[NEohioPAL] Study with Brian Zoldessy - Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory

Tue Jun 22 07:00:38 PDT 2010

I was very pleased to read about Brian Zoldessy's upcoming classes at Fairmount.  Don't miss this opportunity to study with him!  My nephew was recently accepted to the prestigious Denver Center For The Performing Arts due to Mr. Zoldessy's wonderful coaching abilities and audition technique training.  In his acceptance letter from Denver, the faculty stated that my nephew was one of the most prepared candidates they had seen in years.  Here are a few more testimonials from Brian's site:   

Dear Brian,
        Well, you have succeeded once more, Mr. Zoldessy. Yesterday, I found out I got into the Theatre Education program at NYU! I just want to thank you again so much for all your amazing advice and training. You are an amazing teacher and I hope you will come to visit me in the city when I am there. I will definitely keep in touch with you to let you know about what happens in my life in the future and I hope you will
let me know what you are doing as well. Thank you again for everything Brian, and I hope we can work together again in the future. Good luck.
Sincerely, Emily Baron
 Brian Zoldessy is the greatest acting teacher I have ever had. I give him a lot of the credit for my college acceptances. He first directed me in Lord of the Flies in 2002, which ended up being one of the most rewarding acting experiences of my life. Brian has helped me grow in ways I didn't think possible, and he has not only been a wonderful coach, but a wonderful friend. He's funny, caring, and intelligent, and I've recommended him to everyone I know seeking a coach.
Alex Wyse
Great Acting Coach in our own backyard
I just wanted to write a note regarding the talents of my acting coach, Brian Zoldessy.  A gifted actor and director, he is also terrific as an acting instructor.  He shows you how to start with the basics of acting and then how to build on those basics to get the layered performance that every actor strives for.  His passion and respect for his craft have certainly inspired me to pay “even more attention to the work”.
Molly Clay

Dear Brian,
Congratulations on the wonderful article in the January 2nd Crain’s edition! You do such good work at the College particularly at the Eastern Campus. The article certainly chronicles your many talents in promoting the arts. We are all very proud of your accomplishments and thrilled that the media decided to share your achievements with the public.
You are certainly an ambassador for Cuyahoga Community College and we value all that you have done over the years and what you are and will continue to do to expose our students and community to the arts.
Jerry Sue Thornton, President, Cuyahoga Community College 

Subject: Celebrating a great performance
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 17:19:06 -0400

I had one of those rare moments the other day. I saw a local actor give a
once-in-a-lifetime performance. It was even more unusual, in that the
performance was in a new play which still needed work.

The play is called TO KNOW HIM, a drama by Albi Gorn about an AIDS patient
and a female rabbinical student who comes to visit him. They argue
religion, talk about old movies, and ultimately she tries to get him to
reconcile with his estranged father. The incredibly riveting performance
was by Brian Zoldessy, who so inhabited the role with every breath,
movement, look, gesture, and action that I will likely remember it to the
end of my life.

Brian himself had a severely life-threatening illness earlier this year --where he was in and out of the hospital for a good 3 months. His experience
clearly shaped how he handled the role. With painstaking physical work --
from the smallest details, like putting lotion on his leg -- Zoldessy
showed exhaustion, anger, pain, and spiritual despair – yet instead of
being depressing, the effect was exhilarating. No one could take their
eyes off him.
It reminded me how one can't really judge a script until it is fully
incarnated. I would have dismissed this play as predictable and way too
talky had I read a draft. But with this textured, loving performance
fueling it, it ended up being deeply moving.

I just wanted to celebrate a wonderful performance!

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Fairmount Center for the Arts
8400 Fairmount Road
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Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory 
Summer Program 2010
Sundays with Brian Zoldessy

Older teens and adults can take part in three one-shot workshops. Please register by completing the form at this link.
Carpe Luden (Seize the School): College Audition Prep
Instructor: Brian Zoldessy, AEA Actor, Director, Professor / Director of Theatre at Tri C East
Date: Sunday, June 27, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm 
(includes seven and a half hours of class time, a one hour break for lunch, and several fifteen minute breaks)
Limit: Open
Eligibility: Open
Ages: 10th grade – Adult
Fee: $90
Location: This workshop will be held at Mayfield Village Civic Center, 6622 Wilson Mills Road, Mayfield Village
Planning on majoring in theatre or musical theatre in college? Whether you are headed toward undergrad or grad school, this program is for you.
This workshop will begin with the Audition Technique Process including the Do’s and Don’ts, The Moment Before, and The Monologue Roadmap and Toolbox. Additionally, we will begin the process of helping you pick appropriate monologues and songs for your college audition. We will also help you research the myriad of theatre programs available to help you select the college of your choice. Then we will take you through the nuts and bolts of the application process including essay writing, and resume preparation. 
Students will have the opportunity after this one day workshop to have follow up private coaching sessions with Brian Zoldessy by arrangement, at a special FPAC rate of $30 per hour.
Getting Your Act Together: How To Be A Working Actor
Instructor: Brian Zoldessy, AEA Actor, Director, Professor / Director of Theatre at Tri C East
Date: Sunday, July 11  6:00pm – 9:00pm
Limit: Open
Eligibility: Open
Ages: 10th grade – Adult
Fee: $40
Location: This workshop will be held at Mayfield Village Civic Center, 6622 Wilson Mills Road, Mayfield Village
This workshop will provide the performer with clear-cut guidelines on how to approach acting as a business and successfully make the transition from being an acting student to becoming a working professional. Many of the How To's will be covered including How To: find the right agent; improve audition and interview techniques; market yourself (effective head shots/resumes and business strategies); learn survival techniques while looking for work, and most importantly, how to find work!

The DNA of Acting: Script Analysis for the Actor
Instructor: Brian Zoldessy, AEA Actor, Director, Professor / Director of Theatre at Tri C East
Date: Sunday, August 1  9:00am-6:00pm
(includes seven and a half hours of class time, a one hour break for lunch, and several fifteen minute breaks)
Limit: Open
Eligibility: Open
Ages: 10th grade – Adult
Fee: $90
Location: This workshop will be held at Mayfield Village Civic Center, 6622 Wilson Mills Road, Mayfield Village

Using a very hands-on approach, this master class offers the performer a clear, concise and easily understood technique for script analysis that is tailored to address the actor's needs, passions and creativity.
Included will be how to understand and serve the text; how to develop a process for breaking scenes into playable beats and actions; a character analysis template; how to discover the main ideas and themes with any script; the process of moment-to-moment acting.
Scenes from The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams will be provided, broken down and, rehearsed.

Brian Zoldessy
AEA Actor, Director, Professor / Director of Theatre at Tri C East

“FPAC is my second home! It is always recommended by me to anyone yearning to expand their skills! I have learned so much more in these three weeks than I thought possible!”
Dani Apple
(FPAC ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08 & ’09)

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