Learn directly from Paul Barry, top Los Angeles-based Australian acting coach with 20 years of worldwide audition, memorization, and on-screen teaching experience (current and former clients are represented by WME, CAA, Paradigm, and UTA, and have secured work with CBS, NBC, ABC, Netflix, Starz, Disney and many others)!

For a set to run smoothly, the actor-director relationship must be a symbiotic one. Too often directors struggle to effectively communicate their ideas to actors, and actors feel confused by generalized direction. If the actors and director aren’t speaking a common language, they will begin to separate from each other and diminish the desired results for the shot.

Whether you’re an actor or director, knowing how to effectively communicate with a common vocabulary, regardless of your training, is a must for understanding what is wanted and needed from one another. This will take the subjectivity and guesswork out of the equation, allowing both sides of the creative process to break down the barriers that often separate them.

In this exclusive Stage 32 Next Level Webinar, host Paul Barry will teach you 3 very specific techniques that will eradicate the guesswork when it comes to the communication process between actors and directors. Drawing from his 20 years of experience as an acting and directing coach, as well as a professional reader, he will teach you how to translate generalized direction into specific action, harness the power of counter-intuition and create real drama in your scenes by defining the “rules” you both can play by.

This webinar is essential for both actors and directors, and you will leave understanding how to create a clearer, stronger form of communication on set that will allow you to elevate the performance every time.

PRAISE FOR PAUL'S TEACHINGS:

"I’ve been using Paul’s approach for about 7 years now starting off in my work in co-op theatre around Sydney and now... Paul’s approach to acting is direct, effective and completely doable. More importantly, it elevates material to a level that’s exciting to play and gives it an edge that is exciting to watch." - Stephen Peacocke (three-time Logie award-winning actor)

"I have been acting in film, television and theatre for the past twenty five years, and have attended a number of courses and classes throughout this time. Paul's course proved to be the most practicable, useful, and inspiring I have been to. His methods are immediately usable. They both expand and simplify what you've previously learnt, and they avoid mystification and obfuscation. And his teaching is all about the process and you." - Nicholas Hope (AFI award-winning actor)

“Paul really made things clearer. As an actor I complicate things and working with him really articulated a process that helps me work effectively. He is great” - Dichen Lachman (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Shameless, The 100)

“I cannot think of a teacher that an actor in Los Angeles (or elsewhere) could gain better training from, in order to gain a well rounded education and perspective for a career working in Film,TV or Theater than with Paul Barry.” - Lisa Kowalski

"The tricks and techniques Paul gives his students are effective and acquirable that you can apply and experiment with... Rewarding and enjoyable don’t pass up the opportunity to be taught by Paul." - Clare Cholerton

“Very helpful! Practical tips I can use at my 5pm audition today! Really charismatic, cool teacher who knows what he is doing” - Joanna Folino

• Habits vs. Choices
• The important difference.
• Making Choices.
• A breakdown of the mechanics.
• A Common Language.
• Introduction to a common language for actors and directors, regardless of prior technique.
• Counter-Intuition.
• What is this?
• Why it is essential for on screen work.
• How to Translate Generalized Direction Into Specific Actions.
• How to Get Productive Results.
• Utilizing general praise and specific criticism.
• The Fundamental Differences Between Physical, Vocal, Emotional and Psychological Issues Actors Face.
• How these effect the director's communication process.
• Confidence Building Tools in the Making of Choices.
• The Art of Communicating Choices Between Departments.
• How to do so in a non-threatening manner.
• Self-sufficiency in Rehearsals, Auditions and On Set.
• How to create this with specific communication techniques.
• Recorded, in-depth Q&A with Paul who has 20 years of experience working with both directors and actors!

• Actors looking to learn how to communicate more effectively with their directors.
• Actors looking to take their on-set performance to a new level.
• Directors looking to learn how to give clearer direction on set.
• Directors who want to bring out better performances from their actors.
• Independent filmmakers who wear many hats and want to better understand how to communicate on set.
• Casting directors who want to improve how they give direction.
• Acting teachers who want to learn how to give clearer instructions to their students.

"I’ve been using Paul’s approach for about 7 years now starting off in my work in co-op theatre around Sydney and now... Paul’s approach to acting is direct, effective and completely doable. More importantly, it elevates material to a level that’s exciting to play and gives it an edge that is exciting to watch." - Stephen Peacocke (three-time Logie award-winning actor)

"I have been acting in film, television and theatre for the past twenty five years, and have attended a number of courses and classes throughout this time. Paul's course proved to be the most practicable, useful, and inspiring I have been to. His methods are immediately usable. They both expand and simplify what you've previously learnt, and they avoid mystification and obfuscation. And his teaching is all about the process and you." - Nicholas Hope (AFI award-winning actor)

“Paul really made things clearer. As an actor I complicate things and working with him really articulated a process that helps me work effectively. He is great” - Dichen Lachman (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Shameless, The 100)

“I cannot think of a teacher that an actor in Los Angeles (or elsewhere) could gain better training from, in order to gain a well rounded education and perspective for a career working in Film,TV or Theater than with Paul Barry.” - Lisa Kowalski

"The tricks and techniques Paul gives his students are effective and acquirable that you can apply and experiment with... Rewarding and enjoyable don’t pass up the opportunity to be taught by Paul." - Clare Cholerton

“Very helpful! Practical tips I can use at my 5pm audition today! Really charismatic, cool teacher who knows what he is doing” - Joanna Folino