TAKE YOUR PLACE ON THE AMERICAN STAGE!A WORKSHOP FOR FRANCOPHONE ACTORSFind the beat of contemporary American voices through a creative approach to dialect work and scene study.Develop your authentic voice in the American theatre:-Cultivate a physical and emotional relationship to the language-Unlock the world of the play through cultural immersion-Get introduced to the most significant contemporary American playwrights-Discover a unique approach to accent reduction involving physical integration and breath workThrough this workshop you will:-Significantly improve your Standard American accent and acquire a set of tools and exercises for continued practice-Understand the specific challenges you bring to the dialect work and how to resolve them-Gain a solid foundation of the most influential current American voices in the theatreWHEN: December 5th and 6th (10am-6pm)FEE: $350 (Pre-registration required, class size limited to 20)CONTACT: actamerican@gmail.comManisha: (646)623-4802Rita: (917)992-0043About the instructors:Manisha Snoyer is an actress, translator and teacher who has taught acting in French and English in Paris and New York City for over five years. Private clients include students from the Columbia School of International Affairs, Spence, Chapin, Trinity, St. Bernard's, St. Anne's, Poly Prep and the American High School in Paris. She has also taught Broadway actors, avant-garde theatre directors and playwrights. Manisha is a regular substitute teacher at the Chapin School where she has given classes in AP French literature and 5th-10th grade French. Manisha graduated Summa Cum Laude from Brandeis University with Highest Honors in French Language and Literature and High Honors in American Studies. She won the Anna Aronson memorial award from the Romance and Comparative Literature Department for outstanding achievement on her thesis: "Translating Sallinger for the American theatre." She also holds a D.E.U.G international relations from the Sorbonne: Paris VII. After graduating from Brandeis, Manisha spent three years training at "Florent," an acting school in Paris, France where she was the assistant teacher for Lesley Chatterley's "Acting in English" class. Manisha has translated and produced two contemporary French plays by Bernard-Marie Koltes and Joel Pommerat in New York City and Waltham, Massachusetts. She is the founder and head teacher of La Comedie Francaise New York whose mission is to help students develop spoken and written fluency in French while cultivating an awareness and appreciation of great contemporary Francophone playwrights in the United States.Rita Marchelya is an actress and voice and dialect teacher who has been coaching film, TV and theatre actors in New York City for the last ten years. She has supervised dialect work for new plays as an Ensemble Studio Theatre lab member, taught voice, speech and acting at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, coached film and TV actors in New York City and led theatre workshops for inner city girls-at-risk in Chicago. She received her M.F.A. in acting from UNC-Chapel Hill where she was awarded the David Hammond award for excellence in acting. She also has a certificate from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and a B.A. in English and French Literature from Loyola University in Chicago. Before moving to New York, she lived in Paris for two years where she studied French Literature, Culture and Art History at the Sorbonne Paris IV. In addition to her private practice, she currently works with Scott Miller as an apprentice teacher in the voice department at NYU's graduate acting program and as a reader at Bernard Telsey casting and Lincoln Center Theatre. She is the founder and president of "Words in Action," a company that uses acting principles to empower business professionals in speech and communication.
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