Training – Professional Training in Film, Television, Stage, Commercial, Print & Voiceover for NYC Actress and Voiceover Artist Chelsea Clark

Professional training for the entertainment industry has been an ongoing activity for Chelsea Clark. From the age of 2, Chelsea was involved in acting classes through Candace Mazur’s Expressions Theatre Company. This included trouping to schools, theatres, festivals and nursing homes throughout her elementary school years. Concurrently, Chelsea took dance and gymnastics lessons in various settings, performing as a Level IV gymnast when she was in the 6th grade and attending a ballet camp in Long Beach, California at age 14. At age 15, she attended the MAAIA Convention in NYC, and was invited into the School for Film & Television’s summer program. She returned for the next summer. As a high school senior, she was selected for Eastland Performing Art’s half-day pull-out program, operated through Otterbein College. She also had private lessons with Kevin McClatchy. She continued to dance throughout her high school years, particularly focusing on ballet. She then attended the School for Film & Television’s 2-year conservatory program, which emphasized Meisner; that program is now known at the NY Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. She received Meisner Scholarships for both years, and also served as Key Student. She continued her training at St. Francis College, with a major in Communications – Performance Studies, graduating Summa Cum Laude.

Upon college graduation, Chelsea continued her professional training for a couple of years with Aylam Orian (http://www.aylamorian.com), and greatly appreciated his Method Acting orientation. When he left NYC for California, she started training with Roger Simon of the Simon Studio (http://www.simonstudio.com), where she has regular contact with Eddie Lew, Vincent Scott and other wonderful directors. She also takes seminars and classes through actorsconnection (http://www.actorsconnection.com/), and has taken classes through Joanne Zipay, Scott Powers and others. She attends casting workshops through SAG Foundation(http://www.sagfoundation.org).

The Simon Studio & Roger Hendricks Simon (http://www.simonstudio.com) – “On Camera Professional Lab for Advanced Actors” (ongoing)

actorsconnection SEMINARS

Casting director Caroline Sinclair of Caroline Sinclair Casting (http://carolinesinclaircasting.com/Home.html), March 1, 2016
Casting director Judy Bowman CSA of Judy Bowman Casting (http://www.judybowmancasting.com/), June 4, 2015
Casting director Meredith Jacobson Marciano of Amerifilm Casting (http://amerifilmcasting.com/) , June 8, 2015
Erica Palgon of Erica Palgon Casting & Beyond (http://ericapalgon.com/), June 9, 2015
Jennifer Konawal of Washington Square Films (http://www.wsfilms.com/), June 15, 2015 & August 17, 2016

actorsconnection WORKSHOP

Actorsconnection Film Intensive

Sig De Miguel – Film Intensive with Sig De Miguel, Casting Director, 5/2/2016

Kim Miscia – On-Camera TV Intensive with Kim Miscia of Bowling/Miscia Casting (https://www.facebook.com/pages/BowlingMiscia-Casting/108822601027), 5/9/2015

SAG-AFTRA Foundation Casting Access

Bretta Goldstein – Cold Reading. 3/13/2017
Alan Filderman – Workshop. 11/17/2016
Matthew Maisto – Audition Workshop with Assigned Sides, 8/16/2016
Carol Nadell – Cold Reading of industrial copy, 7/26/2016
Harley Kaplan – Class, assigned scene as Diane from Jack and Diane, 5/4/2016
David Vaccari – Audition & Cold Reading, 8/19/2015; 5/3/2017
Scott Wojcik – Auditioning for Commercials, 5/7/2015
Kim Moarefi – On Camera Audition & Cold Reading, 1/22/2015
Donna McKenna – On Camera Audition & Cold Reading, 7/29/2014
Liz Ortiz-Mackes – Audition Technique Using Monologues, 2/11/2014
Angela Mickey – Audition & Cold Reading Technique, 11/19/2013
Aleta Chappelle – Audition & Cold Reading Technique for Film,6/03/2013

http://www.sagfoundation.org

Tres Artis Studio for Actors

Aylam Orian – Method Acting

http://www.aylamorian.com/

Individual Classes, NY

Gary Donetelli & Jagger Kaye (http://www.castingsnclasses.com) – “How to Book Day Player Roles”
Alison Franck, Kenan Moran (http://kenanmoran.com/) & Cynthia Katz – “Commercials”
Scott Powers – “Commercial Print” (www.scottpowers.com)
Joanne Zipay – “Brush Up Your Shakespeare!” (http://www.judithshakespeare.org/zipay.html)
Judy Henderson – “Film Audition Technique”

St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, NY

B.A. in Performance Studies, graduating Summa Cum Laude

Included classes in film production, theatre production, directing, television studio and script writing. Timothy Dugan (Major Advisor), David Gewirtz, Kathryn Grant,(http://www.kathryngrantplaywright.com/) Lynne Jackson, Martina Karels, James “Jake” Turner, James “Terry” Quinn (http://www.terryquinn.com/)

http://www.sfc.edu/

The N.Y. Conservatory for Dramatic Arts (a.k.a. The School for Film & Television), NY

Two-Year Acting Certificate Program & two 8-week “Summer in the City” Programs – Meisner Technique

Chelsea Clark at The School for Film & Television

Acting Technique/Scene Study – Neal Lerner, Pam Scott, Jimmy Bohr (www.jimmybohr.com), Pete Mattaliano (http:www.petemattaliano.com), Pam M. Kareman
Voice – Richard Omar, Tracy Goodwin, Julia Carey
Commercials – Ray Iannicelli
Daytime Drama – Larkin Malloy (www.larkinmalloy.com)
Movement & Stage Combat – Aole T. Miller, Hilary Spector, Connie Rotunda
Voiceover – Lynn Lipton, Tracy Goodwin
Improvisation/Comedy & Clowning – Judith Searcy (http://www.judithsearcy.com/), Joe Perce