Black Faces, White Spaces Series
ACTING WHILE BLACK: Essential Tools to Thrive
(A MASTERCLASS COURSE)
Here’s the deal! Based on the #1 Best-Selling, award-winning book, Black Acting Methods: Critical Approaches, Black Acting Methods University (BAMU) is offering actors and artists a premier, in-depth course to help them go from surviving to thriving in their education and careers.
Available to Anyone Around the World.
*Payment plan is available.
An Online Education that sets you apart
Course Length
Over three weeks of in-depth instruction separated into four distinct, high-impact modules.
Your Pace
100% online and 100% your way. This asynchronous, self-guided course includes a flexible but structured approach to learning tailored to your schedule.
Boost your cred
Learn from renowned professors, and earn an amazing achievement from BAMU to add to your profile.
You'll Walk Away With:
1
Tools and tactics to BUST THROUGH challenges that hold you back in your career.
2
Proven STRATEGIES to THRIVE in acting spaces that don’t feed your soul.
3
A better UNDERSTANDING of the role that Black theatre history and Afrocentricity plays in the development of the consummate actor.
4
MENTAL HEALTH guidance that helps you perform at optimal levels in your program and during auditions.
Your Course Conveners
Director, B.A.M. University
Executive Director, Black Acting Methods Studio
Professor, University of Cincinnati
Artistic Associate, Black Acting Methods Studio
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Professor, Rowan University
Course Curriculum
"Acting While Black: Essential Tools to Thrive" is delivered in four high-impact modules filled with insights and tools from some of the most exciting thinkers in the fields of theatre, Black studies, education, and psychology. Across four modules, you receive access to knowledge and tools that will help you thrive in your career. Each Module includes self-guided instruction and activities to reinforce ideas that are discussed. Walk away with a renewed sense of self and agency as you pursue a career in the performing arts.
Module 1
Know Thyself: Blackness in a Theatrical Context
Engage with the true origins of theatre, black culture, and the pervasive negative stereotypes of Black actors so that they can be combated in the industry.
Module 2
Afrocentricity for Actors
Gain in-depth introductory knowledge of the field that supports the centering of Black actors in their theatre education.
Module 3
Black Actors & Mental Health
Learn from one of the leading scholars in Black psychology as he takes you on a liberating journey to help fortify your mental health.
Module 4
The Luckett Paradigm: An Introduction
Harness the power of creating your own work through learning more about “The Luckett Paradigm” and key concepts in the field of “black acting methods.”
