Completely Ridiculous Fall Classes and Workshops

Completely Ridiculous
Fall Classes and Workshops

In the spirit of inclusivity, accessibility and diversity we offer
Payment Plans and Need-Based Partial Scholarships for All of Our Classes and Workshops
Email completelyridiculousprod@gmail for more information.

Click here if you are looking for the Completely Ridiculous Graduate School Monologue Jam!

Two Brand New Offerings from CR Faculty Member
and Tony Award Nominee,
Chalia La Tour!

Practice Studio with Chalia La Tour

A Weekly, 90 minute Drop-In Class, Open to All Levels of Experience
Mondays starting September 26th | 12-1.30pm EST | On Zoom
$20/Week, $65/Month | Open to All
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Like any art form, acting is a practice. In Practice Studio you will be given held space to do just that. Practice. Practice tuning into yourself. Practice releasing & empowering your voice. Practice generously offering and vulnerably revealing yourself. Each week Tony Award nominee and Broadway Black’s Antonyo Award Recipient for Best Featured Actor in a Broadway Play, Chalia La Tour (Slave Play Broadway, Yale MFA) will guide you through a progression of exercises & deep internal exploration to aid you on a path where your artistry is ever growing. This class is perfect for maintaining a sharpness of skills, preparation for auditions, or revitalizing your connection to your work. What does practice make? Better. (Click here for teacher bio)

Grad School Audition Prep: A Master Class with Chalia La Tour

Monday October 3rd | 6-8pm EST | On Zoom
$65 | Open to 25 participants.
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You’re going to audition for grad school! What does that even mean?! In Grad School Audition Prep you will be given practical tools for putting your best foot forward on this journey. Chalia La Tour (2020 Tony Award Nominee and Broadway Black’s Inaugural Antonyo Award Recipient) will take you from the decision of deciding to apply to school all the way through what to prepare and what to expect in the audition process. When should I choose my monologues? How many pieces? What type of pieces? Do I need a coach? How will I know I’m ready? Why grad school and why now?

As a Yale MFA graduate she will give you first hand insight into the process. You will leave with a roadmap to make this journey one of joy and empowerment. Don’t wait for your acceptance letter to train like the actor you can be. Let this process be the beginning of a life long commitment to honoring yourself and your artistry. (Click here for teacher bio)

Brand New Classes from Brand New Faculty Members,
Eugene Ma and Stephanie Machado!

Character Lab: Virtuosic Transformations with Eugene Ma

Saturday October 1st | 11-6pm EST
Sunday October 2nd | 12-7pm EST
In person in NYC
$225 | Open to 12 participants.
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"You’ve taken an acting class - maybe even a whole bunch. You're connected to your body and know how to make active choices. NOW let’s bring on the fun stuff: Transformations! Characters! Extreme choices and behaviors! …with Text! In this weekend intensive, you’ll walk in with a piece of text you are EXTREMELY familiar with. Then we’ll take that dusty pile of words and use them as a container for a series of experiments based on physical transformation and connected impulses! Over the two days you will find greater comfort playing with extreme scale, musicality, and personage as you play towards reigniting the childlike fun of virtuosic character creation you’ve always had, and breath new life into your text and relationship with acting!!" - Eugene Ma (Click here for teacher bio)

*This class is especially suited for folks who have taken Acting as Play with Gabriel Levey at The Pandemonium Studio, or The Completely Ridiculous Conservatory. However, there are no prerequisites to join the class.*

Acting Through Song with Stephanie Machado

Saturday, December 3rd | 12pm-2pm EST
and
Sunday, December 4th | 12pm-4pm EST | In person in NYC
$185 | Open to 6 participants.
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"In this class, we will explore how to personalize and deepen your storytelling through SONG! We will work together on building a road map of the music, focusing on the acquisition of the skills and techniques needed to create a fully realized performance. We will approach acting through song in a way that invigorates you and welcomes your sense of play, and allows for freedom within the musical structure.

Our first day will be a two-hour crash course on how to initially approach a piece of music—I will introduce a set of tools, and we will workshop the text together on our feet.

On our second day, we will have a piano accompanist join us, and every student will have an opportunity to perform and work through their song.

If you are nervous about your level of proficiency with music, do not fret! This class is designed for both singers and non-singers. We will focus on songs from the musical theater repertoire." - Stephanie Machado (click here for teacher bio)

Back by Popular Demand!

Scheduled Fck Around Time (or The Étude Method) One Day Intensive* with Annelise Lawson

Sunday | October 9th
11-6pm EST, with an hourlong lunch break | In Person in NYC
$175 | Open to 16 participants.
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"Études are a rehearsal tool developed from Stanislavski’s final experiments. This course seeks to foster a dynamic interaction between actor and text. Through a series of exploratory improvisations called études, actors unpack and personalize the given circumstances — following their own impulses to achieve profound and thrillingly original interpretations. The course focuses on how to activate “bookwork” through imagination, awareness, and sense of spontaneous play. The method gives students practical tools to pull even the most intimidating texts off their pedestals and make them their own. Students will gain confidence in the legitimacy of their own impulses, having followed their interpretations of text and character to the furthest possible point." - Annelise Lawson (click here for teacher bio)

The Game of the Self Tape Audition with Sebastian Arboleda

Wednesdays | October 12th - November 16th
6-8pm EST | On Zoom
$265 | Open to 8 participants.
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"Have you ever built a fort? How did you know how to make it? Did you have a book of instructions, a map, an instructor? Did you have any idea what you were doing? And was it fun?? What if the construction of a self-tape could be just as fun as building a castle from an unknown magical world? What if we handed over the keys to the child in all of us - that little person who can’t see over the wheel, has no idea what’s on the road ahead, but is excited to venture into the unknown. To drive. In this class we will work together to deconstruct and demystify the self-tape audition. Each student will have the opportunity to find their own process and approach, all in order to lead with hope and make bold choices meant to leave a lasting impression." - Sebastian Arboleda (click here for teacher bio)

Scheduled Fck Around Time (or The Étude Method) Extended Workshop* with Annelise Lawson

Sundays | November 6th, 13th and 20th
4-8pm EST | In Person
$295 | Open to 16 participants.
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Comedy on Camera with Devin Shacket

DECEMBER DATES AND TIMES TO BE ANNOUNCED ASAP

"This on camera class is designed to work out and develop your comedy skills on camera! We will work with a range of materials - including under 5's, sitcom, comedic characters in procedurals and other traditionally unfunny shows, and finally, comedic movie sides. In class, we will utilize your clowning, improvisation, and physical acting skills. This is a comedy on camera acting gym, designed for both those with and those without comedy training. Come discover what makes you funny in front of the lens! *On camera training is a plus, but not required for enrollment." - Devin Shacket (click here for teacher bio)

In Person Offerings From Completely Ridiculous Artistic Director,
Gabriel Levey

The Fun of Failure with Gabriel Levey

Saturdays | October 22nd - December 17th (8 classes total. No Class November 26th.)
1-4pm EST | In Person in Western Massachusetts
$275 | Open to 12 participants.
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"Through games, original song writing, improvisation and a series of fundamental Clown exercises, we will strengthen their ability to listen; to play without shame; to be generous with others and themselves; to be courageous and vulnerable enough to fail, fail again and then fail better. We're also going to have fun, like a lot of fun, maybe too much and then a little more. And laughter, lots and lots of laughter - all in pursuit of unfettered joy, radical acceptance and Empathic Vulnerability: the willingness to fully see an other and be fully seen by an other, all while staying open to the possibility of transformation." - Gabriel Levey (click here for teacher bio)