Director Intensive Workshop
By popular demand! Whether you are an experienced or novice director, award winning Actor & Director, Dorinda Toner, wants to help you get the most out of your directorial experience. Learn how to glean the most from your script, your cast, and your overall production. Script analysis, processes & project management, casting, blocking, problem solving in the room, building space for discovery, exercises to induce growth, boundaries and expectations, personal style, co-creation and more will all be discussed. Directors will not only learn theory they will have an opportunity to workshop ideas and interact with actors and learn from other directors in the room.
Dates and Hours
Wednesday– April 5, 19, 26; May 3, 10 (no class on April 12)
7pm-9:30pm
Cost: $190
To Register, click here: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?class=ttco
Dorinda Toner has been the Producing Artistic Director of Twilight Theater Company in Portland, OR since May 2016. She has performed on stages across North America for over 37 years. An award winning director, she studied Theater/Directing at University in her home country of Canada, where she is also a multi album recording artist. Dorinda is a past Vice President and current Executive Committee member of PATA (Portland Area Theatre Alliance). She is the facilitator of the West Coast Community Theatre Management Conference, a contributor to AACT's Spotlight Magazine and most recently has been elected to the national board of directors for The American Association of Community Theatre.
By popular demand! Whether you are an experienced or novice director, award winning Actor & Director, Dorinda Toner, wants to help you get the most out of your directorial experience. Learn how to glean the most from your script, your cast, and your overall production. Script analysis, processes & project management, casting, blocking, problem solving in the room, building space for discovery, exercises to induce growth, boundaries and expectations, personal style, co-creation and more will all be discussed. Directors will not only learn theory they will have an opportunity to workshop ideas and interact with actors and learn from other directors in the room.
Dates and Hours
Wednesday– April 5, 19, 26; May 3, 10 (no class on April 12)
7pm-9:30pm
Cost: $190
To Register, click here: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?class=ttco
Dorinda Toner has been the Producing Artistic Director of Twilight Theater Company in Portland, OR since May 2016. She has performed on stages across North America for over 37 years. An award winning director, she studied Theater/Directing at University in her home country of Canada, where she is also a multi album recording artist. Dorinda is a past Vice President and current Executive Committee member of PATA (Portland Area Theatre Alliance). She is the facilitator of the West Coast Community Theatre Management Conference, a contributor to AACT's Spotlight Magazine and most recently has been elected to the national board of directors for The American Association of Community Theatre.
Acting Classes - Authentic Connection - Meisner Technique
Class Description:
This fun, supportive, mixed-level acting class has been ongoing and growing for 12 years. Each class series, participants are guided through a variety of warm-ups, ensemble acting games, discussions, and specific exercises for actors developed by Sanford Meisner. The Meisner technique first builds connection through attentive observations, repetition, listening, and allowing for moment-to-moment authentic responses. Perhaps you are thinking about class because you want to….
· Get physical with acting games and playful interactions.
· Gain confidence on stage and in front of groups.
· Develop vocal freedom and spontaneity in a state of flow.
· Realize the range of authenticity in yourself and in others.
· Explore an embodied mindfulness approach to acting.
· Practice opening the heart and shifting perception.
· Build trust and establish permission to explore conflict in good faith.
· Expand a character’s range, vocabulary, and point of view.
· Endow and deepen your imagination with specific meaningful imagery.
· Learn advanced techniques and tips for a variety of acting situations & styles.
Register for an authentic and transformational acting experience!
April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Saturdays 10am – 1pm
5 class series
$225 ***Registration***
Class Location:
Twilight Theater Company
7515 N. Brandon Ave. Portland, OR 97217
Covid Protocol
We will follow Oregon Health Authority guidelines.
Chris Harder is a faculty member of The Actors Conservatory and a Resident Artist with Artists Repertory Theatre. More information at www.chrisharder.com
Class Description:
This fun, supportive, mixed-level acting class has been ongoing and growing for 12 years. Each class series, participants are guided through a variety of warm-ups, ensemble acting games, discussions, and specific exercises for actors developed by Sanford Meisner. The Meisner technique first builds connection through attentive observations, repetition, listening, and allowing for moment-to-moment authentic responses. Perhaps you are thinking about class because you want to….
· Get physical with acting games and playful interactions.
· Gain confidence on stage and in front of groups.
· Develop vocal freedom and spontaneity in a state of flow.
· Realize the range of authenticity in yourself and in others.
· Explore an embodied mindfulness approach to acting.
· Practice opening the heart and shifting perception.
· Build trust and establish permission to explore conflict in good faith.
· Expand a character’s range, vocabulary, and point of view.
· Endow and deepen your imagination with specific meaningful imagery.
· Learn advanced techniques and tips for a variety of acting situations & styles.
Register for an authentic and transformational acting experience!
April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Saturdays 10am – 1pm
5 class series
$225 ***Registration***
Class Location:
Twilight Theater Company
7515 N. Brandon Ave. Portland, OR 97217
Covid Protocol
We will follow Oregon Health Authority guidelines.
Chris Harder is a faculty member of The Actors Conservatory and a Resident Artist with Artists Repertory Theatre. More information at www.chrisharder.com
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