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Thomas

Rate $88
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$88/hr

1^st lesson free

Acting

Experienced tutor in Acting, Thomas offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

Acting

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About Thomas

I know stage and film acting exercises and techniques that have been forgotten. You won't learn them anywhere else. I'm one of only 10 actors to have been invited to study with Marlon Brando at his home on Mulholland Drive. I'm the only actor to ever receive a standing ovation at the Actor’s Gym which was founded by Oscar winner Bobby Moresco.

I've worked with a number of luminaries from stage and film including Wendell Phillips, a founding member of the Group Theater, who taught Marlon Brando at the Actors Studio, Jean Shelton who founded the nationally recognized Shelton Studios, and Charles E. Conrad, Sanford Meisner’s long time assistant, who adapted the Meisner Technique for film and television.

I've invested years honing my craft at multiple schools known for their intensive acting programs. I've worked and learned from the finest acting coaches the world has to offer. Meisner once said that it takes 20 years to make an actor. Ive put in the time and the work necessary to be called an actor and an acting coach.

Combining the lost exercises and scene study work developed by Mr. Phillips, with the teachings of Mr. Conrad, along with a wealth of professional experience, I will quickly prepare you for any situation on stage, film, and television. The goal is to help Actors quickly discover their unique talent, realize their greatest potential, and to provide them with the tools necessary to audition and book acting work now.

Giving back back to actors what has so generously been given to me. As George Bernard Shaw wrote, "I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and for as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it off to future generations."

Shelton Studios
Master of Stage Acting Technique
Field Of Study Method acting rooted in Stanislavski, Chekhov, and Bolesławski.

The Shelton Studios is nationally recognized as one of the finest Method Acting schools in the country. Students have won Academy awards, Emmy awards, Tony awards, Obie awards, and countless local awards.

My teachers included Wendell K. Phillips and Jean Shelton who are closely associated with Stella Adler, Harold Clurman, Lee Strasberg, Marlon Brando, and the creation of Method Acting.

Completed a four year intensive program covering the following studies and exercises: scene study, fencing, voice, song, dance, dialects, sense memory, improvisation, relaxation, concentration, the "Magic If", substitution, animal characterization, personalization, private moment work, 4th wall work, organic truth justification, affective memory and sense memory exercises, psychological gesture exercises, character breakdown techniques, and more. Performed classic and modern plays written by the worlds leading playwrights as part of the curriculum.

CEC Studio
Degree Name Master of Film Acting Technique
Field Of Study The Sanford Meisner Method adapted for film by Charles E. Conrad.

CEC Studio is where its founder, Charles E. Conrad, would emerge as one of the film industry’s most distinguished acting teachers. Robert Duvall, Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon and Joanne Woodward were among the students who studied with Mr. Conrad.

Conrad adapted the Meisner repetition exercise to elevate the connection between acting partners. The Conrad technique prepares actors to work in a highly intuitive state with a relaxed instrument and a high level of energy.

Completed a two year Master program taught by Mr. Conrad. The classroom exercise is always carried out with two cameras, one focused on each actor, A table and two chairs are the only props. The actors perform without rehearsal. His teachings are primarily for use in film and the intimacy of the naked truth that is only revealed through the eye of the camera.

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I'll start with a quick consultative interview for the purpose of identifying your needs, wants, hopes and desires. From there I'll customize the best approach for growth and success. By the end of the first session you'll be equipted with several exercises you can do on your own. The exercises are designed to "tune" your instrument. That is to say you body, your inner life, and ability access your organic truth as demanded by the premise and given circumstances of the material.

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