Acting Fundamentals: Crafting a Scene
When: Mondays, starting October 30th 6:30pm-9:00pm (6 Sessions Total, Thanksgiving Week off, ending on December 11th).
Where: NET Center, 110 Crusader Ave W, West St Paul, MN 55118
Who: Adults 18+. No acting experience necessary.
Cost: $120 Course Fee (includes all 6 sessions)
Instructor: Christina Malloy
Questions? Email Christina at christina@missedtheboattheatre.com.
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Course Description
Missed the Boat Theatre’s second Acting Fundamentals course is designed to help participants develop their communal and personal craft by telling a story within scene assignments both scripted and unscripted (devised). The acting skills honed by this course include listening, responding fully and freely, having the correct placement of concentration, truthfully doing, and creating a world within the scene. We will not only learn these, but develop a sense of community with fellow actors, and perform a cozy, hilarious Christmas/Advent showcase of the scenes we’ve crafted for the view of friends and family.
“We have to admit that the greatest talent of all that we possess is the talent of our own humanity. This is the greatest talent.. because God paid for our humanity.”
Meet the Instructor,
Christina Malloy
Originally from California, Christina specializes in movement in devised theatre and other acting techniques. She has created three shows using these techniques, receiving several awards through the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Washington D.C., Los Angeles, and Mexico City. Christina moved to Minnesota to serve with NET Ministries for 3 years and is currently a youth minister at St. Jude of the Lake in Mahtomedi. Creating devised stylized movement pieces and playing on the playground of the stage is her specialty because she is a firm believer in the healing power of play. Her dream is to create a theatre company that centers on Catholic theology, encourages freedom through creativity, and healing through different methods of acting.
Past Classes, Workshops, & Retreats
Acting Fundamentals: Discovering the Person
Mondays Feb 27-Mar 27, 2023 | 7pm-9:30pm
Missed the Boat Theatre’s first course is designed to develop participants’ call to be fully alive through new discoveries about who God created them to be, applying this both in theatre and daily life. Karol Wotija said, "We have to admit that the greatest talent of all that we possess is the talent of our own humanity." Participants will learn different acting techniques to build a foundation of tools leading not only to greater success on the stage, but also to a greater understanding of their own humanity. In six sessions that begin with a full-day retreat on the healing of the senses through theatre, they'll expand their senses while using the space, learn to build their work from the inside out, and bring to life their creations. Elements of Meisner, Adler, Bogart and other schools of acting and drama pedagogy are applied to build a firm grounding in various disciplines of acting and drama technique.
Beautiful Humanity Retreat
Sat, Feb. 25th, 2023 | 10am-5pm
Beginning with Mass and ending with Adoration, the retreat will include talks, small groups, and movement-based theatre exercises that physically engage the retreat’s spiritual topics. It will focus on understanding and living the gift of our humanity, particularly through the senses, the body, and the voice.