Matt Dearing Acting Studio- “Cultivating Communication, Presentation, and Self Expression Skills”

  1. Students got the opportunity to be completely vulnerable on stage and in front of the camera.
  2. They were placed in groups where they got the opportunity to do different exercises that focused on communication and relationship scenarios.
  3. The students really came alive on stage and completely put themselves out there to just be silly and totally get into the roles of different characters.
  4. Other students had some real challenges with being vulnerable. The challenges from this experience revealed hurdles that were presenting themselves in one particular student’s life. In the end the student was able to acknowledge their lack of vulnerability and trust in others and was able to overcome some of these issues and he ended up opening up completely with other students and the VIP staff about some major trauma that he had experienced in his life.