Schedule
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On-Camera Scene Study – MASTER CLASS
Mondays: 6:30-10:30 pm – May 8 – June 19 (no class May 22 Victoria Day)
Fee for 6-week Scene Study is $500 inc. HST (early-bird $450)
* The MASTER LEVEL class is for actors who are working regularly in film and television and theatre or who have studied with John for at least two terms. *
On-Camera Scene Study (2 options):
Tuesdays: 1:30-5:30pm – May 9 – June 13
or Thursdays: 11am – 3pm – May 11 – June 15
Fee for 6-week Scene Study is $500 inc. HST (early-bird $450)
Weekend Theatre Intensive [each participant will be assigned one theatre scene]:
Next workshop will be in the Fall 2023 – please email info@dirtunderneath.com if you would like to be notified when the dates are finalized
Fee for Weekend Intensive is $300 inc. HST (early-bird $275)
Registration Deadline for JG’s weekly scene study classes = Wed April 26 2023 @11:59pm EST | |
Early-bird Deadline = Sunday April 23 @11:59 pm EST |
Registration Deadline for JG’s Weekend Theatre Intensive = tbd | |
Early-bird Deadline = tbd |
Session 2 – March/April 2023 – Shaun McComb’s classes:
On-Camera Scene Study: 3 options
Tuesdays: 6-10 pm – March 21 – April 25
or
Wednesdays: 1-5pm – March 22 – April 26
or
Fridays 11am-3pm – March 24 – April 28
Fee for 6-week Scene Study is $450 inc. HST (early-bird $400)
The Sandbox Intensive (Acting Foundations)
Saturdays 11:00am-2:30pm (in-person)
March 25 – April 15
Fee for 4-week Intensive is $375 inc. HST (early-bird $325)
Registration Deadline for SM’s classes = Wed March 1 2023 @11:59pm EST | |
Early-bird Deadline = Sunday February 26 @11:59 pm EST |
Session 2 – March/April 2023 – Pascal’s classes:

Intro to Laban: 2 options
Saturdays: 3:15-5:15pm – March 18-April 1 (Session A)
or
Saturdays: 3:15-5:15pm – April 15 – 29 (Session B)
Fee for 3-week Intro to Laban is $275 inc. HST (early-bird $225)
Advanced Laban (Character + Camera)
Saturdays: 5:45-7:45pm – April 15 – 29
Fee for 3-week series is $325 inc. HST (early-bird $275)
Registration Deadline for PL’s Session A class = Wednesday March 15 2023 @8:00pm EST | |
Early-bird Deadline = Sunday February 26 @11:59 pm EST |
Registration Deadline for PL’s Session B Intro + Advanced class = Wednesday April 12 2023 @8:00pm EST | |
Early-bird Deadline = Sunday February 26 @11:59 pm EST |
Jonelle Gunderson’s classes: [not offered in Session 2]
Movement + Character Embodiment Class (in-person):
Dates: to be offered in future sessions
Fee for 3-week Movement Class is $250 inc. HST (early-bird $225)
Registration Deadline for Jonelle’s classes = | |
Early-bird Deadline = |
Peter N. Bailey’s classes: [not offered in Session 2]
“I just saw US; the latest film from Jordan Peele. It’s a brilliant allegory for how we, as humans (and especially artists), get in our own way. There’s forever a demon on our shoulder telling us we’re not good enough, attractive enough, tall enough, short enough, bookable enough and we let that “other” side, the fear based side, win. John has a finely tuned, innate ability to cut ourselves from ourselves and let our individualism approach the scene.
The demons will always be there. John has a way of giving them less agency. ”