Applications are currently not being accepted for American Conservatory Theater’s Summer Training Congress for Summer 2021. We plan to continue to program in-person in Summer 2022. To be notified when applications open, please contact conservatory@act-sf.org.
We encourage people to consider A.C.T.’s other actor training program; which is being temporarily offered entirely online: The 15-week San Francisco Semester.
Curriculum
You will receive undergraduate credit upon satisfactory completion of the STC. To receive full credit you must complete the entire session curriculum, including the final presentation. The credit hours typically break down as follows:
5-WEEK CORE SKILLS INTENSIVE
303 | Acting Technique (acting, audition technique, improvisation, text) |
3.0 credits |
313 | Movement (clowning, movement) |
1.0 credit |
323 | Voice and Speech Dynamics (voice, speech) |
1.0 credit |
TOTAL | 5.0 credits |
2-WEEK SHAKESPEARE INTENSIVE
373 | Classical Acting (acting, physicalizing classical text, soliloquy, speaking classical text) |
2.0 credits |
TOTAL | 2.0 credits |
303 Acting Technique (3.0 Credits)
Corresponds to Acting, Audition, Improvisation, and Text
Courses in this portion of the five-week curriculum focus on fundamental acting principles. Teaching methodologies and evaluative tools include scene study, practical acting exercises, improvisational exercises, audition techniques, and textual analysis.
313 Movement (1.0 Credit)
Corresponds to Clowning and Movement
Courses in this portion of the five-week curriculum focus on the expressiveness of the actor’s body. Teaching methodologies and evaluative tools include study and implementation of various movement forms and exercises that explore the relationship between interior life and physical embodiment.
323 Voice and Speech Dynamics (1.0 Credit)
Corresponds to Voice and Speech
Courses in this portion of the five-week curriculum focus on voice production for the actor. Teaching methodologies and evaluative tools include exercises in breathing, relaxation, and control of the voice for speaking on-stage, text work, vocal techniques of emphasis, pitch, rate, quality, volume, and inflection, and speech techniques such as use of specific qualities of sound.
Application Info
Summer Training Congress 2020 has been canceled. Click here for the most updated information from A.C.T. about COVID-19.
Applications for STC will open in 2022.
Questions?
Visit our STC FAQ page. Still have more questions? Call 415.439.2426 or email conservatory@act-sf.org
373 Shakespeare Intensive (2.0 Credits)
Corresponds to Acting, Soliloquy, and Classical Text
Courses in the 2-week curriculum focus on the actor’s relationship with classical material. The Core Classical Acting class is supplemented with work in Physicalizing Classical Text, Speaking Classical Text, and Classical Soliloquy.
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