The Art and the Audition with Karen Kohlhaas
New York, NY
US

CONTACT NAME

Karen Kohlhaas

DESCRIPTION

"I was asked to cold read in a firing squad type situation where three agents watched me read while sitting on a couch about 3 feet away from me. I aced it, and even after previously telling me he had no more room for me on his roster the agent was suddenly trying to make some room. Honestly I would have choked on that cold read and those interviews before I took your class. I feel so much more prepared and I just want to thank you again."—CLEM McINTOSH

Hi Everyone,

Join me for FEARLESS COLD READING in April / May! | Limited space open

A) Mondays | 6-9pm Eastern | April 22, 29, May 6, 13

B) Tuesdays | 11am-2pm Eastern | April 23, 30, May 7, 14

Tuition: $350

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This class will transform your cold and prepared reading auditions.

You can learn to audition FEARLESSLY—with focus, specificity, connection and adventurousness—even if you're nervous or doubt your choices.

To prove it, we tape your reads on the first and last classes—so you can see for yourself.

Complete info on what this class covers is below. Join us.

~Karen

KAREN KOHLHAAS is an Atlantic Theater Co. founding member, senior teacher, and Off-Broadway director. She was named Best NYC Cold Reading Teacher and Best NYC Monologue Teacher by Backstage readers and is the author of 3 books on monologues and auditioning. She offers private classes in monologues, cold reading, advanced acting, and Tennessee Williams in New York City and guest teaches around the country. (Complete bio below after actor comments)

Online | FEARLESS COLD READING

Fearless Cold Reading is a 10-point system that works for all kinds of auditions—from ice-cold to prepared, in person, on Zoom, and self-tapes

YOU'LL LEARN

• What to immediately look for in a script: assess actions, stakes, structure, key moments & genre

• To take direction fully and quickly

• How to work equally well with good, average, and terrible readers

• How to own your frame in zoom and on-camera auditions

• Audition techniques: make great entrances & slates & exits, how to chat effectively (and when not to), and how to deal with industry questions (like, "Tell me about yourself . . . " and "How do you see yourself?")

As you make the points habitual, they get you

• Out of your head

• Into your body and instincts!

• Connected to your partner/reader

• Telling the story with focused, bold, adventurous choices

"I had to cold read at an audition the other day with a casting director and she said, "I can't believe you just got that side 2 minutes ago!" I felt so confident in making bold instinctual choices, so thank you again!"
—MONICA WEST

This 10-point system works for

• Live zoom pre-screens

• Self tapes

• In person auditions and callbacks

This class will positively change how you read at auditions. We tape your first and last reads—so you can see the difference for yourself!

WHAT ACTORS ARE SAYING

One of the producers pulled me aside to tell me my audition/cold read was one of the best she had seen in the auditions, and that obviously whatever audition classes I had taken paid off. This came only weeks after completing your cold reading class.—JASON BARKER

I just got a callback for the first audition I have had since your class and I think listening to my reader, going back to the script and keeping the energy up made an extraordinary difference in both my performance and ability to be open to direction. And, best of all, the audition was really fun.—ANNA KULL

My cold reading skills are becoming really sharp by practicing what you taught us in class!—HILARY GREER

Your fearless cold reading technique helps me feel like I am in so much more control of any character that I am auditioning for and gives me more confidence in the audition room. Your techniques have helped my career tremendously.—BRIAN MORGAN

My friends have noticed a change in me, not just professionally, and it's partly because of the 'peace' your class has brought me. My auditioning has become stronger and my “Oh S***” moments are much fewer and farther between in a short amount of time. I've sent recommendations to my friends to take your class.—MAYA LYNNE ROBINSON

Your valuable class completely shifted my perspective on auditioning. My auditions have already improved significantly, and I believe this is just the beginning.—EREL PILO

Just auditioned for a movie & they said they were blown away by my listening skills - that they could have watched me listen all day! That's thanks to your fearless cold reading lessons. Feeling empowered;)—ALLISON THREADGOLD

It was just me and the filmmaker. She gave me a quick sketch of my character, then gave me the script and let me read through the page once. Then I read with her while she recorded me on her phone. I kept in mind a few important points that Karen has taught us. When I was done, the filmmaker literally said, "I'm impressed with how well you can cold read." She told me she liked me and that I really "got" what the character was all about. She cast me on the spot.—MIRIAM LIND

MORE ABOUT KAREN

KAREN KOHLHAAS is an Atlantic Theater Company founding ensemble member, director, and senior teacher. She developed and teaches her own approach to monologue audition technique, which was recently recommended in Helen Mirren's Master Class on acting, and which she teaches in New York, around the US, internationally, and now online.

Director | For Atlantic, Karen has directed productions of plays by Harold Pinter, David Mamet, Annie Baker, Keith Reddin, Kia Corthron, Shel Silverstein, Hilary Bell, Joe Penhall, and Kate Moira Ryan. She has also directed for Primary Stages, the New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater, Naked Angels, Ars Nova, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York Live Arts, 24 Hour Plays on Broadway, the Alley Theatre, Houston, New Dramatists, Menagerie Theatre in Cambridge, UK, The Culture Project, the Practical Theater Co. in Sydney and others.

Teacher | Karen is a master teacher of the Practical Aesthetics acting technique with over 30 years in the classroom, and is a senior teacher at the Atlantic Acting School's conservatory programs. She teaches her own NYC classes in Acting, Directing, Monologues, and Fearless Cold Reading & Audition Technique. She teaches guest workshops around the country and internationally, including theaters, universities, and conferences in Atlanta, Austin, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Cleveland, Houston, Miami, Mississippi, England, Australia, and Italy.

Author | Karen is the author of 3 books, and director of a 120 minute DVD on her monologue techniques. Her first book, The Monologue Audition is a Backstage must-read.

Filmmaker | Karen's films include two with acclaimed performer/playwright Taylor Mac, several short documentaries; and the instructional film Roots & Branches 5 Element Qi Gong for the T'ai Chi Foundation.

Tennessee Williams Scholar | Karen has been researching and creating a full length documentary and book on Tennessee Williams' Mississippi Delta roots. She has been a panelist and presenter many times at the New Orleans and Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festivals, and has curated and co-founded, with St. George's Episcopal Church, the Tennessee Williams Rectory Museum in the former residence of Williams and his family. She teaches Tennessee Williams advanced scene weekends in New York City, and in January 2020 and 2024, conducted, with playwrights Craig Lucas and Lucy Thurber, a week-long residential training for actors and playwrights in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The next one will be announced soon.

DURATION

Apr 22, 2024 - May 14, 2024

SALARY

$0.00 – $0.00 per hour

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