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A VIRTUAL COURSE FOR ACTORS

This 10-class online course will explore the psycho-physical acting technique developed by Michael Chekhov. These tools help you, the actor, awaken your emotional life and broaden your imagination in the creation of character. They also help you clarify and fully embody a character’s physical actions, so that your acting becomes even more vivid, specific, and engaging on stage or in an audition.

Students will be expected to find their own monologues and to have read the plays from which they come. All participants will need a computer and good internet connection, as well as a private space in their home where they can work on their feet. The technique is very physical in nature and it will be necessary to have adequate space to move around (a 6x6ft space should be sufficient).

Classes will meet Monday and Wednesday evenings from 7:00pm-9:00pm CST, beginning May 17 and ending June 16.

Enrollment is limited to 8 students. Attendance to all classes is expected. 

GENERAL INFORMATION

DATES

This virtual course will be taught over ten sessions from 7:00-9:00pm CST.

Monday, May 17, 2021

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Monday, May 24, 2021

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Monday, May 31, 2021: Memorial Day—class will not meet.

Wednesday, June 3, 2021

Monday, June 7, 2021

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Monday, June 14, 2021

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Monday, June 21, 2021

LOCATION

This MTI class will take place over Zoom video conference calls. We will send you the link to access the Zoom after you have been accepted into the class. Participants are expected to work on their material outside of class hours.

TUITION

$225—Upon acceptance to the class, payment is due in full by the first day of class.

APPLICATION PROCESS

The deadline to apply is Monday, May 10, 2021.

Follow the link to fill out the application form. You will be asked a couple of questions about yourself as well as to provide possible dates to have a phone interview with Rich. Those interested are required to have a one-on-one conversation before acceptance into the class. This allows applicants a chance to make sure the class is a good fit and to ask questions. The class is limited to 8 students, and preference will go in the order in which applications are received. You will be notified of your acceptance and asked to pay for the course on or before the first day of class.

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

MTI endeavors to make training accessible regardless of income level. If the tuition amount is out of reach, please send an inquiry to info@theatermu.org. Two students will be awarded a partial scholarship to cover half the cost of tuition.

MEET THE INSTRUCTOR

RICH REMEDIOS is a Minneapolis-based director, actor, and teacher. Directing credits include The Pillowman (Theatre Coup d'Etat) and the world premiere Trust (Woehrligig Productions). He also directed O, the Caucasity of it All for Theater Mu’s TwentyPho Hour PlayFest this summer and served as Assistant Director for Mu’s production of Charles Frances Chan’s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery and Today Is My Birthday. His acting credits include work on Broadway and regional theater (including originating the role of Orville Huang for Theater Mu’s production of Purple Cloud) as well as featured roles in the feature films The Public Domain and To Say Goodbye, Lifetime's hit show Drop Dead Diva, and recurring roles on the daytime dramas All My Children and As the World Turns—as well as numerous commercials, independent films, short films, and industrial videos. He is a certified teacher of the Sandford Meisner and Michael Chekhov acting techniques and teaches acting in his studio, Twin Cities Actor Training, and at Augsburg University. Learn more at remedioscreative.com