[FC News]Elizabeth Ann Townsend's classes (8th gr - Adult) in SCENE STUDY & MONOLOGUE CREATION start in ONE WEEK at FPAC

Sat, 2 Jan 2010 09:13:58 -0500

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*FAIRMOUNT CENTER for the Arts
Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory (FPAC)
**Fred Sternfeld, Artistic Director***

*Theatre & Dance Workshops at the Mayfield Village Performing Arts Center*

*All classes will be held at Mayfield Village Performing Arts Center off of
I-271 and Wilson Mills Rd.; 6622 Wilson Mills Rd., Mayfield Village (the
corner of Wilson Mills and SOM Center Rd.)

To register, call the Fairmount Center at 440-338-3171 or visit *
www.fairmountcenter.org**
*Create Your Own Monologue*
Ages: 8th grade - Adult

Instructor: Elizabeth Townsend
Ten Sessions, Mondays, starting January 11, 2010; 5:30 =96 7:30pm
Fee: $195

Here is an opportunity to find your inner voice and embody it. Create your
own characters and monologues through acting exercises and improvisation. A=
t
the end of the term, there will be a performance open to the public.

*Discover Character Development through Scene Study
*Ages: 8th grade - Adult
Instructor: Elizabeth Townsend
Ten Sessions, Mondays, starting January 11, 2010; 7:30 =96 9:30pm
Fee: $195

Hone your skill and your acting technique through scene study designed to
meet your specific challenges. Whether you are interested in classical text
or contemporary, here is your opportunity stretch and learn. This course
will be featuring the use of the following techniques for character
development and interaction: Stanislavski, Meisner, and Chekhov. At the end
of the term, there will be a performance open to the public.
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*

*
*

*Elizabeth Ann Townsend* is a professional actress and teacher. She is a
graduate of Columbia University in New York City where she lived, worked,
and studied as an actress for 22 years. She has performed in nearly all of
the major venues in Cleveland. Most recently, she was seen as the mother in
The Cleveland Play House's production of *A Christmas Story*. She was a
featured player in HBO's hit series "*The Sopranos*" and NBC's *"Law &
Order."* She has also been featured in numerous independent films and has
been a principle player in many national network commercials.

Elizabeth's training in New York includes: 3 years with The American
Stanislavski Theatre, 3 years of Meisner training and advanced scene study
with Wynn Handman of The American Place Theatre and 3 years of advanced
training with Alice Spivak, a prot=E9g=E9 of Uta Hagan.

As a teacher, Elizabeth began coaching actors in New York City. In
Cleveland, she has taught commercial acting for The Cleveland Play House an=
d
Shaker High School, Film Acting for the Cleveland School of the Arts. She i=
s
one of the
Conservatory teachers at The Beck School of the Arts. She will be working
with teenagers this winter/spring in the Curtain Pullers series at The
Cleveland Play House.

In all the work that Elizabeth does, she has one goal: to help people live
the lives they dream of.

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mal">Fred Sternfeld, Artistic Director</span></i></strong><strong><span sty=
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1px;color:black">Theatre &amp; Dance Workshops at the Mayfield Village Perf=
orming Arts Center</span></strong></p>

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om:0px;margin-left:0px"><strong><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:2=
1px;color:black;font-weight:normal">All classes will be held at Mayfield Vi=
llage Performing Arts Center off of I-271 and Wilson Mills Rd.; 6622 Wilson=
 Mills Rd., Mayfield Village (the corner of Wilson Mills and SOM Center Rd.=
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br><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Ages: 8=
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tructor: Elizabeth Townsend<br>Ten Sessions, Mondays, starting January 11, =
2010; 5:30 =96 7:30pm<br>

Fee: $195</span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px"></span></p>

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e is an opportunity to find your inner voice and embody it. Create your own=
 characters and monologues through acting exercises and improvisation. At t=
he end of the term, there will be a performance open to the public.=A0

<br></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:=
0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;lin=
e-height:21px">Discover Character Development through Scene Study<br>
</span></b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px;color:black">Ages=
: 8<sup>th</sup>=A0grade - Adult</span><span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;=
line-height:21px"><br></span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-heig=
ht:21px">Instructor: Elizabeth Townsend<br>

Ten Sessions, Mondays, starting January 11, 2010; 7:30 =96 9:30pm Fee: $=
195 Hone your=
 skill and your acting technique through scene study designed to meet your =
specific challenges. Whether you are interested in classical text or contem=
porary, here is your opportunity stretch and learn. This course will be fea=
turing the use of the following techniques for character development and in=
teraction: Stanislavski, Meisner, and Chekhov. At the end of the term, ther=
e will be a performance open to the public.=A0

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"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;marg=
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0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" sty=
le=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><strong><span>Elizabeth Ann Townsend</span></s=
trong><span>=A0</span>is a professional actress and teacher. She is a gradu=
ate of Columbia University in New York City where she lived, worked, and st=
udied as an actress for 22 years. She has performed in nearly all of the ma=
jor venues in Cleveland. Most recently, she was seen as the mother in The C=
leveland Play House&#39;s production of<span>=A0</span><em><span>A Christma=
s Story</span></em>. She was a featured player in HBO&#39;s hit series &quo=
t;<em><span>The Sopranos</span></em>&quot; and NBC&#39;s<span>=A0</span><em=
><span>&quot;Law &amp; Order.&quot;</span></em><span>=A0</span>She has also=
 been featured in numerous independent films and has been a principle playe=
r in many national network commercials.</span></p>

<p><span style=3D"color:black">Elizabeth&#39;s training in New York include=
s: 3 years with The American Stanislavski Theatre, 3 years of Meisner train=
ing and advanced scene study with Wynn Handman of The American Place Theatr=
e and 3 years of advanced training with Alice Spivak, a prot=E9g=E9 of Uta =
Hagan.</span></p>

As a teacher, Elizabeth began coaching actor=
s in New York City. In Cleveland, she has taught commercial acting for The =
Cleveland Play House and Shaker High School, Film Acting for the Cleveland =
School of the Arts. She is one of the=A0

Conservatory teachers at The Beck School of the Arts. She will be working w=
ith teenagers this winter/spring in the Curtain Pullers series at The Cleve=
land Play House.In all the work t=
hat Elizabeth does, she has one goal: to help people live the lives they dr=
eam of.

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