The Needs of Kim Stanley
F06
Dina Janis
In this intermediate/advanced scene study class, students will immerse themselves in the life, work, and teachings of the legendary actress Kim Stanley. Her “needs” form the basis of a deep exploration of human truth, commitment, and understanding and allow an actor to begin to access the deeper levels of their own sensory and emotional impulses. Framed as a nonperformance-technique class, students will explore in detail the skills involved in actors’ preparation, substitution, creating the sensory world of the play, as well as uncovering one’s own truthful impulses within the given imaginary circumstances of the play. Students can expect this to amount to six hours of out-of-class rehearsal time per week and a required presentation of scene or exercise work in each class during every week of the term.