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Master Classes, Talks, & Residencies
Since its inception, the Black Acting Methods Studio has worked with nearly 65 institutions to deliver cutting-edge training, touching the lives of hundreds of acting enthusiasts. As we continue to expand our reach nationally and internationally, we are happy to continue offering Master Classes, Talks, and Residencies at your acting studios and institutions.
The absolutely noble undertaking of this work is valuable beyond measure and should become a part of standard teaching materials for acting not only at HBCUs, but everywhere.
- Dr. W. R. Coleman, Theatre Chair, Alabama State University
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Coaching
Offering virtual actor coaching, educator coaching, mental wellness coaching, and project consultations to our community. What the Studio offers is unique and you are hard pressed to find it anywhere else.
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Working with the Black Acting Methods Studio was truly transformative. They helped open the doors to students and faculty alike, illuminating new acting approaches and philosophies.
Victoria Bussert, Music Theatre Professor, Baldwin Wallace University
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Virtual University
The Black Acting Methods Virtual University is an online space for courses in black acting methods and various future certificate programs.
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As a professor and actor whose foundation is grounded in Stanislavski, I was able to couple those techniques with those of the Studio to develop well rounded actors. I highly recommend the book and a visit from the Studio. The experience will be life changing.
-Phil Burgess, Theatre Arts Professor, Morgan State University
What is The Luckett Paradigm?
Sharrell D. Luckett
The Luckett Paradigm is a performance methodology where practice and theory are guided by four overlapping, intersecting Afrocentric dimensions: Core-Creation, Orientation, Dialogic Devising, and Resuscitation. The Paradigm involves empowered authorship, musical sensibilities, spirituality, activism, ensemble building, reverence of Black culture, and creation without a script. In addition to focusing on the breath, the body, confidence, mental health, and imagination, The Luckett Paradigm also:
…develops culturally grounded, and versatile actors who can work and create with or without scripts.
…is trans-medium, making it applicable to performance in theatre, television, and film.
…nurtures spiritual aspects of the creative process.
…assists actors in developing and applying psychological tools for cultural affirmation and resilience in the audition rooms and acting studios.
…encourages activist and social justice work in and with performance.
…values the complexities and challenges of what it means to be a working Black actor in America.
The Luckett Paradigm is influenced by the work of Freddie Hendricks (b.1954), an African American theatre director and teacher who created full-length musicals and dramas with youth and young adults, often without a script. Hendricks trained students primarily at the esteemed Tri-Cities High School in Atlanta, GA, and in his theatre company, the Freddie Hendricks Youth Ensemble of Atlanta.