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2025 In-person Class!
*Details will be revealed as we get move into the New Year*
Meanwhile...
Your instrument's condition is #Vital to the #Work:
*Body
*Voice
*Feelings
Your Spirit's condition is #Vital to EVERYTHING.
Private Coach on Zoom
and/or
Join the M.onthly A.ccountability G.roup C.oach
and/or
Join the ZOOM Class -- Feb 1st-Feb22nd
1pm-3:30pm EST
$150/4-weeks
OR
$175 /4-weeks PLUS 2- 30 min One-on-One Coaching Check-Ins
*$50 deposit required to secure your seat*
Commit & Invest for YOU - for your Vision!
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Missed signing up for the January 2023 Class? Get on the Wait List -- we will contact you if seats become available.
Zoom Acting Classes
It's the ideal time to Get into the Groove and Exercise your Muscles.
We change --- things change --- we grow --- time and life events change us.
It is important to practice using who we are now - in the moment - for the Truth & Authenticity that is required of our work, if we are serious about attaining and maintaining longevity in our acting careers.
Saturdays
@ 1pm-3:30pm EST / 10am-12:30pm PST
Feb 1st - Feb 22nd, 2025
Tuition: $ 150 / 4-weeks OR $175/ 4-weeks PLUS 2 - 30 min One-on-One Check-Ins*
Deposit**: $50 - required to secure your seat
Balance: due by 1st day of class
* One-on-One Check-Ins must be used during the duration of class (thru Feb 22nd)
**Deposit is non-refundable & non-transferable
The CHARACTER & YOU ~
6-week Character Development INTENSIVE
We'll explore you, your character, and more through:
You will gain character-building tools for all characters & performances (camera & stage).
· Develop strong character "personalities" and choices
· Create nuances and "moments"
Explore the depths of you and your character's inner life to better translate their subtleties with Specificity & Clarity on-camera.
*This is a process-oriented class, thus it is required to be available for all 6 weeks of the Intensive.
Sundays @ 1pm
Tuition:
Deposit: $100
Balance: Due by 1st day of class
*Agent-recommended*
**eMotional FREEdom Into ACTion wOrkout**
This unique workshop is designed to explore the Truth of the Truth of You -- get behind the walls, mask, and armor that are a false form of security, old habits & defense mechanisms that hinder us from experiencing Vulnerability and Intimacy.
The very things required for Authentic Film & Television Acting.
The very things needed for Honest & Healthy relationships.
**Open to All - actors & non-actors - No previous experience required**
eXplore ~ eXpose ~ eMbrace - the emotional life & Authenticity of YOU!
Part 1:
Designed to:
Discover the TRUTH of your TRUTH -- open up & align to the depths of your Inner Life through:
Part 2:
Bring your Communication Skills to the Next Level --
*Explore actions through Meisner-based and Core Energetic-inspired exercises.
*Practice using VERBS and Gain clarity in what you are actively doing in your work. -- physically, vocally, and emotionally.
*Develop deeper emotional connection and more specificity in your choices.
**Sharpen your Craft Tools – BODY, VOICE & FEELINGS!**
Based on the work of NYC Master Teacher, the late Jim Bonney and Core Energetics™
Additional techniques: Robert Cohen & William Ball
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Date:
Time:
Location:
Tuition*:
*Payment secures seat and acts as non-refundable, non-transferable deposit.
Be ready for your 2025 Auditions & Bookings!
*TRAIN to BOOK BIG* like many of JJ's students have and are continuing to do!
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Join JJ for 6-Weeks of:
☆ SCENE & CHARACTER Study ~ eMotional Sequencing INTENSIVE ☆
Crafting Personalization for your Storytelling:
Do you want to stand out in your Auditions?
▪︎ Get Specific & Personal in your Crafting - SPECIFICITY makes a difference
▪︎ Align your Before and After Moments to best serve the Story & Authenticity of Character
▪︎ Explore Visualization & Imagination Tools that bring your Character & their Story to Life -- so you are LIVING, BEING, BEHAVING vs "Acting"
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"Before & After” – How & Why you enter & exit a scene affects pacing & life of the scene.
“In the Moment” - Why is your character here? What needs to be said and accomplished -- and how are you approaching it?
“Energy Change” - Align your moment before as a contrast to the top of the scene -- and then use the TRUTH of your "current moment".
“Realizing the Brevity” - What impact does your character have in the scene? How does your character’s Pivotal Moment affect what happens next….?
“Emotional Imprinting” - Strong key to personalizing the text and enriching your Character's Inner Life & History.
