
with the best local sketch and improv groups, including Baloney
Rodeo, Babies with Rabies, Comedy Bowl and others. She has
performed in clubs, bars, private parties and more. Along with
being an accomplished improv performer, McCauley works
professionally on stage and in front of the camera and microphone.
She has voice hundreds of commercials during her career, and appears
in the films RAINBOW AROUND THE SUN, PEARL, THE ROUNDER COMES TO
TOWN, and the Lifetime film A CHRISTMAS CHILD. She just finished
filming a major supporting role in the film HEAVEN'S RAIN. She has
appeared in dozens of commercials and stage productions, and is one
of the most beloved actors in the state.
The class is
open to beginning or advanced actors aged 17 and up.
To register
for any class, call The Factory at 405.701.1673.
OKC Workshop - JULY - SEE ABOVE
In this workshop,