Acting In Song With Lenny Banovez

Looking to amp up your audition and performance game?  Learn how to make your song come to life and be more memorable. How to be more self-aware by getting in touch with the right emotions, desires and motivations to help live the song.  Many directors and casting agents see a song become static or the performers make it just about the sound!  You will learn that acting helps support strong vocal technique and it will help make your vocal presentation a show onto it’s own.

In this live Zoom class with Lenny Banovez, we’ll discuss a range acting techniques and practices.  Learn how to be more honest and authentic while connecting with the song.  These skills will help you stand out whether in a performance or audition. Lenny brings a unique set of professional skills to this class.  Lenny is an accomplished actor, director and educator who will share his knowledge to the class.

This class is for age 15+  If you would like to be considered as a song "presenter", in this master class, please submit a video of you performing your song of choice.  Submissions can be emailed to Michael.Sander@kidsfromwisconsin.org.  Lenny will have 4 presenters that will be utilized in the class.  The presenters, that are chosen, will be contacted ahead of time. 

LENNY BANOVEZ holds an MFA from the Professional Actor Training Program (PATP) at Ohio University and a BA in Theater Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. As an actor and director and educator Lenny has worked with: The Kennedy Center, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, PCPA Theaterfest, Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee Chamber Theater, Hyperion Theater Project NYC, Texas Shakespeare Festival, Virginia Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Huron Playhouse, The Secret Theatre NYC, Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre NYC, Monomoy Theatre on Cape Cod, and as a guest artist at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. TITAN credits include: HAMLET, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST and LOVE’S LABOURS LOST, as well as directing productions of KING LEAR, ROMEO & JULIET, HENRY V, TAMING OF THE SHREW, MACBETH and A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Lenny is the Artistic Director of both TITAN Theatre Company in New York City and Hope Summer Repertory Theatre in Holland, MI.