The thread connecting our past to our future is what we make, now.
PRISM PRESENTS
THE GREATS meet our New Zoom Play DEVELOPMENT Series
PRISM MEETS TIM PHILLIPS STUDIO
Oct 17 @ 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT
With more than 60,000 coaching sessions and 40+ years in the business, audition coach and premiere acting teacher Tim Phillips knows what works. Originally Meisner-trained, Phillips realized the need for a process that would bring the truthfulness of character and object work to the high-paced turnarounds the Film & TV industry demand, especially for auditions.
Sherlock Holmesing The Text was invented to meet that demand. Phillips raises the craft required for great auditioning to an art, and continues to teach highly committed, free, and independent artists how to be prepared, willing, and down to play - no matter what the work. Now, five years after returning to the building blocks of his training with in-person teaching, and a year and a half after online development, Tim has simplified the training he received and presents it to actors through his BUILDING THE PHYSICAL LIFE OF THE CHARACTER.
On Oct 17, we support the artists who, for the first time, take the private work of in-class training into the public arena. We are always learning, we are always growing, and Prism is especially grateful to the artists and to Mr. Phillips for the generosity of this experience.
Physical Life-Great Plays
Tim Phillips of Tim Phillips Studio has spent more than 40 years as an acting teacher and audition coach, teaching artists of all ages how to access their greatest truths through finding character. While the stage is far preferable to gain the full Physical Life experience, more can be done on-camera (even from a distance), than he originally thought possible.
The actors and the scenes presented this evening are not the full roster - working actors have to work:)
In order from left to right, descending:
Christopher Patrick & Jasmine Smith - Lorna Moon and Joe Bonaparte, Golden Boy by Clifford Odets
Juan Carlos Diaz & Michaela Morgan -Jean and Miss Julie, Miss Julie by August Strindberg
Cheryl Prater - Claudia, Nuts by Tom Topor
Jennifer E Greenfield, Karen Musey - Wanda and *Rachel, The Baby Dance by Jane Anderson
Annie Acker, Ebin Antony - Lorna Moon and Joe Bonaparte, Golden Boy by Clifford Odets
Gabriel Rosales, Mallory Mejias - Torch and Blue, Beirut by Alan Bowne
Ariane Reinhart, Paul Berney - Ruth and Charles, Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward
George Adams, Trang Le - Henrey and Rosannah, Brilliant Traces by Cindy Lou Johnson
Zillah Glory will read *Rachel in The Baby Dance.
Collected Stories
BY DONALD MARGULIES
A famed short story writer takes a talented young student under her wing. The student becomes a protégé and disciple, then a colleague and friend, and finally, a threatening rival. Creative integrity meets the human cost of ambition, while making art.
Featuring Carolina Cobb as Ruth & Director Zillah Glory as Lisa.
“I suspect that the themes explored in the play are just as resonant today as they were when it was first produced over twenty years ago, arguably even more so. Cultural appropriation, intellectual property, who has the right to tell certain certain stories and who doesn’t - all of these topics may be more part of our social discourse than they were in 1996. Set in the nineties, it even contains a then-current discussion of Woody Allen’s boundary issues which are very much back in the news. But at the heart of the play is the universal relationship between a mentor and her protégée, which I think reveals as much about the parent-child dynamic as it does the teacher-student.
PLAYWRIGHT DONALD MARGULIES
The Bear
BY ANTON CHEKHOV
A landowner demands his rent, a grieving widow gets under his skin, and the only person supervising doesn’t like confrontation. | To honor the wishes of our performers, no recording will be made public.
NEW ZOOM PLAY DEVELOPMENT SERIES
It gives us great pleasure to kick off our PRISM PRESENTS series of New Zoom Play Development presentations with new material written by Jan Buttram. There is much to share with photos, bios, background, and some behind the scenes inspiration from the directing & producing team. Click here to read more or jump to the What’s New page.
Rapids
Set in 1928, two newlyweds disappear while riding the rapids of the Colorado River in pursuit of adventure and glory. Based on historic events, RAPIDS is the story of two risk-takers and the family they leave behind.
Written by Jan Buttram • Featuring Jeff Brackett and Emily Ramsey • Directed by Jackob G. Hofmann and Shannon Kelley (40-45 minutes) | Free Event