Director William Roudesbush (Beck Center’s “Glengarry Glen Ross”) is offering a 6 week course based on his acclaimed book “Acting By Mistake”. This 2 hour weekly class will run Monday evenings from 6:30PM to 8:30PM at Beck Center starting Monday August 5^th and concluding Monday Sept. 9^th. {Note: In lieu of Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 2^nd, class will be Tuesday, Sept. 3^rd from 6:30PM to 8:30PM}

Tuition is $300 for the session. This same class is offered in NYC by instructor Roudebush for $600, but Beck Center is pleased to bring it to NE Ohio at a 50% discount. Class size is limited to 9 students so there will be a great deal of hands-on class time. Ideally students will be 18 or over.

Beck Guest Artist and Broadway / Film star Austin Pendleton will appear as a special class guest on occasions throughout the six week session as well.

All those interested in enrolling use the link  http://bit.ly/ACTINGBYMISTAKE ,or if you have further questions please contact Artistic Director Scott Spence at scotts@beckcenter.org

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ACTING BY MISTAKE is a practical guide for actors that operates under the premise that a mistake is the actor’s true opportunity to create. The class addresses high stakes situations and how to involve yourself in a process that puts you in control. The energy that fear, doubt and lack of confidence generates is crippling to the creative process. ACTING BY MISTAKE will give you the tools you need to convert crippling energy into a new resource for opportunity.

The class is filled with ideas that embrace exactly what you need to do when you can’t remember your lines, become intimidated by other actors, hear yourself talking while you audition or perform, have difficulty looking another actor directly in the eye, can only say a line on way or you just lack confidence in your own skills. It focuses on specifically what to do when you step onto the stage to audition, rehearse, or perform. There is no pretense; just practical suggestions for situations you encounter everyday as a developing artist.

If you already have experience, the class will afford you the opportunity to look at your past in a new light. If you are a neophyte, you can begin your process with roots firmly planted in the soil of a positive creative process.