Actors,

For the final semester of 2009 starting the week of November 9th, we are going to streeeeeettttttttcccccchhhhhhh every acting muscle you have!  In each class, you will be acting for the camera or doing improvs, monologues, cold reading, scenes, theater games, or physical and psychological exercises to tune your instrument.

By working on many different skills each week and continuously engulfing yourself in your art, you can push past any limitations in your craft to do the finest work you can do.  You can achieve greater diversity in your auditions and hone your acting skills to a razor sharp edge when you are playing one kind of character in one scene and someone entirely different in the next.

This course is not quite improv, not quite scene work.  It's a modern mixture to discover what types of characters and what types of scenes are most fun for you to play and where you want your career path to take you.

~ CLASSES ~

Intermediate - Metairie - Mondays - 3:30 to 6:30 - starting November 9
Master - Metairie - Monday - 7 to 10 p.m. - starting November 9
Intermediate - Covington - Wednesdays - 6:30 to 9:30 - starting November 11
Advanced - Baton Rouge - Thursdays - 7 to 10 - starting November 12

There will be no beginner classes this semester.  Actors age 12 and up may apply to be in the Intermediate Classes.

To be eligible to take the Master or Advanced Class, actors must have permission or have studied for at least three consecutive semesters with The Actors Alliance within the past five years.  Call (504) 812-3379 to inquire.

~ COACH ~

was cast in supporting roles in two feature films shooting in October, "Flood Streets" and "Flag of My Father."  She is directing a student film with actors attending her current semester, and she directed the play "Breakfast" for The People Project, which opened October 24, with three of her finest actors.

As an actress, set a record by starring in nine different roles in six soap operas, seven of which were contract roles, more than any other actor in daytime drama.  Her best-remembered parts include Lyla Montgomery on "As the World Turns" and the unusual dual role of Ruby Collins and Dr. Sharon Reaves on "The Young & The Restless."  She is the only actress in soap history to play two roles on the same show at the same time that were not related in any way.

During the fifteen years she was on daytime, she was also a judge for the National Emmy Awards and is a member of the Academy.

In 2000 she returned to Louisiana and began training all levels of actors to work in film through her school, The Actors Alliance.  She was inducted into the Louisiana Hall of Fame in 2004.

was executive producer of the award-winning short film "Halfway," which was shown at the New Orleans Film Festival this year.  She has several other film projects in development for 2010 and plans to cast from the actors she has trained.

For more information or to register, call (504) 812-3379, or email me .

 Act now!

"I will prepare, and someday my chance will come." --Abraham Lincoln

Entertainment professionals such as news reporters, producers, directors, agents, and casting directors are welcome to stop by classes at any time.