Playhouse Northwest Celebrating 10 years! The party was AWESOME! <3
Kids Acting and Action Camp! (July 17th -20th) SUPER FUN CAMP!
Kids Acting and Action Camp (CDA/Spokane area)
Get the best of both worlds! Both camps have been so popular over the years we thought, “Let’s take the best parts from each camp and combine them.†Kind of like peanut butter and chocolate: two very different tastes that complement each other extremely well.
Often young actors are encouraged to learn new skills, and with Kids’ Half and Half Camp not only will they improve their acting skills but they will learn a valuable new skill set for the industry. And for those who love martial arts they get to utilize and demonstrate their skills and put them on camera. Their fight choreography scenes will be taped and viewed in class. They will be educated on acting, safety, and their best camera angles for their scene.
This 4-day long day camp includes:
Basic skills for on-camera auditions
On set etiquette and terminology
Improvisation
Scene study
Stage combat/fight choreography
Taekwondo
Board breaking
Intro to Meisner Acting Technique
In addition, students will learn the very important skills of self-defense (for real, not acting) in the Personal Safety portion of this camp. Super Educating and Super fun!
Cost $150
To register email [email protected]
Meisner Online Summer Classes. Thursday Evenings starting July 13th-Sept 7th
SUMMER MEISNER ONLINE REGISTRATION HAS BEGUN! CLASSES WILL RUN THURSDAY EVENINGS JULY 13TH- SEPT 7TH.
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Playhouse Northwest Acting School has now opened registration for the 2023 Meisner Online Acting Classes. (Summer Quarter) July 13th – Sept 7th 10th
Register here at playhousenw.com/meisnerregistration/
(You do not need to be a member to register. )
The structured Meisner classes are the backbone of what we do. These classes are designed to be taken in sequence. At each level, on-camera, improvisational, and business skills will be interwoven into the curriculum.
If you’re serious about transforming your acting, this is the place to start. For professional actors in film and television, it’s no secret that Meisner work is their superpower in both their life and their career. The benefits include a greater sense of truth, emotional depth, and flexibility in your work.
Beginners and experienced students are welcome. Outside practice is required. Students will work individually at their own level and will grow at their own rate. These interactive meetings will take place LIVE on ZOOM.
The classes will meet 7:00 PM-9:30 PM PST. If a makeup or extra class is needed it will be held the following week. If you have to miss a class you are welcome to request a recording.
Price: $375 (8 classes)
Scholarship and Creative Financing are available upon request.
Instructor: Lisa Skvarla https://playhousenw.com/lisa-skvarla/
If you have any questions you can contact the Playhouse Northwest Acting School office at 206-919-7407.
* Refund Policy.* If student cancels one week or more before class starts. Full refund.
If they cancel less than one week away from when class starts. $100 is nonrefundable. But the student will have full credit
with the remaining balance that they can use as a refund, credit, or donation.
If a person needs to drop during the class, the student will have the remaining available credit they can put towards the next class or another PHNW class.
Thank you!
Playhouse Northwest Acting School.
Meisner is our superpower!
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Instructor Lisa Skvarla
Lisa’s two passions in life are acting and martial arts, and she has many special skills that align with her two life passions. She’s an executive producer, associate producer, acting teacher, self-defense instructor, fight performer, and an actress who enjoys doing her own stunt work.
Lisa received her degree in Television Production and Communications from Clarion University in Pennsylvania. She is a SAG/AFTRA actor and has appeared on numerous national television shows including “Northern Exposure,” “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” “Case Closed,” and the Discovery Channel’s “The Worst Thing that Ever Happened to Me.” Internationally Lisa appeared on the popular Japanese Television series “The World’s Astonishing News.” She has also appeared in numerous commercials, industrials, web series, and theater productions in the LA, Portland and Seattle Markets.
In 2013 Lisa founded Playhouse Northwest Acting School, which was a dream come true because she loves helping other artists to learn, grow, and prosper in their careers.
“This training has a tendency to not only improve careers but to improve lives. Meisner really is a super power. I invite you to come in and attend a class. Hope to see you soon!†— Lisa Skvarla
Her goal is to elevate acting in local communities across the region.
In 2018 Lisa appeared in the award-winning feature film “Woodstock or Bust” with Willow Shields (from “Hunger Gamesâ€) and Meg DeLacy ( from “The Fostersâ€) that came out this past spring. She also appeared on the TV show “Wonderland Murders” that was released in February. In addition she is an actor and the executive producer of “Divine Shadows,†an award-winning web series that will be released this year.
Lisa is a 4th degree Master in Tae kwon do and was the proud owner of Lee’s Martial Arts for 15 years in West Seattle, Washington. For three years Lisa served as the chairwoman for the American Women’s Self-Defense Association and has taught self-defense and rape prevention courses to women and girls across the country.
