Are you ready for a new lens on acting training?
Does it feel like there is something missing from your process that could make things feel more authentic?
Have you been searching for techniques that train your body AND your nervous system to be the best actor you can be?
Introducing…
The Brain-Based Actor: A Scene Study Workshop
Taught by Andrew Byrne and Amy Fritsche
Saturday, June 15th
Morning session: 11AM-2PM
Afternoon session: 3PM-6PM
Ripley-Grier at 55th St (939 8th Ave.)–Studio 3B
Cost per Performer: $120
Cost per Auditor: $40
What is this workshop about?
In the end, all acting comes from the brain.
Join Amy and Andrew as they take you through a warmup of physical and emotional exercises designed to put your actor’s brain into a state of flow.
You and a partner will then have a 30-minute slot to perform and rehearse a two-person scene of your choosing. In this session, Andrew and Amy will give you exercises that will focus your senses, engage your body, and challenge you in new ways. You are certain to get practical tools that you can apply in any future performance situation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. You sign up for either the morning or the afternoon session.
Either way works–you can sign up with a friend, or we can assign you a partner.
The fee is per person.
Either is fine. There will be a piano and Andrew can play for you if you decide to do a scene from a musical. All we ask is that there be at least some text-based element to your scene. That could mean doing a scene into a song, or doing a section of a through-sung musical (i.e., Hadestown, Les Miz, etc.)
In order to allow time for us to work with you, 3-4 minutes is probably the sweet spot, with 5 minutes being the maximum.
Yes, if you can let us know a week before the class what you intend to work on, that will give us time to familiarize ourselves with the play.
Sure. We will have a tripod with us that you can use to record your session on your device.
Absolutely. Amy will provide you with a digital folder with a selection of scenes, and Andrew can advise you if you want to do a scene from a musical.
If you cancel on or before 6/8/24, you can get a full refund. Any cancellations after that date will not be refunded.
Yes you can! It’s $40 to audit, and you can sign up below.
About Amy and Andrew
Andrew Byrne is an NYC-based singing teacher and author of #1 Best-Seller The Singing Athlete: Brain-Based Training for Your Voice. Andrew’s students have been seen in over 80 Broadway shows.
Andrew has served on creative teams for The Sundance Theatre Lab, Yale Repertory Theatre, North Shore Musical Theatre, and many others. On television, he has worked as a vocal coach for America’s Got Talent and Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (Showtime).
Twice named NYC’s favorite vocal coach in the Backstage Readers’ Choice Awards, Andrew travels the world to bring his brand of brain-focused training to singers across the globe. In 2016, he was appointed by the U.S. State Department as the first Arts Envoy to the nation of Belarus, where he led the inaugural Russian-language production of the Pulitzer-Prize-winning Next to Normal. Other international teaching assigments have taken him to Singapore, Switzerland, Denmark, France, China, and four times to Australia (Victorian College of the Arts). In North America, Andrew has enjoyed four teaching residencies in Canada (including The Banff Centre) and served as guest faculty for the University of Michigan musical theatre department.
Amy Fritsche is currently an Associate Professor of Acting, Movement, and Musical Theatre at Kent State University. She was the winner of the 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award. She has directed a number of plays and musicals including Irena’s Vow, Heathers, All Shook Up, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Anything Goes, Into The Woods, Lend Me a Tenor, Hot Mikado, The Crucible, and Legally Blonde. She gave a TedX on “Theater as a medium of Social Change” through the lens of Irena’s Vow.
She has worked with Fox Animations Studios, toured nationally with Annie and internationally in the world premiere of Best Intentions in London, England and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She performed at Cleveland Play House in the world premiere of These Mortal Hosts, The Diary of Anne Frank, and the reading of Little Row Boat or, Conjecture. Regionally, she has performed Phoenix Theater, Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre, CATCO Theatre, Cleveland Public Theatre, Dobama Theatre, Porthouse Theatre, Mamai Theatre and Odyssey Theater in Los Angeles. Favorite roles include, Next to Normal (Diana), Arcadia (Hannah Jarvis), Superior Donuts (Officer Randy), 9 to 5 (Violet), As You Like It (Rosalind), A Little Night Music (Countess Charlotte), Annie(Grace Farrell), Chapter Two (Jenny) and Violet (Violet). She received the 2015 Cleveland Critics Circle Theater Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Violet and the 2018 Cleveland Critics Circle Theater Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Diana in Next To Normal. She is a proud member of SAG/AFTRA, AGVA, and AEA.
Ready to Sign Up?
The Brain-Based Actor
Morning Session 11AM-2PM-
Reserve a performer slot (morning session)
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Get $30 off the regular class rate
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Only 10 slots available--sign up now to guarantee your spot
The Brain-Based Actor
Afternoon Session 3PM-6PM-
Reserve a performer slot (afternoon session)
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Get $30 off the regular class rate
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Only 10 slots available--sign up now to guarantee your spot
The Brain-Based Actor
Morning Session 11AM-2PM-
Reserve an auditor slot (morning session)
-
Participate in the warmup and then watch the scene study sessions
-
Sign up now to guarantee your spot
The Brain-Based Actor
Afternoon Session 3PM-6PM-
Reserve an auditor slot (afternoon session)
-
Participate in the warmup and then watch the scene study sessions
-
Sign up now to guarantee your spot
