ACTING Classes
- Private Acting [1 hour]
- Weekly one hour lessons training imagination, mind, body, and voice for the actor and applying to monologues. Great for audition preparation!
- Private Acting [1/2 hour]
- Weekly half-hour lessons training imagination, mind, body, and voice for the actor and applying to monologues. Great for audition preparation!
- Acting Elements Class (ages 12-18)
- This course will begin investigating and learning the art of Acting from different sources and techniques, with primary focus on the basics of the Stanislavski Method. We will explore and gain a better awareness of the body, breath, and voice connection. While also discovering what elements and actions are necessary to keep that connection fluid to maintain a healthy, artistic, instrument.
- Wednesday 5:00-6:15 p.m./Room T151
- Prerequisite: None (must have 4 registered students to run)
Faculty
- Marya Spring (Summer Instructor)
- Ms. Spring received her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA and is a member of Actors' Equity Association (AEA) and American Federation of Television & Radio Artists (AFTRA). Marya is a certified Alexander Technique teacher (Alexander Alliance, USA) and has performed with The Human Race Theatre, Dayton Opera, The Arden Theatre Company (Philadelphia, PA), Commonwealth Musical Stage (Va Beach, VA), Stamford Center for the Arts (Stamford, CT), among others. Marya is furthering her education in the MFA in Directing program at Carnegie Mellon University.
- Scott Stoney (Conservatory Program only)
- Though he is known more for his stage work with over 30 years of professional credits, Scott Stoney is no stranger to education. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Bowling Green State University in Education. 1981 marks the beginning of his educational relationship with the Theatre Department of Sinclair Community College. Scott developed a 6-quarter series of sequential acting classes which Scott taught as well as Oral Interpretation, Theatre Make-up, Musical Theatre and Shakespeare. He also teaches regularly at Wright State University, the University of Dayton and Clark State Community College as well as coaching privately, helping actors of all ages to get the part, the show, the job, or the school. He has assisted over 50 students in getting into the college program of their choice. An accomplished pianist, Scott enjoys working with musical students the most. As a resident artist and founding member of The Human Race Theatre Company, Scott has performed many functions. But he is most often remembered for his on-stage roles at the Loft and the Victoria. Victoria shows include among others Wait Until Dark, Shenandoah, The Boys Next Door, and Green Gables. Recent HR productions include Brother Wolf, Romeo and Juliet, Take Me Out, Harold and Maude and Big River. His career has provided many opportunities to travel – a European tour as Carriere in Maury Yeston's Phantom with an international cast; a world premiere production about the Native American storyteller, Te Ata, in her home state of Oklahoma; and the Human Race production, Convenience that premiered in Dayton and Sacramento. From his acting credits, a few of his favorite roles are Werner Heisenberg, from Copenhagen; Horton the Elephant, from Seussical; Roy Cohn, from Angels in America and the title role in Sweeney Todd. From his directing credits, a few of his favorite Loft productions are RABBIT HOLE, THE SPITFIRE GRILL, MINEOLA TWINS, and Marvin's Room; for the Victoria Theatre he directed West Side Story; Little Shop of Horrors; and To Kill a Mockingbird. Scott has also received two major awards: a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Montgomery County Arts & Cultural District and in 2004 he was inducted into the Dayton Theatre Hall of Fame.