The Philippine Educational Theater Association (Peta) once again offers professional actors the opportunity to receive training from a renowned acting school based in New York. Flying from the Big Apple is The Stella Adler Studio of Acting, which has produced graduates who have taken the road Hollywood and Broadway.
After Voice, Text and Scene Study classes by coaches Andrew Wade and Don Williams were brought to the country in 2011, Peta is partnering again with the Stella Adler Studio to train professional film, theater and television actors in a 12-day acting technique course.
Founded in 1949, The Stella Adler Studio of Acting has trained thousands of actors who have gone on to notable theater and film careers. Among its former students are award-winning Hollywood actors Robert de Niro, Melanie Griffith, Salma Hayek, Sydney Pollack, Martin Sheen and Marlon Brando.
Also on the roster of its notable alumni are award-winning Broadway actors Donna Murphy, Jerome Robbins and Eva Marie Saint.
Stella Adler was one of the most influential teachers in the development of American acting. Her Studio of Acting explores the language and principles she pioneered for the craft—including action, circumstance and justification. Throughout the course, students will develop a foundation from which to build themselves as actors as well as human beings. The class will also apply the techniques in acting for film and television.
One of the greatest champions of Adler’s teachings is actor, director and master teacher Ron Burrus, who will be teaching the Technique Class. He was once a student of Adler’s and a teaching assistant alongside her in the New York studio. In sessions that span 12 days, his Technique Class will incorporate a holistic approach to strengthen and develop the actor’s intellect, body, voice, spirit and imagination.
Burrus has directed a feature film, “The Mysterious Death of Kelly Lawman,” released on cable channels HBO and Cinemax.
The second-leg of The Stella Adler Studio of Acting will run from Dec. 9 to 20 at The Peta Theater Center. This class is open to all professional theater, film and television actors. For more inquiries, contact 0906-2115003 or call Peta at 7256244.
For more information about the workshop, visitwww.stellaadler.com and www.petatheater.com. Like the official page of Peta at www.facebook.com/PETATHEATER or follow Peta on Twitter @petatheater.