Dianne and Lorrie Hull Acting Classes and Personal Coaching

with Dianne Hull
and
Lorrie Hull, Ph.D.

Personal,
Effective
Classes and
Coaching
for
Actors

"This is exactly the kind of work I have used over the years."
- Martin Landau

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Classes for Actors

Dianne and Lorrie Hull's classes offer intensive training in a broad spectrum of acting tools. The teaching includes techniques of:

· Relaxation
· Concentration
· Sense memory
· Affective memory
· Improvisation
· Cold reading

Actors learn how to create a life for a character. This includes such specifics as:

Breaking down a script and
Understanding a character's:
· choices
· inner actions
· physical actions
· script subtext
· emotions and perceptions
· motivations

The Actor's Training includes coaching for specific auditions. Actors also have the opportunity to work with writers and directors.

For Directors and Writers

Directors are guided in all phases of directing. Writers work with actors and directors on their original material.

Private Coaching

Private coaching, at $75/hr., provides an opportunity for the actor to receive intensive, individual guidance for auditions or general instruction. Dianne and Lorrie work toward refining an actor's performance to help ensure confidence and a positive outcome. Personal coaching is available daily.

Best performances this year -
The Onion Field
"Dianne Hull gives an immensely resonant performance..."
- Vincent Canby, New York Times

Tuition
Classes are continuous and you may join at any time.

One class/week -	$280 for 6 weeks $455 for 12 weeks
Two classes/week -	$455 for 6 weeks $840 for 12 weeks
Three classes/week -	$685 for 6 weeks $1260 for 12 weeks
Four classes/week -	$912 for 6 weeks $1630 for 12 weeks

A $100.00 down payment will reserve a place in any class.
Short term intensive workshops may be arranged.

"Lorrie Hull is the only teacher I trust o send students to. Her teaching and book of the Method are the best I've ever seen since Strasberg. Lorrie teaches you how to work deeply with great effect. (And) it's the beginning of very good careers for lots of young people."
- Shelley Winters

"Dianne is tremendously talented and perceptive."
- Elia Kazan

Current Schedule of Classes:

Wed - Sat, 10am - 1pm

Tuesday, 7:30pm - 10:30pm

Thursday, 1am - 4pm

Students may enroll in one to four classes per week.

Absentee Policy
All absences may be made up by attending a different class, but must be made up within the student's tuition period (for example, within a 6 week or 12 week period).
Tuition is non-refundable

About the Instructors:

Dianne Hull

Dianne's long acting career includes starring and co-starring roles in Film, TV and Stage including "The Onion Field"; Kazan's "The Arrangement"; "The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking"; "Aloha Bobby and Rose"; Spielberg's "Amazing Stories"; "The Wonder Years" among many others. She was discovered by Elia Kazan and acted for Kazan on stage and film. She taught for Lee Strasberg in New York and L.A. She coaches many working actors in film and TV. Dianne is a long time member of the Actors Studio.

Lorrie Hull, Ph.D.

Formerly a 12 year senior faculty member for Lee Strasberg, she is also an acting coach for motion picture and television productions, having worked for Lorimar, Warner Brothers, and MGM Studios.

In addition to her own classes, she taught acting workshops in Los Angeles for the American Film Institute Public Service Programs and has conducted similar workshops throughout the United States, including Yale, and in France, Sweden and Monaco. In 1988, Lorrie was invited as a world expert to teach at the international Stanislavski Conference in Paris.

**"Strasberg's Method"**
Lorrie Hull's book, "Strasberg's Method as Taught by Lorrie Hull:A Practical Guide for Actors, Teachers, Directors," is sold by leading bookstores and endorsed in the foreword by Susan Strasberg.In association with Amazon.com, theatregroup.com/Publish1 reviewed the book as, "The best technical manual available for an easy-to-read understanding of those techniques and procedures used in "Method" acting. Extremely rich in detail... laced with dozens of examples and personal anecdotes...tons of other valuable information. Indispensable."

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**"The Method" Video**
This 2 hr. video is divided into 20 to 30 minute segments for easy use by teachers and groups, but is also of interest to the general public. The video was written and produced by L. Hull and William Smithers, an Actors' Studio member since 1952. Smithers, a well-known actor and director, also directing this 2 hr. video. Stage Directions magazine in a review titled "16 Hot Properties", wrote the following about The Method video: "...expertly guided by teacher Lorrie Hull...The Method is real, vibrant and absolutely absorbing... For actors and directors seeking to better understand the Method, this comes highly recommended." On the video, Shelly Winters states,"Lorrie Hull is the only teacher I trust to send students to. Her teaching and book of the Method are the best I've ever seen since Strasberg. Lorrie teaches you how to work deeply with great effect. (And) it's the beginning of very good careers for lots of young people.

ORDERING INFORMATION

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