NOTE – Auditing prior to the start of the first class is highly recommended for this class.
Also, all students are expected to acquire and read Ivana Chubbuck’s, The Power of the Actor, prior to attending the 1st class.

With Ivana Chubbuck Studio-accredited teacher, Jerri Tubbs. Jerri has been a member of Ivana’s studio since 2007 in Los Angeles and we’re proud to have her at Drama Inc!

This class is open to students who are new to this technique and its vocabulary.

In October of 2004 Penguin Books published Ivana’s book, The Power of the Actor. The book became an instant success, spending weeks on the Los Angeles Times top ten Bestsellers List. For more than a year it was the number one selling book about acting at Barnes and Noble. Currently her book is being adopted for use as a textbook in many colleges and universities across the country, as well as having been translated into a number of languages around the world, including Spanish, Hebrew, Romanian, Italian, Danish, Russian and soon to be Chinese.

This technique maintains a focus on producing and nurturing working actors in a rigorous professional environment. It is our mission to empower our students with the tools to become successful and to make dynamic, empowered choices in their work.

In this class students will break down the text according to “The Power of the Actor” – 12 steps, and all of the emotional exercises in the book and then apply it to scene work. The goal is to get every student to learn how to be proactive and win an objective in the scene while creating a dynamic performance. While there is no filming element to this class, the technique is designed especially through the use of inner monologue and inner objects to be captured, truthfully for the camera.

*Read more about The Chubbuck Technique here: http://www.ivanachubbuck.com

***All Adult classes 18 and over unless otherwise specified.

Take your technique to the next level! This class will enrich your technique, help you make more specific choices, and facilitate acting from a place of truth by utilizing Uta Hagen’s Object Exercises and applying them to your practice and process.

Each week you will:
Learn a new Object Exercise
Prepare an Object Exercise to share
Get feedback on your exercise
Apply the Object Exercise, principles, and feedback to a scene on camera

Kathleen has been acting professionally for over 30 years, and while she started her acting career on the stage, the last 12 years have been primarily in film and television. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Kent State University with a BA in Theatre, and an undergrad Honors Thesis in Shakespearean Performance. She spent 12 years in New York City working as an actress on the stage, and has spent the last 12 years in the Atlanta market, primarily as a film and television actress. For four of those years, she was the co-founder and Executive Director of The Circle Ensemble Theatre Company.

Throughout her years in NYC and Atlanta, coaching other actors for auditions and technique and teaching acting classes and workshops have been a constant. With decades of experience as an acting coach, she is adept in learning style assessment, performance assessments, and giving performance adjustments that are insightful and specifically tailored to each individual’s talents and strengths.

As a working actor in this market, she brings vital, up-to-the-moment insight and energy to the studio and prepares and encourages her clients to do the same. Please check out Kathleen’s film and television credits on IMdB.com. Kathleen is represented by Atlanta Models and Talent.

***All Adult classes 18 and over unless otherwise specified.