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WORKSHOPS
UPCOMING
WORKSHOPS
CHARACTER
DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
January 18 - April 11, 2011, 7-10pm
Location TBA
This
demanding 12-week acting class allows students the opportunity to develop
concrete, in-depth scenes and monologues. This workshop also
utilizes improvisation to develop in-the-moment acting skills and touches
upon the nuts and bolts of the business. It culminates in a dynamic
Industry Night Showcase.
Tuition registration is $250
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Pay
tuition with PayPal
CHARACTER
DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
tuition $250 plus $7.50 PayPal surcharge.
Total cost $257.50 |
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For more information on workshops, call (818) 752-2225.
WALK
IN BALANCE....
LET'S
GET YOUR SHOW ON THE ROAD!
Touring Workshop
Saturday, November 13,
2010 - 10am-6pm
Location TBA
This popular return all-day
intensive will allow hands on, in class time to move the solo artist from
the stage to the road. It will focus on assessing if you are ready to
tour, identifying your market, how to get a booking manager and/or booking
agent, how to represent yourself in the marketplace, how to effectively
use limited showcase time at conferences, how to create an appealing
booth, creating a professional press packet, pitching your show, packaging
your show to create residencies, creating a compelling demotape,
negotiating a contract and rider, setting fees, how to tech quickly and
efficiently, how to establish and build relationships with presenters,
joining booking organizations, how to use local press, and much, much
more!
Early Bird
Tuition registration by October 31st is $200
or $250 after that date.
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Pay tuition with PayPal
LET'S
GET YOUR SHOW ON THE ROAD!
tuition $200 plus $6 PayPal surcharge.
Total cost $206
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For more information on workshops, call (818) 752-2225.
WALK
IN BALANCE....
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WANT TO TOUR YOUR SOLO SHOW
BUT DON’T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN?
If so…
Let’s
Get YOUR Show On The Road!
Holly Powell Studio
11650 Riverside Drive, Suite #3
Studio City, CA 91602
Saturdays – January 9 – 30, 2010 from
10:00 -1pm
This popular return intensive, Let’s
Get YOUR Show On The Road! will now offer a 4 - week session to
allow more hands on, in class time to move the solo artist from the stage
to the road. It will focus on assessing if you are ready to tour,
identifying your market, how to get a booking manager and/or booking
agent, how to represent yourself in the marketplace, how to effectively
use limited showcase time at conferences, how to create an appealing
booth, creating a professional press packet, pitching your show, packaging
your show to create residencies, creating a compelling demotape,
negotiating a contract and rider, setting fees, how to tech quickly and
efficiently, how to establish and build relationships with presenters,
joining booking organizations, how to use local press, and much, much
more!
ABOUT THE
INSTRUCTOR
Adilah Barnes, an award-winning actor
of stage, television and film, has toured her international historical
show, “I Am That I Am: Woman,
Black” for 19 years in three continents (US/Caribbean, Africa and
Europe) and some 40 U.S. states. Her many television and film credits
include ABC’s new hit show The Middle, five seasons on Roseanne, Cold Case and
the award-winning Erin Brockovich.
She is Co-Founder of the Los
Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival that has produced over 400 solo
artists from around the globe. Barnes has taught solo writing and acting
workshops and directed solo shows.
She is owner of The Writer’s Retreat,
an international literary
retreat for women in the Atlanta area and her book ON
MY OWN TERMS One Actor’s Journey,
was released in December, 2008. It has been named Essence Magazine #3 Bestseller, AUTHOR’S SPOTLIGHT for Xlibris
Publishing, and received an 2009
African American Literary Award nomination. It has already traveled nationwide and abroad to Holland
including 7 U.S. states for 26 book signings and 2 book clubs.
Early
Bird Tuition $325 by December 31, 2009.
$375 after that date.
Enrollment is limited. For more
info: (818) 752-2225. or abpro1@aol.com
November
3, 2009 – February 2,
2010*
*includes holiday schedule time away
Holly Powell Studio
11650 Riverside Drive
Studio
City, CA 91602
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This
demanding 12-week acting class allows students the opportunity to
develop concrete, in-depth scenes and monologues.
