Steppenwolf Co-Founder, Jeff Perry, leads an intensive ‘PHYSICAL FIRST TEXT WORK’ workshop in Los Angeles
Where: LA
When: Saturday and Sunday, November 7th and 8th, 10:30 am – 1:30 pm both days
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A TWO-DAY SESSION – SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. Please do not sign up if you can’t make both days.
Class Limit: 12
Fee: $50
Note: BADA Alums will get a week to sign up for Studio events before being released to the general public.
Using different Viewpoints tools, Jeff will help the participants use physicality to allow actors to dig deeper into their text. Physical First Text work allows actors to play and dive deeper into their authentic selves to bring the most out of the text.
Jeff brings this class to Los Angeles after a successful session in Chicago.
Jeff will assign homework a week before the session.
This session will be capped at 12 participants
A gifted actor, Jeff Perry has starred in a wide range of roles across television, film and stage. Perry recently starred in Netflix’s “Monster.” His current credits include “Alaska Daily” alongside Hilary Swank, and HBO’s “Bookie” with Sebastian Maniscalco. Perry starred for 7 seasons in ABC’s hit series, “Scandal,” opposite Kerry Washington where he brilliantly played fan favorite ‘Cyrus Beene,’ The White House’s Chief of Staff.
On TV, Perry can be seen in the Shondaland Netflix series “Inventing Anna” and USA’s “Dirty John” as well as the USA feature film “Nash Bridges” and CBS All Access’ “$1”. Perry is also recognized for his role in the long running CBS series “Nash Bridges.” For six seasons, Perry starred as the diehard Grateful Dead fan and Police Inspector ‘Harvey Leek,’ opposite Don Johnson.
Perry has guest-starred in numerous shows including “The Practice,” “Fringe,” “CSI,” “Lost,” “ER,” “NYPD Blue,” “Frasier” and Aaron Sorkin’s “The West Wing.” In addition, he’s appeared in a number of recurring roles for hit series such as “Grey’s Anatomy,” where he played Meredith Grey’s estranged father, as well as “My So Called Life,” “Chicago Hope” and “Prison Break.”
On the big screen, Perry can be seen in the film, “Speed of Life”, opposite Ann Dowd, “Trial by Fire” opposite Laura Dern, “Lizzie” alongside Chloe Sevingny, Kristen Stewart, and Denis O’Hare, “The Grifters,” Robert Altman’s “A Wedding” and John McNaughton’s “Wild Things.” He is a co-founder of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre and a producing partner for the indie film shingle, Steppenwolf Films.
