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Acting with Isaac W.

Bothell, Washington

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Age: 5+
Speaks English
Teaching since 1996
Bachelor of Design in Interaction Design

    Explore the art of embodied theatre with an educated, professionally trained acting coach

    My playful approach to acting is based on 30 years of theatre experience, a degree from Seattle’s premier BFA program Cornish College of the Arts, and five years’ studying playful human interaction with their environment. Applying it to scripts and performance is my particular delight. Acting is a natural form of exploration we see in humans around the world. Imagination, pretending, imitation, mimicry, and character-play extending into the real world creates a safe boundary for expression and experimentation. Together we work to embody characters and elevate human expression to its most intense form. We’ll borrow from improvisation and a variety of artistic disciplines. All ages and experience levels. Expertise includes audition prep, cold reads, character discovery and development, range expansion through vocal and physical challenge, critical theory, memorization techniques, and script interpretation.

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    31st Ave SE
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    Teaching Hours

    Friday
    8 AM-3 PM
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    Pricing
    45 minutes
    $70
    75 minutes
    $115

    About Isaac W.

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    CUSTOM-MADE FOR YOU Learning involves playfulness, curiosity, and personal connection. I've studied how people learn and how people play, along with 25 years of professional and performance experience, and I focus it entirely on you. We start with what you love, discover what you already know, then make unexpected connections to build something together. TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED Over Zoom I use a three-camera system so you can see me face-to-face like an in-person lesson, with two cameras focused on my hands and whiteboard space so you're seeing things from my perspective. This helps us communicate and accelerates your learning. PERSONAL AND FUN Learning, to me, is a wildly creative process. It feels suspiciously like goofing off when we absorb information faster than we expected. It's my job to help you play, to get you over your hurdles, to explain and demonstrate things in a way that makes sense TO YOU (not just to me), and to help you have fun. EXPERIENCED I hold degrees from Cornish College of the Arts and University of Washington. I've taught at the university level, taught private lessons for individuals and classes for children and adults for twenty years, and created playfulness-based educational and skill-building programs over Zoom for individuals and households. I can’t wait to meet you.
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    Experience

    Founder, Partnerships & Experience Design

    Nov, 2020 - Present

    Path To Playfulness

    Play-based wellness organization educating and equipping participants to biohack their life through play. Co-designed content for 30-Day Challenge “Everyday Superpower: Biohacking Your Life Through Play” including videos on applied playfulness theory and multimodal, interdisciplinary play activities. Co-developed online Guided Play Experiences for individuals and households to develop participants’ playful mindset toward emotional, mental, physical, and relational health.

    Founder, Partnerships & Experience Design

    Mar, 2020 - Sep, 2020

    Recess Your Stress

    Online stress relief program training households during pandemic through original Attuned Play method. Designed wellness program, coach training curriculum, and business structure around diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility for marginalized families and to provide jobs for underemployed professionals. Secured 16 key partnerships and recruited three co-founders. Developed original program, method, and theory alongside thought leaders Gwen Gordon and Cas Holman, taking it to proof-of-concept and market testing phase.

    Music Director/Instructor

    Jan, 2014 - Aug, 2014

    Village Theatre KIDSTAGE

    Principal music director for local production of Disney's Beauty & The Beast Jr. utilizing playfulness-based instruction techniques including imaginative embodiment and physical technique alongside traditional choral and Broadway vocal technique. Developed and directed performance-based musical theatre classes for 8–10 year olds and 11–13 year olds with 15 participants. Integrated student-led learning, acting technique, performance skills, with solo and group performance emphases.

    Instructor

    Aug, 2011 - Jan, 2013

    Tacoma Community College

    Pioneered non-traditional dialect acquisition program for 30+ Internationally Educated Nurses using playfulness-based training techniques including original games, imagination/embodiment, physical technique, and visual/linguistic structures.

    Private Instructor

    Sep, 2001 - Present

    Isaac Music

    Personalized lessons in singing/voice, piano, guitar, percussion, songwriting/arranging, ear training, applied music theory, and performance technique. Youth and adult lessons, individual and group. Additional areas of instruction: acting, audition technique, creative writing, drawing/sketching, design thinking/iteration.

    Education

    Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre, Original Works (Writing/Directing)

    Sep, 2008 - Jun, 2011

    Cornish College of the Arts

    Bachelor of Design in Interaction Design

    Sep, 2016 - Aug, 2019

    University of Washington

    Languages

    English

    Native Proficiency

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