This workshop also utilizes improvisation to develop
in-the-moment acting skills and touches upon the nuts and bolts of
the business. It
culminates in a dynamic Industry Night Showcase.
Adilah Barnes, an award-winning stage actor, has over 40 years of
acting experience. Although
best-known to television audiences for her role as Anne
Marie on ABC’s Roseanne
for five seasons, her recent television credits include CBS’
Cold Case and award winning films Erin Brockovich and
HBO’s Iron
Jawed Angels. Her past roster of working actors includes Toni
Braxton (Kevin Hill), Jada Pinkett-Smith
(Reign Over Me), Benjamin
Bratt (Law and Order), Florence
LaRue (5th Dimensions) Lauren
Lane (The Nanny) Kym
Whitley (College Road Trip) and Don
“DC” Curry (Next
Friday) among many others.
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only have I always admired Adilah’s performing abilities, but
I’ve come to respect and value her teachings as well.
Her spirit is energetic and nurturing and I am lucky to
have had her as a guide and friend.” – Toni Braxton
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“Adilah
is intense…she’s not easy…but she never gives up on you and
pulls out your best.” –
Kym Whitley |
“A
journey can be not so bad and even enjoyable if you have good
directions.
Adilah has given those directions to many of us.
Thanks to Adilah for navigating ahead of us and reaching
back to share the map that she’s constructed with the experience
she’s
accumulated.
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Don “DC” Curry |
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to make me a better actress.”
Florence LaRue (5th
Dimensions)
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Tuition: $200 a month if 1st month
paid by October 19th, $225 after
Click here to reserve your space
For more information or to
interview for workshop
call (818) 752-2225 or visit www.adilahbarnes.com or abpro1@sbcglobal.net
Adilah’s New Book ON MY OWN TERMS available at www.adilahbarnes.com
TOURING
WORKSHOP
Want
to tour your solo show but don’t not know where to begin?
If so…
Let’s
Get YOUR Show On The Road!
Avery Shreiber Theatre,
11050 Magnolia Boulevard,
North Hollywood, CA 91601
January 17, 2009
This
all day intensive, Let’s Get YOUR Show On The Road!
will move the solo artist from the stage to the road. It will focus on assessing your readiness to tour, identifying
your market, how to get a
booking manager or booking agent, how to represent yourself strongly
in the marketplace, how to effectively use limited showcase time at
conferences, how to create an appealing booth and professional press
packet, pitching and packaging your show to create residencies,
creating a compelling demotape, negotiating a contract and rider,
setting fees, how to tech quickly and efficiently, how to establish
and build relationships with presenters, joining booking
organizations, how to use local press, and you will receive a useful
packet.
| ABOUT
THE INSTRUCTOR |
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Adilah Barnes has toured her
international historical show, “I
Am That I Am: Woman, Black” for
18 years. She has performed in three continents (US/Caribbean, Africa and Europe) and close to 40 states around the country. Barnes is also an
award-winning actor of stage, television and film. Her many television and
film credits include the upcoming 2009 TNT series Truth in Advertising, five
seasons on Roseanne, Erin Brockovich
and Cold Case. She is
Co-Founder of the Los Angeles Women’s
Theatre Festival (LAWTF) that has produced over 400 solo artists from
around the globe. Barnes has taught solo writing workshops at LAWTF and
directed Roz Browne’s
nationally-toured solo show Fried
Clams with Bellies. Barnes is proprietor of The Writer’s Retreat,
a literary retreat for women in the Atlanta area and her book On
My Own Terms: One Actor’s Journey
is slated to be released this fall.
“What
an amazing group of women you had gathered in that room…recharged and
excited about taking the next step to get this baby hooked up with some
theatrical runs!” Kim Wayans
$150
for EARLY BIRD Registration. DEADLINE DECEMBER
12, 2008. $175 after.
Call (818) 752-2225. Please also visit www.adilahbarnes.com.
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