Course Description:

For adults who want to reawaken their expressive abilities and channel them into performance situations, this fun-filled and thought-provoking class combines improvisation and scene work with focus on building believable characters for the stage. Emphasis on learning to act and react is based on the Stanislavski/Meisner Method Acting approach. The class will culminate with a showcase for friends and family.

Course objectives:

1. Gain self-confidence and composure while speaking in public

2. Develop confidence, spontaneity and imagination through improvisational exercises.

3. Expand physical and vocal range

4. Learn character development

5. Class will include improvisation, monologue and duet acting scenes, stage terminology and audition techniques.

Mondays & Wednesdays

Aug 26 - Sept 18

6:30pm - 8:30pm 

Fee: $200

*Showcase on Sept 18

Instructor: Linda Hall

Having recently retired as long-time member of the Limelight Board of Directors, Linda is
excited to bring her experience as an acting director to the Limelight stage. A retired high school Theater Arts teacher and resident of St. Augustine since 1964, Linda’s passion for the theatre was born when cast as the female dramatic lead in Florida’s State play, Cross and Sword. Linda is one of the proud “early alums” of Flagler College where she was inducted into its Theater Hall of Fame. She has performed with the Ancient City Theater, Flagler College, A Classic Act Theater as well as 22 staged productions at the Limelight. Some of her favorite past performances include Girls Weekend, Blythe Spirit, The Glass Menagerie, The Dixie Swim Club, Harvey, No Sex Please, We’re British, Laundry and Bourbon, The Full Monty , The Diaries of Adam and Eve and, most recently, Kitchen Witches. A highlight of her performances was in Limelight’s “St. Augustine’s Got Talent” production where she won first place by performing Lucille Ball’s Vitameatavegemin commercial.