Acting Intensive m. Kirk Baltz
Mo., 17. Feb. 2025 - Do., 20. Feb. 2025
Februar 17-20 MUNICH:
„UN-TYPE YOURSELF“ …it’s easy to get caught up in old habits and patterns
that make us who we think we SHOULD be.
“WHAT’S MY TYPE?”
What if we smashed this question and broke all patterns and fully embraced our PLAYFUL feminine and/or masculine energy within?
CLICK HERE to download “Four dogs and a bone” by John Patrick Shanley, the play we’ll be working with. It’s a fun romp. Give it a good read and bring a printed copy to class…it ain’t that massive.
I’d like each of you to pull a monologue from the play that runs no more than 60-90 seconds. BUT… pick a character you would never play. Go full on against type casting. If you’re an older dude (like myself)…yes, embrace your inner Brenda or Collette and go for it! If you’re a true ingénue or an actress who’s been around…go for Bradley or Victor!
I reached out to Shanley to make sure I had his blessing with bastardizing his play 😉 His response? “Hi Kirk, I’ve been doing acting workshops like yours for the past few years, and a lot of it has to do with gender switching! It releases so much energy. I’m all for it.”
Be who and what you need to be to become your chosen character. Get makeup, props, wardrobe, a wig if ya like and jump in all the way!
Your monologue may be lines pieced together from a scene or a full monologue already in the play.
The more you let go and commit the more we will collectively rise to new heights. We will move into scene work but…
YOUR MONOLOGUE WILL BE SHOT IN A PLAYFUL SELF TAPE STYLE WITH CLASS ASSISTANCE ON YOUR OWN PHONE.
Our 4 days together will be rooted in building TRUST within ourselves and of those around us.
Feel free to reach out with any questions you may have…looking forward to working with you!
With Care and Respect,
Kirk
*Discount please request via Email. Available for everyone who has participated at least once before at Kirk Baltz workshops, or if you are currently enrolled as a full-time acting student (please send us your proove via email).
About Kirk Baltz (L.A.)
From the start of his career, Kirk Baltz has studied extensively in NYC and LA with such noted teachers as Sandra Seacat, Greg Zittle, Susan Batson, Tony Greco, and Penny Allen; who are responsible for the training (and in some cases the continued coaching), of such actors as:
Ryan Gosling, Nicole Kidman, Shia Labeouf, Andrew Garfield, Laura Dern, Mickey Rourke, Jesicca Lange, Harvey Keitel and Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
Kirk Baltz has appeared in such recent television shows as:
Snowfall and NCIS:Los Angeles, as well as 24, The Fugitive, Will & Grace, The Shield, Without A Trace, NYPD Blue.
He is also know for his tremendous work in a number of iconic feature films such as:
Bulworth, Natural Born Killers, Reservoir Dogs, Face/Off, Dances With Wolves and Taylor Hackford’s Parker. Deniz Erguven’s Kings, Alan Watt’s Interior Night, and the critically acclaimed short films The Armoire written and directed by Evan Cooper as well as Demon by Caleb Slain are more recent additions.
Kirk will soon be seen in Redheaded Stranger and Tug of War, both written and directed by Jack Depp and Dexter Demme, By The Grape of God written by Kevin Hickey and directed by Colmcille Donston as well as Muscle Beach written and directed by Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman.
Represented by Metropolitan Talent Agency and Endorse Management Group in Los Angeles.
Kirk Baltz
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FAQs
- In welcher Sprache wird gearbeitet bzw. muss ich Englisch wirklich perfekt können?
I do encourage folks to work in their mother tongue. There’s more of an internal connection that takes place and then the works can be taken to English if desired. I’m more interested in artists grabbing the essence of the work rather than being concerned with the linguistics. I don’t need to understand what’s being said. I’m looking for truth and conviction.
- Wird zusätzliche Arbeit zu Hause erwartet?
There might be minimal work on lunch breaks and to do at home in the evening. Simple review of scenes and perhaps a bit of writing…nothing arduous. Evenings are for resting and dreaming 🙂