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SUNDAYS
TBA
1PM-5PM
Tuition:
Deposit*:
Balance: due 1st day of class*
Location: TBA
*Deposit is non-refundable & non-transferable
*Payment plan available
PAYMENT OPTIONS:
Zelle ~ Cash APP ~ Venmo ~ Squarecard
CONTACT JJ: jen@jenjarackascoaching.com or 321.300.5794
to "interview" for seat --- this Intensive is for the serious actor
PRACTICE makes BETTER~
Stay Tuned for the Next Opportunity to Hone your On-Camera/On-Set Tools in 1 Day!
Discover or rediscover your gifts as a film acting artist and what makes you shine on camera!
This Intensive is a full day workout focusing on the single-camera process audition & screen test experience AND the multi-camera chemistry read. Actors work in a mock on-set setting and receive footage for clips.
Level Up your on-camera work.
*Honor technical camera & sound obligations while delivering the truths of the story.
*Practice the art of working off your partner and making discoveries moment-to-moment on camera versus planning, anticipating, and 'manufacturing' moments.
*Learn to take in-the-moment direction and apply it truthfully and effortlessly.
Explore important film acting skills:
· How to “take” your camera with you
· Different shot frames -- Close-Ups, Mid-Shots, Wide Shots.
· Reaction & Over-the-Shoulder shots
· How to organically live the scene while 'playing' to 2 cameras
· Material edited for clip and reel use
Become skilled at letting the moment do YOU!
8-hour Intensive:
12pm-2pm – single-camera screen test audition process
2pm-2:45pm – “working” lunch
2:45pm-8pm – multi-camera chemistry read process/mock on-set shoot
*(times are approximate - we are filming as if on set)
Date: TBA
Time: 12pm - 8pm
Workshop Fee:
Deposit:
Location:
*Deposit secures seat and is non-refundable & non-transferable.
*COVID parameters
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Meet your Instructors -
Travis Hadley
Award-Winning Director, writer, producer, Travis Hadley, from Miami, Florida, began his career as an actor and graduated to writing and directing films where he found a calling and inspiration to tell stories that are grounded in the reality of the myriad of underrepresented voices. In 2015, he founded the full-service production company, Like Minds Productions, in Orlando, Florida. His latest film, Fragile Like Concrete, rated 9.5 on IMDb, received great reviews from The Independent Critic, Indie Shorts Mag, and others; and had gone on to be selected for several film festivals, nationally and internationally.
JenJarackas (JJ)
Acting coach, mentor, director, producer, writer, creative & self-development coach.
JJ has been coaching students for the past 10 years in Central Florida, training students for the Florida, Atlanta, New York, and Los Angeles markets. Students and coaching clients can be seen on Netflix television series & films (Outer Banks, Insatiable, The Laundromat, Hillbilly Elegy), National Commercials (Denny’s, Credit Sesame), Independent & Short Films, and Feature Films (Spielberg’s upcoming West Side Story).
Over 20-year experience in film, stage, and television in Central Florida, Los Angeles, Miami, and NYC, including Matt Weiner's AMC Award-Winning-series Mad Men (3 seasons - recurring) and Tim Burton's #1 Box-Office film Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children as Aunt Susie.
Instructor: CRAFT Into ACTION Technique & Scene Study Acting Class, The Character & You - Character Development Intensive, eMotional FREEdom & Monologue wOrkout, BODY & VOICE for On-Camera Acting, Dynamic Theatre Scene Study, OCPS (Boone High School) - Meisner Intensive & FILM Scene Study, Creative & Self-Development Coach / Assistant to Master NYC Teacher & Mentor, the late Jim Bonney of Jim Bonney Studio / Art’s Sake Film Acting Studio: CORE FILM & Scene Study, Advanced Intensive teaching assistant to the late Yvonne Suhor, Annual Play de Luna Director & Actress
Click here to get on list or to learn more about IMPULSE: The Screen Test Experience ™
Join us for the 6-week On-Camera eXperience
This is a thorough breakdown of on-camera filming elements from the 1-Day Screen Test eXperience and additional on-set tools.
Each week you will be doing on-camera work, including:
This class will be co-taught by coach/actress/director JenJarackas & filmmaker/director/writer Travis Hadley
(see IMPULSE: The Screen Test eXperience for bio)
Returning Soon By Popular Demand!
Location:
Intensive Tuition:
$
Deposit**: $
**Deposit secures seat and is non-refundable & non-transferrable.
“Jennifer Jarackas is an amazingly talented and passionate coach. The depth at which she cares for her students is immeasurable. She opens the door for her students to be free to explore ranges in emotions and encourages growth personally and professionally. Her classes offer a safe and positive environment and there is no doubt her first intention is to bring out the best in her students.” ~ Kelly Tinsley
Practice ACTIVE LISTENING & Authentic CONNECTION and learn how to get ACTIVE with your ACTIONS thru the use of VeRbs.
