All classes offered at the Scott Acting Conservatory are taught by ATW's Artistic Director and Founder Thurman E. Scott.
THE MASTER CLASS ACTING TRAINING PROGRAM is a comprehensive integrated approach to the study of Technique I, Technique II, Scene Study, Script Analysis and Character Development. The nature of the complexity that is revealed in the committed study of drama demands that each student is given the personal attention needed to support their movement through the fear and obstacles they will encounter as they expand into a higher dimension of the fulfillment of their creative potential. This ongoing evening conservatory class is made up of a powerful ensemble of committed individuals whose stated goal is to nurture, develop and give direction to the unique talent they were born with in order to become the highest caliber of theatre artist.
THE SIX SESSION INTENSIVE is an introduction to the study of creative process which allows students to unlock their creative potential, express their individuality, and enhance their personal and professional lives. Students strengthen presence, see new possibilities, articulate new ideas, and expand their intuitive, inspirational and philosophical view of life. This bi-monthly Sunday class was specially created for people from all walks of life who wish to discover new dimensions of themselves and integrate these discoveries into their daily lives.
"The student and teacher should be in alignment as to the ideal and vision. That way, they're both on a mission working together toward the vision. This is a relationship that comes out of a long tradition that has been handed down by the great legacy of teachers and directors." Thurman E. Scott, from the essay The Creative Power of the Word
The Scott Acting Technique
Thurman E. Scott is an award-winning director, actor, writer and teacher with a history and reputation of developing powerful new creative processes.
At the founding of The Actors Theatre Workshop and the Scott Acting Conservatory in 1990, Mr. Scott's mentor the great Stella
Adler, with whom he shared a creative relationship spanning over 20 years, stated,
"Thurman E. Scott is the
inheritor of the Stanislavsky legacy and of my legacy. He is a creative revolutionary. His work advances acting
technique for the next generation."
Throughout his extensive award-winning career and his training with the masters of the modern theater--
Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, Lee Strasberg, Bobby Lewis, Harold Clurman, Peggy Fury, Herbert Berghof,
Jerzy Grotowski and Alec Rubin - - Thurman E. Scott has developed a unique and powerful acting system which allows
the actor to express deep emotional reality and complex behavior through a trained and disciplined imagination.
To be considered for this unique opportunity to study directly with Thurman E. Scott, click on the links below to learn
more about his background and the acting programs that we offer.
For an in-depth description of the Scott Acting Technique, read the following:
