ACTING EDUCATION for the CURIOUS and the SERIOUS.
led by professional actors & educators JEREMY KENT JACKSON and ADRIANNE ALVAREZ-JACKSONat home in GIG HARBOR and ONLINE!
ABOUT.
WHAT IS actorcraft p2s?
Actorcraft PAGE, STAGE and SCREEN (p2s) is a brave space in which to identify, explore, experiment with, and apply the skills necessary for delivering compelling performances onstage and screen. It is a toolkit comprised of the mind, body, and spirit that empowers the artist to analyze, invent, express, and refine. It is a journey fueled by curiosity, ignited by inspiration, and driven by joy through which artists, no matter their age or experience, build greater awareness of self, those around them, and the world in which they live.
p2s = Page, Stage and Screen (‘p‘ + 2 x ‘s’)
classes and career coaching
productions and projects
workshops and seminars
kindship studio - UPTOWN GIG HARBOR, WA - and online
MISSION and VISION
We are on a mission to inspire, encourage, and empower artists, both curious and serious, to joyfully unearth passion, cultivate confidence, heighten awareness, and realize dreams.
We envision a world in which the craft of the actor contributes to a more empathic and connected community.
VALUES
- Safety in mind and body and the bravery it elicits.
- Transparency in communication and the trust it engenders.
- Inclusivity in action and the diversity it generates.
- Collaboration in practice and the community it encourages.
- Imagination in process and the possibility it inspires.
YOUTH CLASSES and COACHING.
PAGE to SCREEN: A 32 HOUR FILM FRENZY SUMMER 2024
ACTORCRAFT P2S seeks 16 young creatives, ages 8 to 18, to adapt and shoot an original short film based on an award-winning novel. Over the course of this one-week camp experience, participants will engage in a series of workshops where they will skills associated with screenwriting, film production, and on-camera acting. They will then form their own production teams and bring their scripts to life on a real movie set. Upon completion, teams will compete for the chance to be screened at the world-famous Newbery Film Festival, held right here in Gig Harbor.
PAGE to SCREEN: A 32 HOUR FILM FRENZY SUMMER 2024
SESSION I: July 15 – 19
SESSION II: July 22 – 26
Ages 8 – 18 Welcome!
9:00am-3:30pm, Mon-Fri
The Kindship Studio, Uptown Gig Harbor
$645 per session
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Curriculum varies.
Register for 1 session or both!
YOUTH and TEEN acting foundations
TEEN and YOUTH ACTING FOUNDATIONS provides weekly opportunity for young actors to develop the physical, vocal, and emotional skills necessary for crafting compelling performances.
Over the course of 20 weeks (delivered in 2 ten-week sessions) students will nurture awareness, cultivate confidence, and develop collaborative skills while exploring technique, analyzing and creating scripts, engaging in the rehearsal process, and performing scenes on STAGE and SCREEN.
YOUTH & TEEN FOUNDATIONS I: PAGE to STAGE
TEEN (13-18): 10:30a-12p
YOUTH (8-12): 12:30p-2p
Saturdays, Sept 14-Nov 16
The Kindship Studio
Uptown Gig Harbor
$375 per session
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YOUTH & TEEN FOUNDATIONS II: STAGE to SCREEN
TEEN (13-18): 10:30a-12p
YOUTH (8-12): 12:30p-2p
Saturdays, Feb 22-April 26
The Kindship Studio
Uptown Gig Harbor
$375 per session
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BOOK A COACHING SESSION
Big audition coming up? Looking for some college or career advice? Or just want to hone your craft one-on-one with a professional? Book an online coaching session now with one of our team.
ADULT CLASSES and COACHING.
ADULT lab
Adults of all experience levels are invited to engage mind, body, and spirit in an 8 week introductory journey into the art of acting. Led by professional actors and master instructors, Jeremy Kent Jackson & Adrianne Alvarez-Jackson, participants will explore the fundamentals, conceive and analyze scripts, experience the joy of performance… PAGE, STAGE and SCREEN.
Most importantly, participants will cultivate curiosity, increase confidence, heighten awareness, and develop communication and collaborative skills useful on stage and in life .
