The “Foundation” is Darryl Hickman’s “Unconscious Actor” process designed to give actors control of their own performances.  What good is any teacher if you have to bring them to set, or stage for every role you do?  The old “Teach a man to fish” proverb rings true with the “Foundation” and the confidence that comes from knowing you’re giving the best performance you are capable of every time is a game changer.  It is not easy; it is the definition of the “road less traveled” but…if you are willing to do the work, you can and will achieve mastery of your own process.  You can’t have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage work ethic.

Actors will be on a play reading program to sharpen skills in script analysis, and performance development, and will pick their own material for scene work and monologues.  Scenes and monologues should be worked on outside of class and then, utilizing the process, refined and perfected.  Each piece of material worked on contributes to mastering the process.  Every student works every class; either a scene, monologue, or both.