Creating & Sustaining Characters
In this 8-week classs, improvisers will learn how to create and sustain characters effortlessly. Students will practice building characters from both within and without. Going far deeper than playing a cartoonish caricature, actors will develop long-lasting skills that will assist in playing a variety of genuine, believable characters who have heart.
- Prerequisitesprevious improv or acting training/experience required. Request this class
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Every week of class, Amanda introduced a new way of creating characters, or gave a fresh perspective on a familiar approach. Her approach really empowered me since I came into improv without an acting background, she gave me the confidence to be more bold with my characters.
Advanced Scene Study
Learn how you can nurture the skills needed to create grounded scenes that can sustain themselves for longer than just a few minutes. In this 8-week class for improvisers, we will focus on breaking out of any habits you may have formed that can hinder sustainable work, while we explore the small steps we can make to do truly sustainable, dynamic scenes. This class culminates with a graduation performance.
The Fall 2024 session will be at the Georgia Tech Campus.
- DatesSundays, 11am-2pm, September 22-November 17 (no class Oct. 27)
- Cost$280
- LocationStudent Center at Georgia Tech — 351 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta, GA 30332
- Prerequisitesprevious improv training/experience required
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Amanda’s Advanced Scene Study Class is not just the best improv class I’ve taken, it’s the best performance class I’ve taken in general. She is incredibly specific with her instruction, pushing and pulling at each performer where they need it. At the end of each class, I walked away feeling challenged. At the end of the session, I walked away a stronger improviser and actor.
Creating a Character (from the Inside Out) Workshop
In this one day workshop, students will explore what makes a character tick and how to go deeper than playing just a cartoonish caricature. Actors will exercise the techniques that assist in portraying genuine, believable characters who have heart.
- Prerequisitesprevious improv or acting training/experience required. Request this class
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Amanda’s Online Creating a Character Workshop is sensational. I left it with several new ways to find heartfelt and realistic characters, and a handful of specific new characters to summon as needed. I highly recommend this workshop and all of Amanda’s other classes. You need to know how to teach to make a difference, and she surely does.
Scene Doctor
These classes are tailor-made for improvisers to get personal, specific feedback from the instructor on their improvised scenework. Students can inform the instructor of any goals they might have for themselves and/or request that she make her own recommendations based on their performance. Class size is limited.
Students can sign up for just one workshop, all six, or any number in between!
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Amanda Rountree’s skill as an instructor is top notch. Her insight is amazing, and it is matched by her succinctness in giving constructive and critical feedback. She offers the learner clear directions on their path of development in the art of improvised theater and a deeper understanding of the nuances of performance.
Relationship Before Words
In this workshop, improvisers will learn how to easily establish relationships on stage before dialogue even begins. Integrating the use of space, physicality, object work and emotional reactions, this class helps put the “theatre” back into “improvised theatre,” creating the foundation for more engaging, sustainable scenework.
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Amanda’s class has helped my improv skills grow and blossom more than any improv books I’ve read, or any other workshops I’ve taken before. Her approach to creating realistic and humanistic scenes focus on deep rooted emotional connections and strong relationships between characters…
Improv for Actors Workshop
Improv is a useful tool for actors, which helps bring forth ease and sincerity in your acting. Plus, it makes auditioning easier and less stressful. In this online workshop, not only will you gain the skills and confidence to stray from the script when needed, you will learn how to apply different improv techniques to engage with your scripted material in fresh ways. This medium is a perfect fit honing your skills for taped and live online auditions!
This online workshop is pay-what-you-can ($20 suggested).
- Prerequisitesprevious acting training/experience required Request this class
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After taking both her Improv for Actors and Character Intensive classes, I felt empowered as an improviser and found a renewed confidence and love for improv.