ADULT LAB
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ART OF ACTING
Tuesdays, June 11 – Aug 6
6:30pm – 8:45pm
The Kindship Studio, Uptown Gig Harbor
$385 per session
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ADULT acting foundations
Adult Acting Foundations provides weekly opportunity for adult actors to cultivate the physical, vocal, and emotional skills necessary for crafting compelling performances.
Over the course of 20 weeks (delivered in 2 ten-week sessions) and building on the skillset earned through the Adult Lab, students will continue to refine their instrument and dive deeper into technique, script analysis, story and dialogue creation, and the rehearsal and performance process… PAGE, STAGE and SCREEN.
ADULT ACTING FOUNDATIONS I: PAGE to STAGE
MONDAY COHORT:
June 10-Aug 19, 6:30p-8:45p
TUESDAY COHORT:
Sept 10-Nov 19, 6:30p-8:45p
The Kindship Studio
Uptown Gig Harbor
$485 per session
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ADULT ACTING FOUNDATIONS II: STAGE to SCREEN
MONDAY COHORT:
Sept 9-Nov 18, 6:30p-8:45p
TUESDAY COHORT:
Feb 25-April 29, 6:30p -8:45p
The Kindship Studio
Uptown Gig Harbor
$485 per session
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ADULT crafting character
Building on the lessons learned in the Adult Lab and Acting Foundations and presented over the course of 20 weeks (2 ten-week sessions), Crafting Character provides students the opportunity to strengthen physical, vocal, and emotional skills necessary for creating a wide-range of complex and compelling characters.
Through an imaginative exploration of the tools associated with the Michael Chekhov technique; improvised performances; and scene work, students completing this course will harness the ability to unearth truly transformative characters.
CRAFTING CHARACTER I: BODY and RHYTHM
LAUNCHING in 2025!
MONDAY COHORT:
Feb 24-Apr 28, (’25) 6:30-8:45p
TUESDAY COHORT (2025):
June 10-Aug 19, (’25) 6:30-8:45p
The Kindship Studio
Uptown Gig Harbor
$485 per session
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CRAFTING CHARACTER II: ATMOSPHERE and PSYCHOLOGY
LAUNCHING in 2025!
MONDAY COHORT:
June 9-Aug 18, (’25) 6:30-8:45p
TUESDAY COHORT (2025):
Sept 9-Nov 11, (’25) 6:30-8:45p
The Kindship Studio
Uptown Gig Harbor
$485 per session
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BOOK A COACHING SESSION
Big audition coming up? Looking for some college or career advice? Or just want to hone your craft one-on-one with a professional? Book an online coaching session now with one of our team.
PROJECTS and PRODUCTIONS.
SUMMER CELEBRATION and STAGED READING
Celebrate with us on June 1st as we close out our first set of actorcraft labs, introduce our upcoming classes and programs, and explore the possibilities for our inaugural stage production scheduled to open early 2025… oh, and honor the birthday of our very own Director of Special Programs, Adrianne Alvarez-Jackson!
Starring our first class of ADULT LAB students, this evening of staged readings will feature select scenes from a collection of plays, including an original piece by local playwright and recent University of Puget Sound graduate, Tess Berger. All in attendance will be asked to vote on their favorite possibility, helping us to shape our first-ever season of productions.
4 SCENES 4 POSSIBILITIES
A CELEBRATION and STAGED READING EVENT
Saturday, June 1 – 7:30-9:30p
The Kindship Studio, Uptown Gig Harbor
Complimentary charcuterie and beverages provided!
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COMING SOON.
TEAM.
jeremy kent jackson, msml
FOUNDER and MANAGING DIRECTOR
Jeremy Kent Jackson is an accomplished actor, educator, and entrepreneur. He has performed professionally in hundreds of films, voiceovers, commercials, television shows, and plays. Career highlights include his portrayal of regular recurring character, Douglas Davenport, on Disney’s long-running, live action-comedy series, Lab Rats; the lead character of Joker in the motion capture project, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare; the title character of Tiny Hands in Burger King’s iconic commercial campaign; and guest star roles on the television shows YOU, CSI, Without a Trace, CSI: Miami, and Drake and Josh.
