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New Partnership with MTS - Milan
The Promenade Playhouse & Conservatory is proud to announce our new partnership with Musical! The School, based in Milan, Italy (Artistic Director, Simone Nardini).
Comedy Courses
Fundamentals of Improvisation
A course designed to give the students the necessary tools to create scenarios alone and with others in a spontaneous manner. These tools will sharpen the actor’s memory and develop the actor’s ability to take risks. This course is a must for all auditions, teaching the actor to think and act quickly while taking adjustments and being present and alive for every moment.
Inside Film & TV Comedy
The course introduces the student to the basics of comedy structure; from the casting session, to the screen test to the set. The actor is taught to create a true reality, develop an emotional life and marry the technical with the comedic. The actor explores the depth and comedy of his screen persona and is encouraged to stretch his imagination into the heightened world of comedy. The course teaches how to master comic timing, rhythm and differentiating between the ‘straight guy’ and the ‘fall guy.’ The course includes scripts from Romantic Comedy, Situation Comedy, Absurdist Comedy and Farce.
Sketch Comedy Technique
Actors explore their creativity and wit, while learning to place their thoughts into the format of sketch comedy incorporating Improvisation, Scene Study, Character Development and Sketch Writing.
Stand Up Comedy Technique
Actors learn from working professionals how to master the art of Stand Up Comedy by writing their own material and presenting themselves to a live audience in a show.
The Promenade Playhouse & Conservatory is a Santa Monica based Acting, Screenwriting and Directing school that serves artists from Los Angeles, Hollywood, and throughout California. The Conservatory offers acting, screenwriting, directing, and improv comedy classes. It is a well-respected school that serves both local and international students. International students can also take English As A Second Language classes (ESL), and may qualify for a federal F1 Visa. Instructors include Natalia Lazarus, Syd Field, Matt Moore, Sally Kirkland, and several other celebrity teachers and Hollywood Casting Directors. Alumni include Ken Jeong, Teresa Ruiz and Leslie Garza. Acting techniques include Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner, and Michael Chekhov. The Playhouse is home to 3rd Street Comedy and the Promenade Players theatre company. The Promenade Playhouse also offers theatre rental, stage rental, screening rooms, and rehearsal space.