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Pat Hurley acting classes at the Alliance Theatre

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Acting Class with Pat Hurley

Pat’s class is very similar to Chris’s class. He does a lot of the very same things Chris always did: throw out directions by repeating the line. At one point, a classmate was reading a monologue and Pat had him make eye contact with each classmate not on stage, even pointing to the next student. Chris did the same thing with her students.

The teaching method is almost identical to Chris’s. I feel I have been very well prepared for this class.

Although I did not do any readings in class last night, I still learned a lot by observation.

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What I Did On 2008-08-15

  • Streetcar Research: Rosenkavalier translates from German to mean “The Knight of the Rose”. Der Rosenkavalier a 1911 opera by Richard Strauss #
  • Streetcar Research: Alpaca is a heard animal limited to the Andes mountains of South America. The coat Mitch wears in Act II Scene 2. #
  • Yes, I am using Twitter as a capture tool for research. Twitter Tools will create a blog entry for me. #
  • I called to pay for the advanced acting class and the person I talked to said Pat was saying great things about me. Must go deflate head now #

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Accepted into an Advanced Acting Class

One of my fellow actors in Anne of Avonlea, Kathleen Seconder, recommended Pat Hurley’s acting class at the Alliance Theatre. She said there were prerequisites but that with my experience I should be able to get into the class.

Having been in rehearsals on Wednesday nights, the night of classes, I put off calling Pat until this week. We talked on the phone and I was invited to sit in on last nights class.

Literally as I grabbed my phone yesterday to leave for the class, it rang. Pat called and said that because some people were going to be missing, would I mind reading a scene with another student. Of course I said I would.

That was my audition for the class. Pat invited me to join his class. I cannot describe how excited he seemed to be over my performance: Smiles, “As Advertised” (Kathleen had talked to him about me earlier in the year), etc. It is kind of a blur.

I am very excited to be in a class where “getting you to the next level” was mentioned often.

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What I Did On 2008-08-13

  • Drobo sits in the box, taunting me. I have no SATA drives. Well, one 200GB drive. I might use it just to set Drobo up for coolness factor. #
  • Finished blocking act 1 for Streetcar tonight. Scenes can be very busy with overlapping dialogue. #
  • @hotdogsladies …Having a Steve Martin moment are we? #
  • M&M Premiums. I love chocolate, but these are going to make me gain 30 Pounds this week alone. #
  • My home is for sale: http://tinyurl.com/6qtnoq #
  • Well, off to sit in on the Advanced Acting Class at the Alliance Theatre. #

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What I Did On 2008-08-12

  • Steampunk name is Nehemiah Darknoll #
  • My Drobo has arrived, but the hard drives ordered from Woot are missing. #
  • Just talked with Pat Hurley at the Alliance Theatre about advanced acting classes. He invited me to sit in on tomorrow nights class. #
  • Woot says that my drives were never shipped. Will be shipped today. Well I guess I will not have my drobo up for another week or so. #

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