Explore word repetition exercises based on the work of Sanford Meisner and Jim Bonney blended with foundational aspects of Core Energetics.
A lack in listening and high levels of self-consciousness are two reasons why Sandy developed this brilliantly simple, yet complex exercise.
Get out of your head and into your body, instinct, and truth.
Date: TBD
Time:
Location:
Workshop Fee:
*(Payment secures seat and serves as non-refundable deposit)
**Following Covid-safe parameters*
"How are you painting the portrait of the script?" ~ Jim Bonney (Master Teacher - NYC)
BODY & VOICE for On-Camera Acting Workshop!
3 1/2 hour workshop exploring and applying your PHYSICAL and VOCAL tools:
BODY & VOICE awareness, use, and placement are vital for camera work, as well as stage. Discover new ways of utilizing your tools with exercises inspired by: Linklater, Alexander Technique, Laban Movement, Love, Core Energetics, Strasberg, Alburger, et al.
Physical & vocal exercises and practices designed to align body & voice to ensure fluidity in physical and vocal expression, allowing for natural subtlety, nuance, and emotional alignment in character and script work.
Great for actors, speakers, stand-up comics, lawyers -- anyone who wants to get more SPECIFIC in their delivery!
Date: TBD
Time: TBD
Workshop Fee:
Location:
*(Payment secures seat and serves as non-refundable deposit)
**Following Covid-safe parameters**
This Master Class Series is a Deep Dive into the various key aspects of what an Actor needs for a “whole”-istic experience in their Work.
If you are ready to Level Up & Ramp It Up, you won’t want to miss this Master Class opportunity!
Week 1: All Things Meisner - Inner Life; Aligning with Authenticity and Vulnerability - the Truth of the Truth behind your ‘Mask Truth’!
Word Repetition -
Activities and door exercises coupled with Core Energetic-based exercises.
https://www.coreenergetics.org/
Week 2: eMotional Tools -
We’ll be exploring a range and spectrum of Base Emotions through Breathwork, Visualization Tools, Body & Voice, and an Introduction to RASA Boxes.
"We have inadvertently been taught to “stuff” or hide our feelings since our childhood.
Oftentimes, due to cultural and societal beliefs. Judgements are made based on other people’s false beliefs that they are negative or “bad”, so we hide them and sometimes develop shame around them. Guilt for having them. Fear of what they may do – both the naysayers AND the feelings themselves.
Feelings are just Feelings. One’s thoughts, beliefs, and feelings about them can make them seem negative. How one expresses them is what can cause them to appear “bad”."
"To know about your Feelings, to be aware of them, on an Intellectual Level is one thing. But Feelings are not of the Intellect. They are not just Knowledge to possess. They are not Facts.
They are Indicators, Guideposts.
They are [at times] Illogical, Irrational, and Unreasonable.
They are meant to be Felt. Experienced. Sorted through. Exercised, like a muscle.
Learn to ‘Let Go’ & Accept what is…without judgment… and Find Peace with your Feelings" ~ JJ
Week 3: Body & Voice for Film & Television Actors - Body & Voice exercises & techniques, including Strasberg & Laban, as well as ‘Movement for Actors’. You’ll discover why all of this is Important for On-Camera work, and learn tools & exercises to create your own physical and vocal warm-ups for Self-Rehearsals.
Week 4: Auditioning on Camera for Agents & CDs - This week finds you learning some new pointers and a refresh on ‘old’ tips & tools. You will be auditioning ‘On-Tape’ and ‘In-Person’ in various mock audition scenarios.
**This Series is for actors who are Serious about their Training and ready to Level Up their acting for longevity in their careers, especially if Industry Major Markets (L.A., NYC, Atlanta) are a part of your VISION**
SUNDAYS
Tuition:
Deposit: $ (non-refundable & non-transferable) - balance due by 1st day of Class
Location:
Contact JJ for Sign-Up & Payment Options:
321.300.5794 (text or call)
OR
If you are ready to RAMP IT UP, send JJ an email to secure your seat -- Click Below
This 3-Week Intensive is designed for anyone who is new to JJ's Approach - BEGINNERS & Seasoned Actors
An in-depth look at & experience of all entertainment industry elements -- CRAFT & BUSINESS:
Areas & topics we will be exploring ~
PART 1: Essential Basics for the Professional Actor:
*(JJ is a n NYC Meisner Graduate; official Meisner-trained instructor)
PART 2: Script & Character Exploration:
PART 3: Everything Acting Biz: Insight, tips, & suggestions that highlight your BRAND in the industry and to industry professionals.