PTE School's Acting On Camera Instructor, Curtis Moore, is not only an accomplished actor and teacher, but he is the Acting Coach on the NEW Disney XD TV series, BUNKS.  

Curtis shares his experience on our blog:

Boy this is a crazy business. One minute you’re sitting there learning lines for your Fringe show, and the next, Tibor Takacs says he wants you to be his right hand man as he directs a locally shot Disney movie. 

Am I interested? Uh, ya! 

Suddenly, your life is taken over by Tibor and the greatest gig I’ve ever had. Oh, as an actor, I’ve been shot by Mila Jovavich, beat up Julian McMahon, been hacked up by an angry Santa, and been turned into a fully functioning volcano, but, to be Tibor’s right hand man on Bunks?; uh, wow. 

Curtis Moore In Faces in The Crowd

As my teenage students like to point out, I’m an “old” dog, but it’s good to know I can still learn new tricks. And did I ever learn new tricks working so closely with Tibor and that team. I call them tricks, but, they’re really not. They’re more of a refinement of my skills and knowledge. 

Curtis Moore in Silent Night

Being acting coach on BUNKS has proven to be a game changer. My acting is different. My auditioning is different. I’m different. I was asked if the experience would affect my teaching. You bet it has. So much more of the mystery has been uncovered, and I really can’t wait to see how my students grow even more as a result. Yes it’s a crazy business; crazy good!

More Moore HERE

Curtis Moore On IMDb

Director /Actor Mariam Bernstein teaching at PTE School

We are thrilled to announce that respected (and well loved) Winnipeg Actor and Director, Mariam Bernstein, will once again be joining the instruction team at PTE School. Mariam will be teaching Term One (fall) of our Audition class for adults and our Advanced Scene Study class for experienced acting students. Students love being challenged and nurtured by this passionate, knowledgeable theatre artist. We are thrilled to have her at PTE again. You can register for either or both of these classes online at;
http://www.pte.mb.ca/school/about.htm

About Mariam Bernstein

Mariam has been working as a professional actor, director, and theatre instructor for over 25 years. A graduate of the University of Winnipeg and the National Theatre School of Canada, she has performed in theatres from Victoria to Halifax, and directed numerous musical and non-musical productions. Recent acting work includes roles in Angels in America parts 1 & 2 (WJT), Little Women and Sweeney Todd (Dry Cold). Recent directing includes Death of a Salesman, Betrayal, Speed-the Plow, (WJT), Company and  She Loves Me for Dry Cold Productions. In addition to teaching at U of W, U of M School of Music Opera program, and MTYP, Mariam has taught children, teens, and adults at PTE, and directed their Adult Company. She has given private text and monologue coaching for over 15 years.

More information about the Audition class here 

More information about the Advanced Scene Study Class here

Toni Reimer: PTE @ PTE Colleagues and Collaborators

I love the fall. The time of cozy sweaters, drinking hot tea on crisp sunny afternoons, and the start of a new theatre season. I've been looking at write ups for upcoming shows and have noticed how many of the performers I know, or know of, through the PTE@PTE program. Graduates are making a strong presence in many of the companies across town and in the film industry. I was recently at a call back for an MOW and noticed that 4 of the 6 actors in the waiting room were PTE@PTE alumni!

PTE@PTE is a smart step for any actor looking to make their way into the professional world of theatre and film. It's not an easy program. It demands a lot of time, and will stretch you as an actor, which is exhausting. But this is what makes it so great. The instructors are working professionals with years of experience, who will pin point your areas of strength and weakness, and challenge you to develop your skills so you can start making an impression in the audition room and on stage.

In addition to the excellent training, the program also connects you with other actors that are serious about their commitment to growing as an artist. So many of us that took the program continue to collaborate.

I'm so glad that I took the program. I am a more confident actor because of it.

Toni

Brenda McLean is directing the FemFest production - Harold & Vivian Entertain Guests by PTE @ PTE Alumnus Jessy Ardern. The show runs September 15, 16 & 21 at the Asper Centre for Theatre & Film, 

Brenda is a multi talented theatre artist - actor, director, designer, physical theatre practitioner, co-artistic director of Theatre Incarnate.

You can see a Theatre Incarnate production right here at PTE in the Colin Jackson Studio Theatre - Maple Route by Jeremy Scarth Bowkett - September 19 to 21 and 24 to 28, 2013.

Brenda will be directing PTE School's 2013/2014 Adult Company as well as instructing the Outside to Inside (physical theatre) class. 

Brenda's Mclean's Teaching Bio is here.

Kim's PTE@PTE Investment

I took the PTE@PTE (Professional Training Ensemble) course during its first year in 2009. It provided excellent training and an opportunity to develop my skills under the expertise of working LOCAL professionals.  

As a teacher, mom, writer-performer-producer, actor...it was important that I find ways to network locally. 'Running-away-and-joining-the-circus' so to speak, has never been an option for me. But it has always been important for me to earn a living doing meaningful work, as well as find ways to express myself as a performer.  I think I've found a nice balance of day-job, home-life, and art-life. The lines are definitely beginning to blur, and sometimes my art-life makes up a portion of my paid work! 

Since 2009, I've written/performed/produced two, 5-Star Fringe productions: "Breast Friends" and "Stretchmarks"; performed in Theatre Incarnate's Churchill-Fest production "Far Away"; worked on Sarasvati's School Tour "No Offense"; been cast as a supporting actor in the indie film "On the Edge" and principal opposite Jennifer Connelly in the feature film "Cry Fly".  I've been cast in a commercial for lottery tickets, a few short indie films, and have auditioned for several theatre, film, and television/commercial projects.  I'm now an ACTRA-Apprentice union actor.

None of this would have happened without the networking, personal confidence, candid advice, and expert training that PTE@PTE provided.

It's definitely been worth the investment!  

Kim Zeglinski