Students in the Three-Week Musical Theater and Acting for Film program take on a dual challenge — to hone their acting skills for musical theater and for the screen. Students are given instruction through voice lessons, musical direction, choreographed movement, acting a song classes, and rehearsals with an accompanist to help bring their assigned scene on stage at the final showcase. Students study the same Meisner and Method acting techniques as our Core Actors and gain valuable on-camera experience bringing their in-class lessons to life on the sets of student films.
The Musical Theater and Acting for Film program will provide students with a wide variety of opportunities to apply their growing skills and utilize new acting tools. They learn through varied hands-on experiences that the core concepts of acting and the practices of immediacy and immersion can be applied to acting across disciplines. Students will be challenged to live truthfully regardless of whether they are engaged in improv games in the classroom, on set with a SOCAPA filmmaker, or performing a scene from a musical. This range of experiences offers young actors a unique chance to develop across a broad spectrum.
