Play Practice

Rediscover your passion for the stage

Apr 6, 2025

10:00 am

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Ready to take your acting skills to the next level? Olympic athletes and Broadway stars never stop perfecting their craft, so why should you? Join the next session of Play Practice.

Here's what you can look forward to:

Rediscover your passion for the stage
Sharpen your voice and body techniques
Expand your acting toolkit with fresh skills
Explore a mix of current and classic acting styles from around the world

Our Play Practice program is relaxed but focused. We're looking for dedicated actors who can commit to all sessions. Ideal participants should have a BFA or MFA in performance (or equivalent experience), an open mind to try new techniques, and a genuine love for learning and play.

Details

Just $15/class
For actors 21 and up
Limited to 15 spaces
Sundays 10:00 AM to Noon
April 6, 13, 27, 2025

Dan Lendzian

Daniel F. Lendzian, an Alleyway Instigator, directed Black Bear Island (2025), The Folks at Home (2024) and Burst (2022). This fall, he founded Play Practice, a drop-in class now in its third sold-out session.

Recent directing credits include Khan!!! The Musical! (O'Connell & Company), while notable performances include Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors (Mina/Dr. Van Helsing, Irish Classical Theatre) and The Winter’s Tale (Leontes, Shakespeare in Delaware Park). He has worked with Starring Buffalo, Parallel 45 (MI), The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, North American Cultural Laboratory, Farm Arts Collective, The Seattle Children’s Theater, The ZACH Theater, FESTA Theater (Florence, Italy), Interlochen Shakespeare, The Winnipesaukee Playhouse, Weathervane Repertory Theater, and more.

He is a member of the National Alliance of Acting Teachers and MICHA. He hosts Buffalo Rising’s WNY Soundstage podcast. He is an Assistant Professor and Head of Performance at Fredonia State University, teaching Shakespeare, Scene Study, Voice, Movement, and Text. DanLendzian.com

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