Niche.LA Video Art hosts seasonal acting classes taught by industry professionals.

ADVANCED COLD-READING WORKSHOP

The Viola Spolin Technique taught by Robin Brown every Tuesday from 7-10PM.

Actors will learn how to prepare scenes for film and television auditions, using sides from actual television shows and feature films. Beginning with cold reading, then prepared scenes, then finishing with how to submit an audition on tape.  The Viola Spolin Technique uses the exercises in her book, Improvisation for the Theater.

Robin taught at The Stella Adler Conservatory and is one of the few teachers in Hollywood that uses Viola’s exercises for their intended purpose, to teach actors what is playable. He work-shopped with Viola in the late eighties and taught these same principles at the Stella Adler Conservatory.

Actors who go through this type of training are much less likely to fall into playing the words. They take direction well. They are more able to deal with the constantly changing demands of the real work place, are more comfortable with their creative instruments, and as result, have discoveries in performance that help them book jobs. They are having fun and that is always contagious.