Classes

Alex is taking a three-week Shakespeare intensive with Jessie Austrian, co-artistic director and founding member of Fiasco Theater. Fiasco has become famous for doing imaginative, pared down interpretations of classics – from Shakespeare’s Cymbeline to Sondheim’s Into the Woods. The workshop will dig into the rehearsal technique that defines the […]

Shakespeare Intensive with Fiasco Theater

October 5, 2017 in Classes / Theater by curtalert@gmail.com

Alex is working with film students at the School of Visual Arts on a scene from Blood Simple – the Coen Brothers’ first feature film. Alex plays Ray (played in the film by John Getz). Ray is having an affair with his boss’ wife, Abby (Frances McDormand). In this scene, […]

Filming ‘Blood Simple’ at SVA

July 20, 2016 in Classes / Film by curtalert@gmail.com

Alex is taking weekly on-camera classes with Andrew Stewart Jones! Andrew Stewart Jones is an accomplished actor as well as teacher of Bob Krakower technique. The most impressive thing about what Andrew teaches is that it’s not strictly on-camera technique – it’s good acting technique. The focus of the learning […]

On-Camera with Andrew Stewart Jones

June 21, 2016 in Classes by curtalert@gmail.com

Alex is now working with the film students at New York’s School of Visual Arts (SVA), and goes in for his first project this week! Alex and fellow Brown/Trinity alum Will Austin, will be performing this classic scene from Gus Van Sant’s award winning film My Own Private Idaho. Alex […]

Workshop with SVA Film Students

December 10, 2015 in Classes / Film by curtalert@gmail.com

Alex just completed The Actor’s Business Breakthrough, an 8-week self-marketing program and career mastery course led by the career coach Dallas Travers. The focus of the ABB is to build your career by developing your relationships – with fans, friends, collaborators, and personal idols. Some exciting developments from the program […]

Actor’s Business Breakthrough with Dallas Travers

November 24, 2015 in Classes by curtalert@gmail.com

Acting Coach Vance Barber — After an incredible workshop with Bob Krakower at One on One, Alex is joining a weekly on-camera workshop with acting coach and Krakower protege Vance Barber. Here’s what Bob has to say about Vance: “From the first time Vance Barber walked into my classroom, I knew he had a wild […]

On Camera Workshop with Vance Barber

September 29, 2015 in Classes / Film / Television by curtalert@gmail.com