About Us

Audition / Orientation
  Los Angeles
                             Dramasports
       Improv Performance Workshop
    We are accepting new student actors
     All levels of experience are welcome

  Admission by audition & Interview

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AUDITION Dates/times:
Wednesdays, March 16, 23, 30, 2005
From   6PM to   7:30PM

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TRAINING Dates/Times:
Wednesdays, April and May, 2005
from 7PM to 11PM

SHOWCASE: The last weekend in May
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LOCATION:
6560 Hollywood Boulevard
2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90028-6217
(Between Vine and Highland)
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MORE INFO: call us at (310) 493-4240
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What does it cover?

This training is GEARED TOWARD
PERFORMANCE. The primary objective of this
intensive training is to learn the rules of Improv,
ensemble DRAMASPORTS Improv performance,
character development, and what is funny and
what is not through learning theater games,
group exercises, mask work, spontaneity
exercises, structured narrative building, scene
work, and MORE.

The focus is to learn practical tools and develop
new skills. Participants will appear in a
showcase. We are providing a safe, supportive,
and affordable learning place for interested
actors. All workshop participants will be
evaluated at the conclusion of the training and
maybe invited to join DRAMASPORTS Improv
Troupe.
We will continue offering effective and
affordable rates for all serious-minded aspiring
and experienced actors.
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WHAT YOU WILL COME AWAY WITH

¨ Learning narrative building skills and a usable
Improv technique
¨ Create interesting characters using your body
¨ Mind-body preparation for the demanding
industry
¨ Discovering mind-body connection and your
comic timing
¨ Skills which serve as a foundation to your
acting
¨ Knowledge of how to trust yourself in auditions
Space is limited to 18 actors.
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Fees:

Special Rate:

April & May Training: $75 per month/$150 for 8
weeks/ four hours per session - This includes a
final showcase.
* SAG members will receive special rates-
$50/month- All student actors will pay for two
months in advance.

Space is limited to 18 participants

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Teacher-Director

Al Razavi is DRAMASPORTS Artistic Director
and the founder of Imagination Unlimited
Group. He has been teaching, acting, and
directing for over twenty years. He is a two-time
recipient of the Partnership for Excellence grant
from California colleges for creating
performance training programs. His learning-by-
doing approach to training makes his
workshops very effective and fun. He provides a
safe and challenging experiential learning
environment for workshop participants and
encourages them to take risks and find out for
themselves the dynamics of human
interactions. He has presented innovative
workshops at national and international
conferences including Screen Actors Guild
Conservatory/Hollywood, NASAGA, Magnet
Schools of America, and International Schools
of Performing Arts, The California Theater
Education Association, and Actors. Al believes
actors build a strong acting foundation and
confidence when they act out what they learn
before live audiences. Actors consistently rate
him as one of the best acting teachers in their
experience. He has studied acting with award-
winning and internationally known directors
including Keith Johnstone, Don Richardson,
and Nina Wise. Additionally, he has worked with
master director-teachers at UCLA’s Professional
Studies in the Entertainment Industry Program.
He holds two graduate degrees in the areas of
performing arts and creative writing. He has
taught acting and directing at different levels
across the country. Currently, he conducts
acting for Film/TV and improvisation
Performance Workshops in Los Angeles and
the Inland Empire and coaches privately. He is a
member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).