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Rhonda Musak 12.01.11
Rhonda Musak, Acting Coach

As an acting coach, I help actors unlock the magic in their acting.
At first, Rhonda's techniques seemed far-fetched, but they came with an alluring, tender asterisk: "Commit to this, and you'll see." Before I knew it, I was doing things I never thought I had in me.
~ Alejandra Rivera Flaviá ~
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What? It's December already!?!? That can only mean one thing here at Art & Soul Acting...

Leap with Passion!!!

Yes, my friends, it is that magical time once again! Time to Leap with Passion into 2018! I hope you will join me for the 10th Anniversary of this annual workshop event.

Curious to know what leaping with passion into the new year can do for you? Check out what long time Leap attendee, Kim Chinh, has to say:

Kim Chinh on the Power of the Leap with Passion Workshop

Along with the usual workshops in NYC, Chicago and Live/Online, Leap will also be making its shiny debut in Media, PA. So if you've got peeps in the Philly area, this one's for them!

More Leap workshop details are below and at: 
Leap with Passion into 2018

If you're in the NYC area this Sunday, December 10 at 2:30 PM and are looking to hear some absolutely gorgeous Christmas music, I am thrilled to be a featured reader in Marble Collegiate Church's Advent Concert. If you've never heard the choir from Marble Church, they will blow you away!
More details at: Marble Church

And finally, with much gratitude, I say a fond farewell to the Book Club for Actors. Thank you! It has truly been amazing, and after 7 years it's time to create something new for all of you in 2018. Please see my note in the Book Club Section below.

Joyful holiday tidings to you & yours!

Rhonda
 
Rhonda Musak
Acting Coach
DROP-IN ACTING CLASS
Acting class is the actor's laboratory and the Drop-In Acting Class at Art & Soul Acting is the place to play, explore, express and nail down your technique so that your next audition rocks it out of the park.

Class is currently in session, weekly & ongoing...join us!

Class Structure
Each class begins with a brief warm-up so students can approach their work centered and focused. Actors then work on their material of choice in an individual work slot.

Work Slot Options
Actors may choose to work on any of the following for stage or film: 
  • Monologues
  • Cold Readings
  • Audition Process & Technique
  • On-Camera Audition Recording
  • Preparation for an Upcoming Audition
  • Exercises to Stretch the Actors Instrument
  • Scene Study
  • Preparation for an Upcoming Role
  • Acting Technique Breakdown for an Acting Issue
  • Get Unstuck Coaching  
Details
DAY: Thursdays
TIME: 6-10 PM
DATES: weekly
LOCATION: NYC Studio
FEE: $55/class

For complete details & registration please visit:

BOOK CLUB FOR ACTORS
The Book Club for Actors has ended.

Thank you for 7 fabulous years!

Many thanks to everyone who has participated in the Book Club for Actors since it launched in November 2010 with our very first playwright, Arthur Miller. I'm grateful for the many compelling conversations shared at our home location, the Remedy Diner.

One of my favorite memories at the Remedy Diner...while we were discussing the plays of Thornton Wilder, and specifically The Matchmaker, what song comes blaring over the loudspeaker? Hello, Dolly! Ahhh...that's the Remedy magic.

We covered 39 playwrights and over 200 plays. YOW! I hope that everyone who has attended has fallen in love with play reading the way that I have.

Curious to know what it is that we've read? You can check it out here:   Book Club for Actors Archive .

THANK YOU!

LEAP WITH PASSION WORKSHOP
Super charge the New Year with vision and focus. In this life-aligning, 5-hour workshop, participants create a plan for the year ahead...a plan that will stick.

Leap with Passion into 2018!!!
Do you get near the end of the year wishing you had the time to slow down and take stock of your life in order to make changes that stick for the New Year? And then in a blur of the holiday rush, the next thing you know...it's February. 

That's exactly why the Leap with Passion Workshop was created!

LEAP with PASSION WORKSHOP 2017...
Best decision I've made in a long time!
~ Leap 2017 Participant, Angie Sacks ~
 
You might think you know what happened in your life last year and how you feel about it, but chances are, your memory is not quite accurate, thereby neither is your assessment of it.
 
And what about the year to come? Have you taken time to think about what your true hopes are for this year? Better yet, how about words and actions to help get those thoughts out of your head and into your life?
 
With Rhonda's help, I was able to concretely and viscerally move through 2016; see it, address it, and say goodbye to it. I was also able to see patterns of shackling that I do not want to repeat for 2017.
 
Rhonda help me to develop three specific focus areas for 2017 that can be engaged with on an every day level through visual, emotional and intellectual access points. This workshop was a processing extravaganza that was mentally and emotionally grounding, artistically inspiring, and fun!
 
I highly recommend it (actors & non-actors alike)!

In this 5-hour workshop, participants will have the opportunity to:  
  • Powerfully complete the past year and joyfully celebrate its greatest accomplishments.
  • Turn the challenges of past year into fuel for the next.
  • Learn an amazing goal-setting technique that is the difference that makes the difference in terms of "sticking to it."
  • Design 3 life changing, personal focuses for the year ahead that are achievable and really inspire.
  • Discover who they need to be and they actions they need to take in order to succeed in accomplishing their 3 focuses.
  • Express and joyfully celebrate life.
Dates & Registration
Leap with Passion into 2018 will be offered 5 times:
  • Wednesday, December 27, 2017 - Chicago
  • Saturday, January 6, 2018 - Media, PA
  • Sunday, January 14, 2018 - NYC
  • Saturday, January 20, 2018 - NYC
  • Sunday, January 21, 2018 -  Live/Online
Leap 2018 celebrates the 10th year of the annual
Leap with Passion workshop!

Rhonda Musak's amazing Leap With Passion workshop offers a structured, inspiring, creative approach to defining where you want to go, what you want to do and who you want to be.  
~ Gareth Hendee ~  

For complete details & registration, please visit:

BOOK THAT JOB BLOG
Delve deeper into the craft and business of acting with articles that break it all down and build you up.

What inspired my Leap with Passion workshop, now in its 10th year? Read on: 


Get Rid of New Year's Resolutions that Don't Stick Once and For All
by Rhonda S. Musak

A handful years ago, in the middle of a sweltering July day, my sister turned to me and said, "My New Year's resolution is going really well." Caught completely off guard, I searched through my mind for a moment of time that was not humid and 97 degrees. 

I finally recalled that yes, at the beginning of that year, I too had New Year's resolutions! And that's where our similarities ended: I had zero recollection of my "life-changing" resolutions that were designed as the New Year arrived with its fresh hope... 

STUDENT NEWS
You've studied with me, you've booked the job -- now share the FAB news!

Kevin Cusick
NFL - National Commercial

Psacoya Guinn
A Christmas Carol - Theatre
Role: Mrs. Dilber
U/S: Rose & Mrs. Peake
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
November 22-December 30

Rachel Leighson
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great - National Tour

Chuck Marti
Great Gotham Challenge - Live Action Adventure
Role: Russian Chess Grandmaster


Lea Mckenna-Garcia
New Screenplay by Isaac Rathbone - Reading

Julie McNamara

Role:  Annie the Rag Doll
Connecticut
Performances run throughout the holiday season.

Quit hanging on to the handrails...
Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life.  Do it every day. 
~ Melody Beattie ~


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Rhonda S. Musak

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