2017 Meisner Classes at PlayhouseNW
We’re excited to announce that Meisner classes are returning to Playhouse Northwest Acting School! You can learn more about the Meisner Technique here.
We now offer evening and morning classes. The structured Meisner classes are the backbone of what we do. These classes are designed to be taken in sequence, each level lasting nine weeks. At each level on-camera, improvisational, and business skills will be interwoven into the curriculum.
If you’re serious about transforming your acting, this is the place to start. For professional actors in film and television, it’s no secret that Meisner work is their super power in both their life and career. The benefits include a greater sense of truth, emotional depth and flexibility in your work.
There are four levels of classes, each nine weeks long. Students can take classes once or twice a week. Outside practice is required.
Each level costs $300. A $100 non refundable deposit is required to reserve your spot. We have a winter special of all four levels for $900 — a savings of $300. This special will end Dec. 31, 2016.
Become a member of Playhouse NW for $100. Membership has its privileges. Check out all the terrific Benefits of membership!
Call Playhouse NW at 206-938-3375 to register.
Please Note: We offer scholarships, sliding scale, and creative financing upon request. For more information, please call the PHNW office at 206-938-3375.
Level 1: Foundation – Living Truthfully
“Acting is the ability to live truthfully under imaginary circumstances,†Sanford Meisner said. In our first nine weeks together, we’ll work on the first half of that statement: living truthfully.
Working through this innovative, step-by-step series of improvisational exercises will train you to be thoroughly responsive, emotionally alive, spontaneous and absolutely grounded in the reality of what is happening at any given moment with any given person. These foundational exercises will get you out of your head and into being absolutely present to the world around you and the people with whom you share it.
Upcoming sessions 2017
Monday evenings: January 9 – March 6, 7:30- 10:00 p.m. (Instructor: Lisa Skvarla)
Thursday afternoons: January 12 –March 9, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Instructor Lisa Skvarla)
FAST TRACK (Both Days): January 9 – February 6 (9 Classes)
Level 2: Under Imaginary Circumstances
In Level 2, we’ll begin to explore “imaginary circumstances.†New elements will be added to the exercises that will work to broaden your imagination, exercise your faith in given circumstances and ground your acting in your own unique point of view.
As you continue this work through the advanced exercises, we’ll begin to show you ways to bring the improvisational nature of Meisner work to actual scripts by turning the script into an improvisation with words.
Upcoming Sessions 2017
Monday evenings: January 9 – March 6, 7:30 – 10:00 p.m. (Instructor: Lisa Skvarla)
Thursday afternoons: January 12 – March 9, 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
FAST TRACK (Both Days): February 9 – March 9 (9 Classes)
Level 3: Emotional Preparation
Acting is an emotional art form, yet as Meisner told us, “acting is not emoting.†So how do we deepen our emotional life without becoming indulgent, self-conscious actors? How do we meet the emotional demands of the script without faking anything?
Level 3 has the answers. You’ll be guided through a nine-week series of exercises designed to deepen and set free your emotional life. The “emotional preparation†and “particularizationâ€
exercises will give you the tools you need to truthfully meet the deepest emotional demands of any script.
At the end of these nine weeks, you’ll put your new skills to the test and perform a scene for an invited audience.
Upcoming Sessions 2017
Wednesday Afternoon : March 29– May 24, 11:00- 1:30pm. (Instructor: Lisa Skvarla)
Wednesday Evening : March 29– May 24, 7:30-10:00 pm
*Additional classes may be added depending on the amount of students.
Level 4: Doing the Work
Here we’ll give you the interpretive tools you’ll need to put all your Meisner training into practice in the real world.
You’ll learn how to read a script with the precision and dexterity of a surgeon, work with impediments, discover how to make active choices that work for you, and unlock your ability to personalize the circumstances of the scripts you work on.
You’ll emerge from Level 4 with a concrete, no-nonsense process that will give you a solid foundation for the rest of your acting career.
Upcoming Sessions 2017
Wednesday Morning: June 7 – August 2nd, 11:00-1:30pm (Instructor: Lisa Skvarla)
Wednesday Evening : June 7 – August 2, 7:30-10pm
*Additional classes may be added depending on the number of students.
Advanced Meisner Scene Study
Scenes will be performed at Starlight Amphitheater in Cle Elum Wa.
Current and former students. Deepen your work, expand your craft and connect.
In this repeatable, advanced scene study class, you’ll be given the opportunity to work on two scenes using all of the tools you learned in Levels 1-4. Practice personalization, script analysis, emotional preparation, particularization and impediments, all while honing your ability to work off your scene partners.
This class will culminate in a performance for invited guests where you will perform one or both of your scenes.
Upcoming sessions TBA, online registration not yet available.