PCPA 2-Year Acting Conservatory
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| The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts
A two-year immersion to prepare you for a profession in the theatre. PCPA offers the serious student comprehensive actor training in its certificate program in Professional Acting. The class schedule is rigorous; blending studio classes, lectures, labs, rehearsals and performance experiences. The program is unique in that in addition to studios, labs and classes, students receive mentorship from professional artists; in the studio, in one-on-one tutorials and in the context of producing PCPA Theaterfest’s professional Equity productions. PCPA Theaterfest’s Resident Company is comprised of highly talented professional artists who have a passion to teach. The immersive studio training with professionals along with the introduction of skills and techniques through seminars and intensives serve students as they head into a competitive marketplace. In the second year of training Audition Techniques/The Business of Being an Actor is taught by PCPA Theaterfest’s Casting Director and a student supported Actors Co-op brings in 15-20 artistic directors and casting directors to audition students for internships and employment as they leave the program. Numbers of students each year also transfer to prestigious BFA programs around the country, leaving PCPA with over 70 units of transferable credit. |
Professionalism in the classroom, professionalism on stage. |
| Let Your Journey Begin Every class, every project, every task is directly related to the professional world. You leave this program ready to work. |
| 1st Year Actor Training Program At PCPA, the student's professional training begins right away. Acting students are immersed in the life of the conservatory, jumping right into rigorous skills training and studio work. A common working vocabulary is introduced, as well as a repeatable acting process, text analysis, basic music theory, and ballet fundamentals. Students explore the concept of self-use in their movement and voice/speech classes and are given context for their practical work by studying Theatre History. These foundational concepts will be built upon over the course of their two-year journey. Students progress in the first year by applying these basic concepts to increasingly more sophisticated material. Jump in and see what's in store for your first year [click here] |
2nd Year Actor Training Program The training in the 2nd Year directly builds on the foundational acting tools and skills that are learned and acquired in the first year. The 2nd year student is introduced to more sophisticated concepts and methodologies in all disciplines: Acting, Voice and Speech, Movement, Singing and Dance. The year culminates in the presentation of 2 fully staged productions, which are cast solely with the graduating class, and are directed by either resident or guest directors. These showcases provide an opportunity for the professional community, as well as family and friends to see the fruition of two years of rigorous and fulfilling transformation.
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