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KEEN COMPANY will premiere Michael Frayn's "Alphabetical Order" this September.  Don't miss this opportunity to work with Carl before he goes into production for this exciting new production!

Expand your acting craft with an established, Award-Winning Director!!!

**Recognized and Award Winning Plays from The Keen Company**

This class meets 4 times. Dates:
Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Please keep Tuesday, September 7, 2010 open as an emergency hold date.

Cancel Deadline: 08/10/10

Fee: $160

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PREPARATION

**You will be emailed sides and assigned work partners, prior to beginning the first week**

First Week: Introduction
In the first week, the class will work on new material pulled from prospective plays Keen Company is considering for future productions.  Scenes will be distributed before class and actors will be assigned work and partners; the expectation is that they will have rehearsed before the first class. Carl distributes his Master Reading List, a list of his 1000 or so favorite plays to serve as inspiration for scene work in class.

Second Week:
We will continue working on the scenes from the first class. We may also rotate class members between scenes, in order to look at them in different ways. Additionally, now we will add in some time to look at audition material that people either have upcoming, or past material they want to work on and learn from.

Third Week:
Some scenes from the first round will return. By the third week, we will also begin looking at material the actors have chosen drawn from or inspired by Carl's Master Play list. Additionally we will now be adding in monolgues from plays on the list. Again, there will be time set aside for audition prep at the end of class.

Fourth Week:
Now we will be reviewing scenes from all four weeks, ideally looking at the same material in different ways. We will continue the exploration of scenes and monolgues by working on them textually, physically, vocally, and spatially. Again, there will be time set aside for audition prep.

CARL FORSMAN is the Artistic Director and Founder of Keen Company, a celebrated Off Broadway theater, in New York City.  Keen Company has produced twenty-four full-length plays in its ten seasons. It has been honored with seven Drama Desk Nominations and one win, six transfers, two Obies, a 2005 Special Drama Desk Award "for moving and enlightening audiences with plays that build upon our theatrical heritage" and a 2008 Obie Grant.

Director Credits for The Keen include:

PYRETOWN (world premiere)
CANT LET GO  (world premiere)
THE JOURNALS OF MIHAIL SEBASTIAN (world premiere)
THE HAPPY JOURNEY TO TRENTON AND CAMDEN (Drama Desk Nomination, Best Revial)
VOICE OF THE TURTLE (Drama Desk nomination, Best Director)
THE GOOD THIEF (Obie Award for Brian d'Arcy James)
GOOD MORNING BILL
THREE CORNERED MOON
MUSEUM
THE SECOND MAN

Other Theater Directing Credits:

SIN, A Cardinal Deposed (OBIE Award, Production, Drama Desk nomination, Best Play and Best Actor)
THE BALD SOPRANO & THE LESSON (Atlantic Theater Company) 

Mr. Forsman continues to serve as a Guest Artist at Southern Methodist University and at Middlebury College, where he is also an alumni.  He was previously the Artistic Associate of New York's Off-Broadway Blue Light Theater Company.

Demetrios Saites
Demetrios was cast in a reading at THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE by CARL FORSMAN of KEEN COMPANY shortly after taking his class here.

Melissa Miller
Melissa was BOOKED in "I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER" at KEEN COMPANY soon after meeting CARL FORSMAN here at One on One.