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| Brian Demar Jones |
Portland Actors Conservatory is excited to announce the
addition of Brian Demar Jones to our Studio Program faculty!
Brian will be teaching ACTING: LEVEL ONE, which
begins Jan. 23 and continues for eight weeks on Monday evenings, and SCENESTUDY INTENSIVE, beginning Feb. 21 and continuing every Tuesday evening for
six weeks. Both programs are currently open for enrollment.
“We’re thrilled to have someone of Brian’s caliber,” says PAC
Artistic Director and founder Beth Harper, “His belief systems so closely
mirror our own and his methodology is a perfect fit for our students.”
A newcomer to Portland, Brian
was most recently a company member with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
in Ashland,
where he also taught workshops. Brian has worked professionally at the 5th Avenue
Theatre, Village Theatre, Taproot Theatre, and many other venues throughout the
Pacific Northwest. He can be seen in the
upcoming production The Brother/Sister
Plays at Portland Playhouse, and all over this year’s FertileGround Festival.
Brian is an experienced educator, having taught for the University of Washington, where he received his MFA
degree in Acting, as well as various theatres and performing arts institutes.
He has led workshops and classes in Audition Technique, Suzuki/Viewpoints, Scene
Study, Basic and Advanced Acting, and Musical Theatre, among many others.
Brian is a great addition to the studio faculty because he
has mentored and worked with actors from the extreme novice to the seasoned
professional. Our studio program offers individuals of all skill levels a place to enhance and develop their foundational
“I am interested in helping students cultivate their own
process,” explains Brian, “I always tell my students that my way is not the
only way but one way among many.”
Brian’s methodology mirrors that of PAC and focuses on
working as an ensemble, utilizing a fusion of Stanislavky based method of
physical actions with Viewpoints & Suzuki to create organic and powerful
actors. He is well-versed in both classical and contemporary theatre, with
particular emphasis on Shakespeare and new works.
As an actor/ director / singer, he brings with him a variety
of skills to share and help others succeed in their own personal goals. He sets
the same expectations for all, providing the skills necessary to succeed but
understanding that each student’s journey is unique.
PAC’s Studio Program reflects the belief system of our
full-time Conservatory Program. Both programs are rooted in exploring impulses
and the concepts of objective, obstacle and tactic, fundamental to the method
of acting developed by Stanislavsky and continued by artists and theorists such
as Uta Hagen.
Our strong theoretical basis and experienced faculty make
our program ideal for the working professional actor seeking to exercise their
instrument, as well as the newcomer to the art of acting.
Click here to read more about our Studio Program, enrolling now.
Click here to read more about our Studio Program, enrolling now.
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