with John Markland

Vancouver September 14th- 18th

breakthrough

I’ll give you what I gave them… character development, script analysis, story arcing, relationship dynamics, personalization, belief building, behavior patterning, gesture signatures, protection devices, sympathy invites, physical discourse and all the tools necessary to create, embody and deliver a breakthrough performance. Get to work now… script breakdown and character creation takes weeks for these performances. I’ll get you going immediately so the workshop week is focused on the embodying and playing of the character.

I’ll address questions I get every week, what’s the best way to learn lines? When do I improvise? How do I find the character’s body? How do I block or choreograph movement? Should I use an accent? Do I be still or active? How do I put ‘it’ behind my eyes? What’s playing against the line? How do I follow impulse? What if I can’t cry? If I lose my line? If I can’t stay in it, what do I do? How do I pull it in?

My expertise is creating original characters with real soul and then guiding actors to live them authentically with unwavering confidence, daring and passion. It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been at it; we all have doubts, blind-spots, bad habits, fear or just a narrow way of working. Dive in how I do with the leads on these shows and let’s see what you’re capable of and more.

Every experience level is invited.

Auditing