Ages 18+

Learn how to trust your instincts and respond from a natural place. This class will teach actors how to make honest choices by developing skills that will allow them to analyze the character and make sense of the scene they’re working on. Learn how to score a script, understand the beats, and make strong and interesting choices.

About the instructor: Naheem, has been an actor and theatre educator for more than twenty years. He grew up in Boston, arriving here from Cuba with his mother, grandmother and aunt in 1968. He is proudly bilingual (English and Spanish) and known for his deep, mellifluous voice.

Naheem has worked extensively in the Northeast, including The Huntington Theatre Company, Boston Youth Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Company One, Kennedy Library (Moakley Public Speaking Program), and New African Theatre Company. He is an adjudicator for Massachusetts Educational Theatre Guild, known as the GUILD. In recognition of his excellence as a theatre educator, he represented the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation for NeighborWorks American and Community Leadership Institute in 2017.

A member of AFTRA and SAG, Naheem has appeared in several prominent Hollywood -and independently-produced feature films. A select list includes Equalizer 2, Daddy’s Home 2, Joy, Black Mass, The Proposal, The Heat, Lift, Maiden Heist & Purge 3 Election Year.

His television work includes Showtime’s SMILF (Frankie Shaw and Rosie O’Donnell) and voice-over work and appearances in commercials for Subway, Dunkin Donuts and Visa.