AUDITIONING FOR SMALL PARTS (Under 5 lines) TBAThursday December 4, 2014. 3:00-5:00pm. AND/OR Tuesday December 16, 2014. 6:30pm-8:30pm at Weist Barron Studios, 35 West 45th Street NYC

“It’s only a few lines, what’s the big deal?”

That’s what you might ask yourself when you get your audition script for a co-starring role on TV or a day player in a film, right? But, once you get to the audition, if you haven’t prepared properly, you feel lost and unsure about how to deliver such a seemingly simple scene. The Under-5 Workshop will give you a solid technique for preparing for those short scenes. Learn how to create your character’s world, while still serving the script, with 5 lines or less. Films are filled with these short scenes, as well as primetime and daytime TV co-starring roles. Be prepared. Get the confidence you need to Nail those Under-5′s!

$45 for a single class. $40 for each additional class.

Please go to www.WeistBarron.com for more information and call 212-840-7025 to enroll.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SITCOM COMEDY INTENSIVE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2014, 10:00am-5:00pm – Weist Barron Studios, NYC

You know the Rules Of Comedy, now come play with them all day in this Intensive On-Camera Workshop of Sitcom Scenes chosen specifically for you. Or you can bring in scenes of your choosing*. Either way, it’ll be a blast improving your script analyses skills, like how to find the jokes and how to land ‘em, all while gaining more comedic confidence for slammin' SitCom success in any comedic adventure you encounter!

*Scenes MUST be memorized before the beginning of class, so register ASAP to give yourself time to get those words down.

ONE-DAY ONLY 10:00am – 5:00pm

$145 Special Holiday price

Please go to YourSitComCoach.com to sign-up by Paypal or www.WeistBarron.com for more information and call 212-840-7025 to enroll.

To get the confidence you need for the approaching pilot season, book private coaching sessions with Your SitCom Coach-Maggie Reed, in-person or on Skype.com, now to hone your funny bones and get the confidence you've been looking for with your comedy monologues and scene work. In-person or on Skype.com. Click here to take advantage of current rates before they go up January 1, 2015.

Do the C.O.W.* Everybody now! Well, not Everybody.Just actors who want to start DEVELOPING A CHARACTER through script analysis.

These are the 3 steps:

Go through the script and write down what your 1. Character says about themselves 2. What Others say about your character AND...wait for it... 3. What the Writer says about your character

After you do that, you're probably going to start feeling like you're getting a pretty good idea of who your character is.

One thing I love about acting is that it's like a big jigsaw puzzle that's so fun to 1. find those innie-outie pieces and 2. start interlocking them until there is a clear (yet, nubby) picture of your character.

Of course, there are more steps after this. But, I said 3, and I'm a woman of my word. ;) Have fun with this 1st dive into your character's world.

For coaching on more script analysis skills and further character development techniques, contact #YourSitComCoach - Maggie Reed at Maggie@YourSitComCoach.com. Sessions available either in person in NYC or over Skype. Check out more information and session fees, including volume discounts (going up January 2015) at YourSitComCoach.com

*I totally stole this concept from Mary Lou Belli. She is an awesome teacher, and is also the incredibly talented director of the hit TV show Girlfriends among many other popular TV shows. And she's a very accomplished writer, as well - Acting for Young Actors and Directors Tell The Story. maryloubelli.com

December 2014 On-Camera Courses with Your SitCom Coach-Maggie Reed. Weist Barron Studios.

SitCom Blog by #YourSitComCoach - Maggie Reed