Students will also learn the importance of warming up their physical instruments before they perform. Students should also learn how an actor may use either concrete or abstract concepts to help him create a character's physical life. The workshop is led by members of New Stage Theatre's Professional Acting Intern Company. The length is between forty-five and sixty minutes, at the discretion of the sponsor. This workshop is designed to help actors achieve freedom from the various muscular tensions that impede vocal production.
Students are then enable to work towards increased clarity of tone and variety of pitch.
Students also work to gain ample breath support needed to carry them through to the ends of thought phrases. Through structured exercises derived from the works of Kristin Linklater, Cecily Berry, and Arthur Lessac, students will learn how to use their voices to help them communicate more effectively with an audience. The workshop includes hands-on experience with haiku, familiar short poems, and longer passages of prose. When the workshop is conducted in conjunction with a New Stage Theatre touring production, participants have the opportunity to examine and experiment with the vocal choices made by the actors in the play. The workshop is also available on a stand-alone basis, in which case character studies are usually drawn from historical and fictional characters.