Auditions Announced for Advanced On-Camera Acting Classes at JTA Talent

Auditions for new student for both the Advanced Scene Study Class and the Master Class are currently scheduled for Monday and Tuesday January 3rd & 4th, beginning at 6:30 PM in the classroom at JTA Talent, 820 East Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28203.

To schedule your interview and audition - Call Martin Thompson at 704-458-1952. Or email: martinthompson@mindspring.com

For more Info: www.MartinThompson.Net/Acting/Classes.html

The Classes:

Acting for the Camera: The Essential Technique
Sundays 5:00 - 7:00PM
January 9th - February 27th, 2011
The basic technique of acting for those just starting their career, or returning to the craft.

Acting for the Camera: Advanced Scene Study
Sundays 7:00 - 9:00PM
January 9th - February 27th, 2011
For the advanced actor, and for those who have completed the Essential Technique class. Admission is by audition or invitation only.

Acting for the Camera: The Master Class
Mondays 7:00 - 9:00PM
Continues January 10th - February 28th, 2011
For the working professional actor. Admission is by audition or invitation only. Discount for Union members.

About the Instructor:

Martin Thompson is an award winning professional actor with credits in television, motion pictures, and commercials, plus extensive credits on the New York stage and in regional theatres nationwide. His daytime television work includes recurring roles on The Guiding Light, The Edge of Night, and All My Children. His motion picture credits include Spies, Mr. Destiny, and Billy Bathgate with Dustin Hoffman. He co-stars with Dean Jones and Hayley Mills in Mandie and the Secret Tunnel and in Mandie and the Cherokee Treasure. He appears opposite Kevin Costner in The New Daughter, and with Colin Firth in Horton Foote's Main Street. He recently wrapped filming on Lake Effects opposite Jane Seymour, and Wanderlust with Paul Rudd, directed by David Wain, for Universal Pictures.

Thompson has developed a unique and passionate style of teaching - from the actor's point of view - which provides an extremely strong foundation and technique, while inspiring each student to creative, imaginative, and truthful performance on both the stage and screen. He is highly trained in the methods of Stanislavski, Meisner, Adler, Strasberg, and Lewis, as well as the techniques of the legendary Uta Hagen, with whom he studied at HB Studios in New York.

For nearly two decades, Thompson has offered professional acting classes, workshops, seminars, and private coaching to actors in both New York and throughout the Southeast. He has taught Master Classes in Acting at North Carolina State University, Master Classes in Film Acting at Davidson College, served as Artist in Residence at Chowan College, and participated in numerous residencies across the state through the NC Arts Council's Visiting Artists program. Thompson is a proud member of Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and Actors Equity Association.

Photo Credit: www.martinthompson.net

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