Studio Program: Forge Your Path

pata members get 20% off

Think there's no time for art in your life? Think again. At Portland Actors Conservatory, you'll learn from working professional actors and directors at times that work with your schedule. Portland Actors Conservatory is a creative and supportive environment where you can brush up on your craft or pick up some new skills at one of the Northwest's most respected arts institutions. Weekly classes and weekend intensives make your dramatic turn doable.

As always, sign up for one class and get 10% off each additional class of equal or lesser value!

Fill out your registration form, send it back to pacinfo, and we'll automatically process your discounts. Or call 503-274-1717 to register over the phone!

Summer Studio intensive 2013

Take one, two or all three of our Summer Studio Intensive courses! Discounts for multiple classes!

Register for two and get 10% off both = $495 for two classes (normally $550)

Register for all three and get 20% off all three = $660 for three (normally $825)

class descriptions

Acting:level one
Make a healthy place for drama in your life. Wake up your imagination, knock the kinks out of your body and get comfortable in front of a group by exploring acting fundamentals in a supportive environment. In Acting 1, you'll discover the basic building blocks of the acting process, including given circumstances, objective, obstacles and tactics. Cultivate awareness and flexibility while stretching your emotional wings. Bring it all together in scenework that will enliven and invigorate. 
Recommended companion class: Scene Study, Voice and Movement

Scene Study Intensive
Students will explore and apply beat analysis and text scoring in a realism scene. Students will focus on connection to breath and voice with movement to connect the physical action with the psychological action. The class is designed to help actors respond in the moment to the text and their fellow actors.
Recommended companion class: Audition, Voice and Movement

voice and movement
Through skill presentation and extensive exercises (including the Alexander Technique and Cicely Berry's voice work), students will work with both poetic and naturalistic text and learn how to feel when the voice is working without interference. Vocally, students will work on breath support, projection, articulation, and resonance placement, learning how to release the particular dramatic energy of words. Movement work is based on Laban’s efforts with the view toward connecting with language through character. Recommended companion class: Acting: Level One, Audition, Voice and Movement

AUDITION (not offered as part of Summer Intensive. Look for this class next year!)
How do you go from audition to callbacks to landing the role? This class will prepare you for success in all types of professional auditions. Students will work on monologues and cold readings.
Prereq: Acting: Level One or equivalent
Recommended companion class: Scene Study, Voice and Movement

Download the registration form and email it back to us. Or call 503-274-1717 to register over the phone!