ACTING: The Dynamic Performer: Creating Stand-out Characters
12-18 years old | Oct 26-Dec 14
MON | 8 weeks | 5:00pm-6:00pm
via Zoom (Zoom link will be sent via email once order is confirmed)
AZ Time
Every student has to prepare & memorize 2 pieces in advance. Either 2 Full Songs, 2 Two-Minute-Long Monologues, or 1 of each (If choosing songs you must find a karaoke track. Youtube links are fine). Please email us the selected pieces before the first day of class: [email protected]
What makes the difference between an average performance and one that you never forget? How can you connect with characters that come from a different background than your own? Why are some actors able to display their emotions so honestly while others struggle to even discover the empathy? With “The Dynamic Performer,” all students will be fully engaged with each performer as we deconstruct the material, characters, and emotions. Rooted in honesty, we will turn “theatre” into reality, finding ways to connect and empathize with our character and their situation. From there we work together to develop bold choices and layered emotions that highlight both comedic and dramatic songs or monologues. In an industry that is over saturated with artists, my goal is to push you to accept nothing less than extraordinary. And when theatres open again, you will be ready to nail those auditions, win those awards, and steal the show. By the end of this 8 week course you will have the tools you need to not only create stand out performances but also the thought processes to emotionally connect with stories unlike your own.
Meet the Teaching Artist:
SETH TUCKER (he/him) is a proud Latinx, local performer, director, writer, producer, as well as member of Actor's Equity Association and the LGBTQ+ community. He has performed Off Broadway, on National Tours, and throughout the Valley. When the pandemic hit, Seth was starring as Jacob in La Cage Aux Folles and was directing/choreographing The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, both with Arizona Broadway Theatre. Born and raised in Arizona, Seth double majored in Business Marketing and Music Theatre at ASU. Favorite past roles include: La Cage Aux Folles (Jacob, ABT), I Am My Own Wife (Charlotte et al., BLK BOX PHX), Parade (Leo Frank, Arizona Regional Theatre & Mesa Outback Theatre, AriZoni Nomination), The 25th Annual Putnam…(Leaf Coneybear, Phoenix Theatre, AriZoni Award & Encore Awards Winner), Lucky Stiff (Harry, ABT), Sunday In the Park with George (George, ASU), Santaland Diaries (David, ABT & FUSE Productions), Cabaret (Emcee, FUSE), Pageant (Miss West Coast, ABT & Off-Broadway, Original Cast Recording), and Into The Woods (The Baker, Quisisana). Author: Our Kiki: A Gay Farce, The Unusual Engagement of Chester Pringle and You're It! Web series’, “Acting Up” (ISN Best Actor Nom.) and “Tucker Talks.” Director: “Dating In Retrograde”(NYC Winter Film Awards best series finalist), Our Kiki: A Gay Farce (NY Intntl. Fringe), The Mitten (HVTI), As Bees In Honey Drown (ART), [title of show], Isolation Project (Limelight), Young Frankenstein (AYT, National Youth Award Nomination: Director), Altar Boyz and Pageant (ABT). Past recipient: 1st Place NATS (Music Theatre, College two time winner), Herberger Young Artists Award (Winner in Singing, Placed in Acting), Louise Lincoln Kerr Music Endowment, ASU Arts' Special Talent Award, Barbara V. Long Opera Scholarship, Tempe Top Ten Teens, and AriZoni Theatre Award Scholarship. He is currently teaching private lessons over Zoom and working on various digital concerts and shows. More info: www.SethATucker.com
QUOTES FROM REVIEWS ABOUT SETH TUCKER
“Tucker shifts, as well, seamlessly, into the voices of over thirty characters…that affect Charlotte's life. All told, Tucker's two-hour performance amounts to a tour de force.” - BroadwayWorld
“Tucker seamlessly and successfully inhabits everyone who becomes a part of the story. “ - Valley Screen and Stage
“Tucker casts a spell that is quite extraordinary…” - Valley Screen and Stage
"Is a comedic gem” - Talkin' Broadway
"Absolutely perfect” - In A Director's Viewpoint
"Is hilarious” - Gay City News
"Seth Tucker will break your heart” - Cherry and Spoon
"Seth Tucker stole the show and stole my heart” - Bravo Indianapolis
"The night's biggest laughs” - Broadwayetcetera
"Delivers the show’s most undeniably, laugh-out-loud, funniest moment of the year” - Valley Screen and Stage
"Seth has the expressive face and comic timing of Lucille Ball in her prime” - Theatremania
"Is a showstopper” - Examiner
"Is adorable" - Indy Theatre Habit
"Is a delight" - NorthJersey.com
"Seth Tucker is a kooky riot” - Paul Wontorek, Broadway.com
"My favorite performance of the night’ - Stage Write
“Standout" - Broadway.com
"Congratulations on bringing this production to its most entertaining and professional heights” - In A Director's Viewpoint
"I'm eager to see what Seth Tucker does next” -Queer New York
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