Stage Acting with Julia Ogilvie
Kumu Kahua Theatre is proud to announce an advanced acting class that focuses purely on developing the actorsʻ skills on their feet. This class is part of the Kumu Kahua Theatre STAGES education program. These classes are free of charge, and class size is limited. Interested students should apply here as soon as possible to assure a spot.
STAGE ACTING
8 week course
2 hours per class
Saturdays from March 25th - May 13th*
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Instructor: Julia Hamilton Ogilvie
*To secure a spot in the class, students must confirm availability for all classes.
In this 8 week course students will learn:
- How to use elements of the actor's instrument (voice, body, and imagination).
- Vocal technique (breath support, resonance, range, articulation, vocal dynamics).
- How to truthfully listen and respond to fellow actors onstage.
- How to analyze a script.
- How to work effectively with fellow actors and the director in a rehearsal room.
- How to keep each performance fresh, exciting and clear.
- How to have fun telling a story onstage.
Julia Hamilton Ogilvie is a teacher and actor originally from Hawai’i and back from New York. She has taught acting for Yale University, Rutgers University, The Juilliard Drama Outreach Program at Snow College and has directed and taught for The American Conservatory Theatre’s graduate acting program. In Hawaiʻi she has taught for the University of Hawaiʻi, Diamond Head Theatre, ʻIolani School, Punahou School, Hanahauʻoli School and started Manoa Valley Theatre’s MVT Studio where she taught stage acting, TV & Film, Shakespeare, and musical theatre audition technique. Acting work includes: Timon of Athens (Off-Broadway at Theater For A New Audience & The Shakespeare Theater Company); That Beautiful Laugh (Off-Broadway at La MaMa Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Shakespeare Theater Company & The Macau Arts Festival in Macau, China); The Mousetrap (Dorset Theatre Festival) and You Can’t Take it With You (Chautauqua Theatre Company). She can be seen in the Disney+ show Doogie Kamealoha M.D. and Magnum P.I. on CBS. Julia is a Presidential Scholar in The Arts award recipient, and trained in acting at The Maggie Flanigan Studio in New York, as well as The Juilliard School.
STAGES (Supporting Theatre Arts - Guidance and Education Series) is designed to uplift the ʻOahu theatre community by offering free classes and workshops to theatre artists, so that finance is not a barrier for residents to receive instruction and hone their theatre arts skills. STAGES is supported by the Kumu Kahua Theatre Board of Directors.