Play Practice 2

Reclaim your fun for the the stage

Oct 20, 2024

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 Play Practice this September!

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 three 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

- Total cost $40 (special pilot rate)
- For actors 21 and up
- Limited to 14 spaces
- Sundays 10:00 AM to Noon
- Oct 20, 27, Nov 3

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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