From Craft to Casting - In Person

$360.00

Your body already knows this character. Your training means your head gets in the way. The techniques in this class fix that.

Fill out the form HERE to be notified on the next scheduled classes.

THE REAL PROBLEM

You’ve been trained to add things: more methodical intention, more descriptions of behavior, more technique. But the actors who stop a room aren’t adding anything. They’ve stripped away everything that separates them from the moment. The work you’ve accumulated hasn’t made you freer. It’s made you more managed. More defended. More watched by yourself. This distance is most damaging in self-tapes, when the stakes are perhaps the highest.

WHAT THIS COURSE DOES

Over six weeks, you’ll work through the GAP process; Global Arena Psychophysical, a methodology built across 17 years at the intersection of film, theatre, and performance capture. Not theory. Not notes. A systematic way of reading a scene, mapping what’s really at stake in a relationship, and letting your body respond before your head has a chance to manage it. By week five, you’ll bring your own casting material and film it. By week six, it’s yours to keep.

Your body already knows this character. Your training means your head gets in the way. The techniques in this class fix that.

Fill out the form HERE to be notified on the next scheduled classes.

THE REAL PROBLEM

You’ve been trained to add things: more methodical intention, more descriptions of behavior, more technique. But the actors who stop a room aren’t adding anything. They’ve stripped away everything that separates them from the moment. The work you’ve accumulated hasn’t made you freer. It’s made you more managed. More defended. More watched by yourself. This distance is most damaging in self-tapes, when the stakes are perhaps the highest.

WHAT THIS COURSE DOES

Over six weeks, you’ll work through the GAP process; Global Arena Psychophysical, a methodology built across 17 years at the intersection of film, theatre, and performance capture. Not theory. Not notes. A systematic way of reading a scene, mapping what’s really at stake in a relationship, and letting your body respond before your head has a chance to manage it. By week five, you’ll bring your own casting material and film it. By week six, it’s yours to keep.

THE 6 WEEKS:

WHEN: Starting September 3rd 6pm - 9pm Thursdays (with 1 week break)

WHERE: Rapier Wit 575 Wellington St W, Toronto, ON M5V 1G3

WHAT:

Sept 3rd: First Instinct

Foundational principles and exercises.

Sept 10th: Relationship as Architecture

Global Arena analysis. How to establish your character’s pre-conscious relationships

Sept 17th: The Body Knows First

Psycho-physical action re-defined. Apply techniques to a previous casting

Oct 1st: The Art of Listening

The most underrated skill in all acting method. How to listen in character, based on behavioural psychology.

Oct 8th: Your Casting, New Process

Apply the full GAP framework. Film your self-tape for a comparison

Oct 15th: Always Present

Scene work as an ensemble filmed as a solo. Time for Feedback.

WHO THIS IS FOR:

Actors who feel technically solid but not free
Actors whose self-tapes don’t reflect their best live work
Actors who want to actually enjoy self-tapes
Actors who want a repeatable process, not just notes
Actors ready to be challenged in a small, serious room