LAURA GARDNER
HOWARD FINE ACTING STUDIO, Los Angeles: 1998 to current
COMPREHENSIVE TECHNIQUE: 12 week course to outline and identify the actor's
tools through a combination of lecture and practical exercises.
By placing focus on the development of concentration, emotional
recall, basic script analysis and characterization, the actor
will acquire a method of approach for all aspects of acting (ie.
Film, TV, Stage, and auditions). Required texts: CHALLENGE FOR
THE ACTOR-Uta Hagen and ACTING, THE FIRST LESSONS :Richard Boleslavsky
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOMEWORK
AND REHEARSEL: This class teaches
the student how to apply the tools and technique learned in Basic
Technique class to scene work. Emphasis is on developing a step-by-step
process and understanding of how to apply the technique from
first reading to rehearsal to performance.
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED SCENE STUDY: This class is an ongoing application of the principles
set forth in Basic and Intro. Students prepare scenes for critique
and continue to work on them until objectives are satisfied.
INTENSIVE
AUDITION/INTERVIEW WORKSHOPS: Cold reading, interview skills,
presentation, songs, monologues
San Francisco, 2005 thru present- Screen
Actors Guild and Media Access
Berkeley 2005 thru present Media Access
Santa Fe, March 2007--Screen Actors Guild
Alamogordo, NM July 2007-Revision Studios
Los Angeles, July 2007--Screen Actors Guild
Last Frontier Playwrights Festival, Valdez, Alaska--July 2007
Actors Workshop, Cardiff by the Sea, Wales--August, 2006
Musical Theatre Conservatory of Wales, August 2006
MEDIA ACCESS,
North Hollywood and Berkely, Ca.
1996 to current on-going class for actors with disability, professionals
and the community in theatre games, cold reading and interview
skills, and scene/monologue study. Objective of the class is
to give basic skills of speech, improv, scene work and audition
technique. Special focus on freedom of expression and play.
PALM
BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE: 2003 and 2004: Audition and
Interview Intensive
COMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT:
1998 to 2002
Drama consultant for the district. Taught high school, alternative
school and elementary drama with the focus on communication skills
and conflict resolution. The students also wrote and performed
original material.
SANTA MONICA COLLEGE:
1994 to 1998
interview/audition technique
ACTORS CENTERS
INT'L, Los Angeles: 1993-1996 week intensive classes
geared towards nailing the audition. The objective was how to
enter and leave the audition/interview with confidence and your
self-esteem intact.
HB STUDIO, NYC : 1991
to 1993
Substitute for scene study classes of Carol Rosenfeld
AMERICAN
ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ART ,NYC: 1991 to 1992
These classes not only worked on basic singing skills but the
actor approached the
song using the same technique as in regular scene work.
STELLA
ADLER INSTITUTE, NYC: 1990 basic speech
NC
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: 1982
Taught opera singers to 'act truthfully' in their songs.
Audition and interview technique.
For references:
Howard Fine - 323- 962.3188
Carol Rosenfeld - 201- 864-5499
Gloria Casteneda -818-409-0448
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