Acting for the Camera and Stage with Jayson Warner Smith

Jayson and a TON of local talent make up the cast and crew of this homegrown thriller now available on Amazon Prime and other VOD platforms. https://www.amazon.com//d/B08HVLVXBZ/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

A useful essay from Mark Manson. Snarky but useful.

Super proud of student and friend Eric Goins. #DCStargirl

ANNOUNCEMENT! I am very proud to present eleven of my students in VIRTUAL SHOWCASE 2020. We had a live event planned for the end of April but ... https://www.jaysonsmith.com/virtual-showcase-2020/... Click this link to see clips / reels / photos / resumes. See more

Here's what it looks like in JWS' classes. Classes are maxed at 6 students and one teacher. All seating is at least 6' apart. We are not performing scenes unless both students are comfortable rehearsing and performing in close proximity to each other. We are mostly working solo pieces and solo exercises. All students arrive with masks on, we then vote twice whether to remain masked or not. If it isn't unanimous, we leave the masks on except for the one actor who may be perfor...ming. Also, the space is a 1000 sf box with a 15' ceiling and a concrete floor that is cleaned weekly. The HVAC system has a 3M Filtrette 1900 filter and the fan runs continuously throughout the session. Everyone is instructed that if at any time for any reason they aren't comfortable with the situation, we will re-mask and/or vote again or they may leave. Hand sanitizer and washing stations are provided. In addition, my students are free to come and go as they please. If they do not want to come to class they do not have to and they will not be counted absent. Each week they sign up for one of the five sessions offered and once the session is full no more are allowed. They can then choose a different session. We started this in mid June and so far the largest session had 6 students. I currently have about 40 students on my roster and only about 15 have chosen to attend class each week. This way of holding classes is nothing like it was before the pandemic. I am still teaching Strasberg but unfortunately not to it's fullest extent. My students understand this and have chosen to attend or not based on all of the above.

There are two types of people in this world. Those honor a contract and those that do not. Hopefully a ittle Taffy will help smooth things over.

WONDERFUL WORK BY STUDENT Adelle Drahos

Something I created the other night. -JWS

So happy for everyone. Way to go Bryce!! -JWS

Is It Possible to Feel Creatively Connected Without Social Media? By Megan O’Grady from the NYT. Art doesn’t happen in a vacuum, writes one of our advice columnists....Continue reading

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