Jackson founded the theatre education company, DiscoveryOnstage, where he served as Co-Creator/Creative Director for more than 16 years; created and led for 9 years the drama program at Providence High School; and for 6 years served as Associate Dean of Performing and Entertainment Arts and Program Chair for BFA Acting at Studio School Los Angeles (aka HCLA, now AMDA). He holds a bachelor’s degree in theatre, a master’s degree in management & leadership, completed a six-level improvisation program at Minneapolis’ Brave New Workshop, and has been a member of SAG-AFTRA since 1999.
In addition to helming actorcraft, Jackson serves as a member of the marketing department at Seattle’s ACT Contemporary Theatre. Jeremy has been teaching and coaching actors of all ages for more than 25 years.
To learn more about Jeremy as an actor visit his actor website and imdb page. To learn more about Jeremy as a leader, visit his digital portfolio.
adrianne alvarez-jackson, mfa, m.ed.
DIRECTOR of SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Adrianne Alvarez-Jackson is an accomplished director, actor, educator, and writer. She was the Founder and Artistic Director of the Los Angeles based theatre company, Theatre Pangaea, co-created the long-running educational field trip production, Shakepearience, directed and taught acting at the famed Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, and served for more than a decade as the Performing Arts Department Chair and theatre director at the private high school school, AGBU. Additionally, Adrianne was a casting associate at The Mark Taper Forum, helped to design and launch educational programming for The Glendale Center Theatre, and was an audition coach for a myriad of performers including Modern Family’s Ariel Winter and pop music star, Phem, and high school seniors who gained acceptance into prestigious college and university drama programs including UArts, NYU, USC, and The North Carolina School of the Arts.
As an actor, Adrianne performed on the television shows Charmed and All My Children as well as onstage in New Jersey Shakespeare Festival‘s Measure for Measure, Glendale Center Theatre‘s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Falcon Theatre‘s Marisol’s Christmas, and The Mark Taper Forum‘s adaptation of The House of Bernardo Alba starring Chita Rivera. Most recently she was seen in Cornerstone Theatre’s original production, Highland Park is Here.
Adrianne holds master’s degrees in acting and education, teaching credentials in Washington and California, and is a published children’s book author (Mele Lew and the Magic Lute). She is currently a special educator in Central Kitsap County.
mabel jean
KEY GRIP and PERFORMER SUPPORTER
Mabel Jean, born in South Central Los Angeles, was adopted in 2020 as a puppy by the Alvarez-Jacksons. She has been a dedicated member of their family ever since, helped guide the troop through the pandemic, and, in the years following, became a regular visitor to their performing arts and special education classrooms. She is a support for students and teachers who welcome it, an epic floor sleeper, and a theatre and film storytelling enthusiast. She has been cheering for and cuddling artists of all ages for more than 3 years.
TESTIMONIALS.
“Once my high school drama teacher, Mr. Jackson later became my professional acting coach. He helped me land my first agent and manager and coached the audition that landed me my first TV gig… a guest starring role on the Showtime show, Shameless.”
“Kind, inspiring, and creative, Mr. Jackson has been a strong influence on my college and career success. As my high school drama teacher, he helped me identify my passion, select my ideal college, and then prepare the audition and portfolio
that got me in.“
“Their (Jeremy and Adrianne) coaching is simple, relevant, and easy to apply. They make all of my auditions better in a hurry and put my mind at ease before going into the casting room. Highly recommend.“
“Jeremy is someone we could all look to for guidance, for showing us what real work ethic looks like, and for demonstrating what it takes to succeed in life… and as professional storytellers in the entertainment industry.”
“I will never forget Dean
Jackson’s mentorship, lessons, and
inspiring leadership! He is hands down the best teacher/Dean
I’ve ever had and I’m forever grateful to have worked with him!”
“Ms. Alvarez-Jackson coached
me all the way to the National Shakespeare competition in New York City. I won second place, secured a big college scholarship, and got into the school of my dreams. I couldn’t have done it without her.”
“Jeremy & Adrianne’s
passion for the creative
process is infectious and it is
through love that they
consistently produce
such a crop of talent.”
“After several summers and
many a class with Adrianne and Jeremy, my daughter not only became pretty good onstage, she grew more confident, aware, and enthusiastic about
all things in life.“
“Professor Jackson intertwines his passion for acting with his deep understanding of the human condition. His professional approach and insightful lessons extend far beyond the set and stage. He inspired me as a student, an artist,, and a person.”
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