Stop Guessing, Start Booking
Learn the Emotional Type Technique
Do you constantly compare yourself to other actors?
Do you decide that someone else is going to get the job before you even show up at the audition, so why bother?
Do you get in your own way when it comes to having a successful, lucrative acting career?
If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then this video is for you... -
I discuss how to use the Emotional Type to build confidence in the uniqueness of your work -
We learn how to do a personal inventory of your skills and gifts using the Emotional Type Exercise
NEXT EMOTIONAL TYPE CLASS
Sat, October 10th, 10am (MT), 9am (PST), 12pm (EST), 11am (CDT)
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90 mins
Solo Show where we dig deeper into how to put a solo show up on it’s feet and get it produced and monetized
Audio and Visual Recorded class
Meet the Instructor
April Yvette Thompson
is a Tony-winning producer/writer/actor working across media. Film/TV credits include BULL, Blue Caprice, Gotham, Blue Bloods, Babylon Fields, The Exonerated (w/Susan Sarandon & Delroy Lindo), Accidental Husband, Backwards, Law & Order & Third Watch, etc.
Broadway/Off Broadway credits include Clybourne Park, (Pulitzer & Tony); Vassar Voices (w/Meryl Streep), Good Bread Alley, Liberty CityThe Exonerated (w/Gabriel Byrne, Richard Dreyfuss), Medea, King Lear, Macbeth, Antigone & Light Raise the Roof.
As SimonSays Entertainment Director of Development, April produced Sundance features: Blue Caprice (w/Isaiah Washington), Mother of George (w/Danai Gurira), Gun Hill Road (w/Esai Morales). April was on the Tony-winning producing teams for 2017 Tony for Best Revival for August Wilson's Jitney directed by Ruben Santiago Hudson and 2012 Tony for Best Revival, Porgy & Bess starring Audra MacDonald (Tony).
April wrote, produced & starred in her Miami Trilogy of plays: Good Bread Alley and Liberty City (Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Lortel noms & Jeff Award) at New York Theatre Workshop.
Education: Vassar College & Rutgers University.
AprilYvetteThompson.com
Frequently Asked Questions
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All classes are virtual Zoom classes. You can dial in or log on visually from anywhere in the world
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The easiest way to start is buy the StoryTelling Circle Writers’ Retreat Payment plan for only $340.
You’ll get 10 hours of personal attention because the retreat is limited to 8 writers -
The Story Telling Circle begins with learning story strucure by sourcing your oral memories first. Taking advantage of your natural storytelling gifts that you use in real life to communicate what you need, love and dream about.
The way you speak is your writers’ voice in the circle. And when your writer’s voice has the attention of a rapt audience, stories fall from your lips and onto the page effortlessly
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You can reach us anytime via our contact page or email. We aim to respond quickly—usually within one business day.
April@thedreamunlocked.com
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We offer payment plans to make joining the circle easily. As well as PayPal Pay later.
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Fun. Like that one aunt that is brilliantly unfettered in her opinions and interests. Well travelled and free of heart, April is the teacher who wants you to take your stories out into the world and transform your life. Making a living from your stories and creating a life that matches your dreams is the ultimate goal. You know, the stuff no one teaches you in school. We don’t want to just take your money. We want to give you the tools to change your life.