Professional Acting Diploma Programme

..the essence of this programme..

Our Professional program is designed to enhance and refine your practices for working on the stage, and acting for the camera.
This program is run competitively similar to the best one year professional programs in Los Angeles, London, and New York.
We rehearse and prepare a fair amount presentation work for the stage, and a lot of on-camera scene and monologue work. By the end of the school year, for sure, you will have a more than sufficient volume of material for a show reel.
The Essential, core classes for the Professional Acting Diploma Program are as follows:

Meisner Technique( Level I, II, III)
Lecoq Technique (Level I, II)
Acting for the Camera ( Level I, II, III)
Fusion Technique/Short Play Production (I, II, III).
Emotional Authenticity(Level I, II)-Primary class
Voice/Speech (Level I, II)
Strasberg Method MasterClass
Shakespeare (Level I, II)
ReFocus Method (Level I, II)

Entry requirements:
For the Professional Acting Diploma Program we look for, and we do seek applicants with some exposure to previous actor training.
However, we may also accept applicants into the program who demonstrate – in our estimation – just pure, raw talent. We understand that bright, open-minded, curious, emotionally intelligent, ready to work, with exceptional ability focus, and very, very willing and able to collaborate with your co-actors – such are the foundations of talent, and likely, the most important elements – we can do a lot with these. As our goal in the Professional program is, simply, to train our actors to be ready and able to work in the local and the International English speaking film and theatre industry, it’s essential that you have excellent conversational English for the Professional Diploma program.

Our Professional program is designed to enhance and refine your practices for working on the stage, and acting for the camera.
This program is run competitively similar to the best one year professional programs in Los Angeles, London, and New York.
We rehearse and prepare a fair amount presentation work for the stage, and a lot of on-camera scene and monologue work. By the end of the school year, for sure, you will have a more than sufficient volume of material for a show reel.

Essential classes for the Professional Acting Diploma Program are:
Scene study
Short Play Performance
Play Production
Emotional Authenticity
Meisner
Lecoq meets LAMDA
Cultivating the Actor’s Voice
Act for Camera
Shakespeare
ReFocusMethod
Comedy

Entry requirements:
For the Professional Acting Diploma Program we look for, and we do prefer some previous training-some exposure to actor training for entry into our Professional Diploma Program.
However, we may also allow entry into the program for-in our estimation- just pure, raw talent. Bright, open minded, curious, emotionally intelligent, ready to work, exceptional ability focus, and very willing and able to collaborate with your co-actors – in all this are the seeds of talent; these are the most important elements- we can do a lot with these.
And since we train our students in the professional Program to become professional actors in the international industry i.e. the English speaking film and theatre industry, it’s essential that you have excellent conversational English.

One-year Professional Acting Diploma Programme

..the FAQ’s..

Tuition fees €7,900

*Note: this program is designed to allow training Professional Diploma actors to also consider some job/employment activity, and/or university study 
*please note, our program operates on a “pay as you go” basis. All Diploma students pay only for the classes they are signed on for in a given 7 to 8 week term. Pay as you go.

Application procedure:

There are three stages to the application:

1- send in A self-tape of a single 1 to 2 minute monologue. You can send in the file via WeTransfer or create a link on You Tube/ Vimeo and send it to class@mulhollandacademy.com.
The monologue should be from a modern contemporary play or work of film. You should choose something close to your own age range and something which you are exited about as a performer. And don’t worry whether your choice is original.
We advise you to send in your self-tape as early as possible in order for us to schedule in your recall when invited.

2- if you are selected for the recall audition you are invited for an interview online or at our school and possibly also requested to send in a second self-tape.

3- on May 1st you will receive the final result and be informed that a) you have not been successful, b) you’ve been put on a waitlist, c) offered a place in next year’s program.
When you’re selected to join next year’s program you should transfer the €600 deposit no later than May 5th. If you like to accept the place at a different school, then we will refund the deposit in full, provided that you let us know by May 31st 2024

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