Orientation & Intermediate/ Advanced Acting Classes – Training Actors for an International Career

Introduction:
Sophie Papadopoulos is the Founder & Managing Partner of iWa [International Workshops for Actors]. With
presence in Athens and Los Angeles, iWa offers specialized workshops for actors, directors and producers servicing their needs for the latest in professional development and artistic growth. iWa has a strong network of professional from the global entertainment industry and provides a platform for Greek artists to expand their opportunities by networking and creating powerful relationship at an international level.

IWa has an exclusive affiliation with the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Hollywood and is a Certified Teacher, coaching Actors internationally on Milton Katselas famous Acting Approach.

For more information www.iwanet.biz

The Orientation – Beginners Acting Class
The Orientation Acting Class is catered to New Actors of any age. This includes students with zero experience to those who may have a college degree in theater, to students who may have experience in another profession and even to those who have an entire career behind them and are looking at pursuing a dormant dream of Acting. Acting is not about being a beginner or not, but about what you have within you to say, and using your powers of observation to tell that story in an authentic manner. Since the Acting classes are on-going, you will be given a Certificate of Participation upon completion of the class.

The Intermediate/ Advanced Class
The Intermediate/Advanced Acting Class are for Actors and Directors who have more professional experience and who want to experiment and expand their craft with further training and experience. Since the acting classes are on-going, you will be given a Certificate of Participation upon completion of the class.

Principals
Renowned Director and Teacher Milton Katselas Acting Approach has been training Actors for over 30 years at the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Hollywood, one of the oldest and most respected private Acting School in Los Angeles. His Approach to both the craft and career of Acting has benefited celebrities such as; George Clooney, Michelle Pfeifer, Alec Baldwin, James Cromwell, Patrick Swayze, Jim Carrey, Kate Hudson, Giovanni Ribisi, to name a few.

For more information www.bhplayhouse.com

Description
Acting Classes are an experience unlike any other classes. They are exciting, passionate and entertaining. Scene Study Classes train each actor in real-person-place, behaviour-oriented, moment-to-moment acting work in the tradition of the great American actors. Exercises are kept at a minimum so the Actor can concentrate on discipline, research, high-quality scenes from good scripts whether from plays or movies. Rather than emphasizing any one technique or school of acting thought -such as Stanislavski, Meisner, Adler, Strasberg “sense memory” etc, the Approach utilizes a down-to-earth appeal which has been developed over 40 years by Milton Katselas. For instance;

–‐What events are associated with this story?
–‐What is the specific nature of this character?
–‐What happened to them before the scene?
–‐What would a real person do in this given circumstances?

Different actors have different ways of tackling the craft of acting, and by teaching over 20 different concepts, ideas and techniques that actors can learn and utilize to master whatever challenges faces them, whether from the nature of the role or the nature of the project. The result is an actor who can deliver a rich, believable performance no matter the circumstances, from film shoots and television where there is little or
no rehearsal, to the theatre projects where there are weeks of rehearsal, to the very audition that gets these jobs.

The students are instructed through the unique, down-to-earth, non theoretical three-pronged Approach-Acting, Attitude, and Administration.

Upon registration and payment, please send recent photo and CV to sophie@iwanet.biz

Workshop language is in English with conversational Greek if required.

Required
Reading: “Acting Class – Take a Seat” by Milton Katselas (included in the participation fees and offered to all the participants)