Adult Intermediate Acting

Adult INTERMEDIATE Acting with Jim McNabb.

A course for people who have had some experience on stage but who want to hone their skills and improve their chances of being cast in a play. Through a series of games and activities the participant explores how to think in character, how to find the character’s objectives, stimuli and barriers, how to express emotions physically, and how to strengthen the vocal mechanism for stage work. Improvisation, rehearsal techniques and script analysis are used to ground the actor in his/her role. Practice in playing scenes from different styles and periods of theatre will give confidence to audition for a wider range of roles.

Prerequisites Some previous acting or theatre is required (i.e. Acting Fundamentals , another introductory class, acting workshop, or high school drama class, etc.)

Preparing for the Workshop: No preparation required. Wear loose, comfortable clothing.

About the Instructor: Jim McNabb Jim has been teaching acting for over 4 decades, first as a High School teacher, then at Algonquin College and Ottawa Little Theatre. He, himself, engages in acting on stage as well as on camera: he appeared in the title role of the award winning OLT production of Visiting Mr. Green and Judge Biddle in Trying, and on TV in H2O, Rudy’s Wars, Timebomb and The Professor and the Blind Girl. He has directed many local plays (OLT: Fallen Angels, The Railway Children, Blithe Spirit and the multi-award winning Half Life) and Galas (MASC, Kiwanis Music Festival, and the Capital CAPPIES at the NAC each year). He’s currently working for GCTC writing Study Guides for students attending their matinee performances.