“Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.” - Peter Ustinov
This workshop focuses on the structure of comedy, and the discipline necessary to deliver a strong comedic performance, while addressing this main issue: comedic performance is much more than setting up jokes and delivering punch lines. Participants learn important, necessary aspects that most actors naively avoid when approaching a comedic scene. Thus, participants have an advantage at auditions, and deliver more powerful and ultimately more memorable performances than actors who have not had this workshop experience.
Comedy comes in numerous forms, and each week the focus is on a different style of comedy. A particular week’s style is learned by example, with students participating in the performance and analysis of existing scenes from movies, plays, television, vaudeville and sketch. Participants receive scene assignments, and return the following week for presentation of those scenes.
Showcases of participants and their study will be presented to the public and industry professionals on occasion, at the discretion of the instructor.
ADVANCE REGISTRATION (ONLINE) REQUIRED.
Ongoing,
3-hour group
classes,
plus
showcase
opportunities.
Class size
limited.
Tuition:
$99/month
(billed $198
per two
months).
Class meets
3 or 4 times
a month.
Tuesdays,
7:30
- 10:30 pm
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NOW
The
workshop fills
up quickly -
Register
today!
ABOUT THE
INSTRUCTOR
Leif
Gantvoort's
experience
as a comedy
director
includes
many stage
plays, and
the popular
Online TV
Show
HOLLYWOOD
SATURDAY
NIGHT
where he
directs
sketches,
videos, and
a variety of
comedy bits
featuring
celebrity
guest stars.
He has
directed
many
well-known
actors
including
Scott
Thompson,
Jorge
Garcia,
Mircea
Monroe,
Gregg
Binkley,
Retta, Doug
Jones, Jimmy
Pardo, and
Reginald
VelJohnson.
He can be
seen in the
upcoming
The Amazing
Spider-Man
movie, and his
television
appearances
include
Desperate
Housewives,
Justified,
and First
Years,
among
others.
Leif was
born in
Tampa,
Florida but
grew up in
Clear Lake,
South
Dakota.
He graduated
from Doane
College in
Crete,
Nebraska and
worked in
both
Champaign,
Illinois and
St. Louis,
Missouri
before
moving to
Los Angeles.
He was
nominated
for Best
Actor in a
Feature Film
at Method
Fest for his
performance
in
Lunatics,
Lovers and
Poets.
He is
married to
Amy
Gantvoort,
and their
daughter
Gabrielle
(Gaby) works
on the
award-winning
web series
The Guild.
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