IP: Terry Knickerbocker Intensive - MON-FRI

Terry Knickerbocker is back in Atlanta, Monday May 4 - Friday May 8, 2026, to hold 2 workshops at Drama Inc.

***Sessions will be Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. No sessions on Wednesday.

Study with the man who not only has created his own Two Year Conservatory Program in Brooklyn, but who has also coached Sam Rockwell towards his Oscar Winning performance in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Oscar Nominated performance in Vice. He has spent years coaching clients including Michelle Williams, Boyd Holbrook, Emmy Rossum, Sacha Baron Cohen, Chris Messina, Austin Butler, and Zac Efron.

In this 4 days intensive, we will explore bold choices, rich relationships, authentic inner lives, and full use of your imaginations. All of this should support your work to be lively, rich and free. Be prepared to work and play hard.

Session A - The Rehearsal Process

Monday-Friday (skip Wed)

9:30am-1:30pm

Character, emotion, script - all key ingredients to an authentic performance; all essential to the craft. But once you have an idea of these elements, how do they come together? How do you blend these to create the narrative and a final performance?  This year, the morning session will focus on the rehearsal process. You will choose a scene for yourself and your partner. You are not expected to be performance ready. What's required is that you’ve read the full play and have met with your partner a few times so that you are ready to work on the first day with scripts in hand.There are no prerequisites for session A.

Expectations for class for Session A:

• Choose a 10-15 minute scene from a play - no Shakespeare
• Read the play/script fully and understand it
• REHEARSE AT LEAST A FEW TIMES BEFORE THE FIRST DAY but you do not need to be memorized.
• Send a PDF version of your scene as you’ll perform it (with all cuts/edits) to info@dramainc.net. Include the full piece as a pdf.
• Must be from a published work. No self-written or obscure works. No Shakespeare.
• You must work on the piece after each class with Terry’s notes.

Session B - Scene Work

Monday-Friday (skip Wed)

2:30pm-6:30pm

The second session will be the same as previous years: how to make your scene work better. Partners will be assigned four weeks before the workshop starts. Together, you and your partner will choose the material on which you want to work. You must email your headshot and resume to info@dramainc.net to be approved into the workshop. You must be fully memorized and prepared to work on the first day. No exceptions.

Expectations for class for Session B:

• Choose a 10-15 minute scene from a play - no Shakespeare
• Read the play fully and understand it
• Be off book and have the scene blocked out by the first day. This means:  
  
  • You must have been rehearsing at least a week before the workshop and should rehearse after every class with Terry’s notes.
• Appropriate costumes for the period
• Appropriate dialect for the text
• Basic furniture will be available
  
  • Any additional props and furniture needed for the scene are to be supplied by the actor and must be taken home each evening
• You will work on your scene every class
  
  • Scheduled rehearsal must take place between each class for the duration of the week workshop.
• Send a pdf of just your scene as you’ll perform it (with all cuts/edits) to info@dramainc.net. Include the full piece in a separate PDF file if not from the Master List of plays.
• You must be fully memorized and prepared to work on the first day. No exceptions.

‍

HOW TO JOIN US:

If you are interested in enrolling, please email info@dramainc.net and include:  

• Your name, headshot, and resume.
• What session you are interested in.

AUDITING:

Terry is also offering an opportunity to audit this class for those who simply want to learn from observing instead of working. There are auditor spots for each session/day. Send us an email with which day/s you would like to audit.

‍

Prices:

$695 to attend and participate in one whole 4 day session (A or B)

$100 for an Individual Session Audit (One class in session A OR B)

$350 for a 4-Day Full Audit (4 classes of Session A OR B)

‍

Auditors - while you won’t be participating in the session, Terry is very interested in your experience and he will answer questions and engage at appropriate times. You won’t be just sitting and watching the whole time.

‍

DROP DEADLINE WITHOUT FEE: April 6, 2026

‍

*A credit card processing fee between 3% & 4% of total is  added to each cc transaction. You can Venmo if you’d like. Email us. Payment plans available.

**All classes must be paid in full by the first class; extenuating circumstances can be discussed.

***Drama Inc. does not offer refunds if you drop/cancel a class. This workshop, as it's a partnered workshop, cannot be dropped after the assignment of partners unless it is an emergency.

****All Drama Inc. seminars, workshops and classes are for educational purposes only and will not secure or provide opportunity for employment in the field or representation by an agent.

*****All Drama Inc. instructors are working actors. In the event that an instructor books a job there will be a substitute teacher or the instructor may have to schedule a make-up class.

‍