Grown-ups: Get your ACT together with Acting Classes for Adults!
Liv Boughn, Professional Actress and Acting Instructor will begin teaching a new acting class for adults beginning January 6th due to popular demand. Classes will be held at the Santa Barbara Theater with a focus on: scene-study, monologue work, character development, improvisation and traditional theater exercises. Space is limited to ensure personalized attention for all students. Adult Acting will be on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 4:00-5:30 p.m., $800 pesos/month.
Her dynamic Classes for Kids ages 6-12 yrs. will reconvene the week of January 5th on Mondays and Wednesdays. In addition, Liv’s popular High School Acting Class for teens will resume on Tuesdays/Thursdays from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Call the theater at 223-2048 or email her at: pvactress (at) hotmail.com for more information.
Boughn graduated from the highly selective Theater Conservatory Program at the University of Southern California. She is an award winning actress, public speaker and international model whose credits include lead roles in over 35 plays and several guest appearances on TV and film. She has also had success in commercial acting and has been featured in promos for MTV, The Discovery Channel, and in dozens of commercials for clients such as: Alaska Airlines, Ford Motors, Miller Light, Marriott Hotels, etc. Additionally, Liv was chosen to represent the U.S.A. in the 1998 International Children’s Theatre Festival in Croatia.
Many of Liv’s students and coaching clients have continued their education at prestigious acting programs and are now at top agencies. For example, one of her Puerto Vallarta coaching clients was the talented Jayce Johnson who is now at Hart College specializing in musical theater. Still others have excelled by booking theatrical, commercial and print campaigns including: Seventeen Magazine, Noxzema, Gillette and Dove. A few have been on primetime shows such as ER, on major Disney series, movies such as “Transformers” and “Charlie’s Angels, Full Throttle,” and have worked with producers such as Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Steven Spielberg. One of Liv’s former students is the now famous Shia LaBeouf who played the latest young Indiana Jones in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.”