Creative Combustion Acting Studio
Top Acting Coach, Director and Broadway and Hollywood Actor Joshua Finkel , MFA offers Coast to Coast Coaching for Actors and Public Speakers of All Ages and Levels including private in person coaching, online coaching via Skype or via telephone. Joshua can help you build and polish audition or callback material, build an upcoming role, create a one person show, build your entire college audition package, film and submit audition videos, create your cabaret act. Joshua coaches Theater, Film, Television, Classical Theater, Musical Theater, Cabaret, Voice Over, Dialects, College Auditions, Public Speaking, Cold Reading Technique for clients in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Boston, Miami, Toronto, Vancouver and more!
Joshua also offers Acting Classes and several Master Classes which he can bring to your group!
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THINGS COMING UP
JOSHUA ANNOUNCES HIS 2018 FALL AUDITION PANELS
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EACH 2 SESSION CLASS ONLY $125.00
SMALL CLASSES! ONLY 8 PERFORMERS PER CLASS!
LOTS OF 1 ON 1 ATTENTION
ENROLL BY CLICKING ON THE CLASS(ES) YOU WANT
BETH LIPARI SOLD OUT! SORRY!
BETH LIPARI
BETH LIPARI CASTING
Wallis Annenberg, The Hollywood Bowl,
The Radiant (Feature Film), Detour (Season 4)
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS 7pm-10pm:
OCTOBER 3rd (Prep)
and OCTOBER 10th (Panel with Beth)
ANDY FERRARA
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR OF PLAN B ENTERTAINMENT
Evita Tour, Tours to Alaska, Reno and various productions around the world
TUESDAY EVENING 7:30pm-10:30pm:
OCTOBER 30th (Prep)
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WEDNESDAY EVENING 7pm-10pm:
NOVEMBER 7th (Panel with Andy)
PHYLLIS SCHURINGA
CASTING DIRECTOR
(Geffen Playhouse Casting Director)
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS 7pm-10pm:
NOVEMBER 28th (Prep)
and DECEMBER 5th (Panel with Phyllis)
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CURRENT PROJECTS:
IN 2019, JOSHUA IS DIRECTING A FEATURE FILM
"LOVE'S FAIRE GAME" FOR MJR FILMS!!
MJR FILMS
FILMING IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA IN APRIL AND MAY 2019
STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFO!
THE WEDDING NIGHT IS BEING DEVELOPED INTO A FULL LENGTH SHOW
CALLED "THREE WISHES" INCORPORATING 2 MORE FAMOUS STORIES BY
KYTICE INTO A WONDERFUL AND THRILLING MUSICAL EVENING
AWARDED 'PICK OF THE FRINGE 2017'
JOSHUA DIRECTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
THIS NEW DARK, ROMANTIC THRILLER MUSICAL
THE WEDDING NIGHT
MUSIC BY STEPHEN COLEMAN (GAME OF THRONES AND KING KONG)
LYRICS BY KEITH DALE GORDON (SAINT HEAVEN, NYMF WINNER)
BOOK BY JANA HEJDUKOVA
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MAKING IT ON BRO ADWAY SAN DIEGO INTENSIVE
Joshua taught Acting and Cold Reading for auditions with fellow Broadway Pals
JOSHUA RETURNS TO SAN DIEGO FOR A MUSICAL THEATER SONG WORKSHOP: BEING THE SONG AND OTHER CLASSES
STAY TUNED HERE FOR LOCATION AND ENROLLMENT INFO
JODIE LANGEL, SUSAN EGAN, HEIDI BLICKENSTAFF and BECKY BAIRD
Joshua teaming with Broadway client Jodie Langel Joshua and Jodie Langel coaching these incredibly talented students
and fellow Broadway chum Susan Egan
Joshua working on Audition Monologue technique Joshua teaching a student to release tension and find a released moving breath while performing
CHECK OUT GREAT INFO AND ADVICE FOR ACTORS FROM JOSHUA
ON THE PODCAST OF
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"FROM THE WINGS"
CLICK ON THE PLAYER BELOW TO HEAR THE PODCAST!
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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:
Monday December 17, 2018 TWO SHOWS! 11AM AND 2PM KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS WEST PALM BEACH, FL
Sunday January 27, 2019 5:45pm EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER
RANCHO MIRAGE, CA
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2019 6:00PM-8:00PM MODERNISM WEEK IN PALM SPRINGS
ANNENBERG MUSEUM IN PALM SPRINGS
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE
Saturday March 23, 2019 8 pm MORAINE VALLEY COLLEGE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Saturday April 27, 2018 TWO SHOWS! 2:00pm-3:30pm and 7:30PM-9:00PM SCHERR FORUM THEATER THOUSAND OAKS, CA
Saturday September 28, 2019 GALLO THEATER MODESTO, CA
PROMO VIDEO FOR HOLLYWOOD REVISITED
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REVIEW OF HOLLYWOOD REVISITED IN BROADWAY WORLD
CLICK HERE FOR UPCOMING FALL CLASSES:
FALL PANELS 2018 ANNOUNCED AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE
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JOSHUA'S ACTOR MASTERCLASSES BEING SCHEDULED NOW AROUND HIS DIRECTING SCHEDULE
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PROMO REELS FOR ACTOR MASTERCLASSES
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TO BE RESCHEDULED SO STAY TUNED!
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JOSHUA'S LATEST WORKSHOP
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FOR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND SENIORS
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BA 2 BROADWAY
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CLICK HERE FOR RECENT PROJECTS and PERFORMANCES:
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Joshua finished a sold out run as LEO FRANK IN PARADE
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BWW Interviews with Joshua Finkel on Parade
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JOSHUA IS DIRECTING/CHOREOGRAPHING AND CO-CREATING
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A WONDERFUL NEW CABARET SHOW CALLED
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"TOGETHER AT LAST"
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STARRING BROADWAY TEEN PERFORMERS
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EMMA HOWARD (MATILDA AND VIOLET)
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JAIDYN YOUNG (ANNIE, 2012)
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AFTER SMASH APPEARANCES IN LOS ANGELES AND IN NYC:
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UPCOMING DATES AT FEINSTEIN'S in SAN FRANCISCO and ON CRUISE SHIPS.
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INFO COMING SOON! STAY TUNED!
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Joshua directed the award winning show VIOLET at the Monroe Forum Theater
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inside the El Portal Theater in North Hollywood.
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REVIEWS:
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BROADWAYWORLD.COM CRITIC'S PICK AND 5 OUT OF 5 STARS
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STAGESCENELA: STEVEN STANLEY
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TOLUCAN TIMES: M. JARRETT CHRISTENSEN
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THE GEEK AUTHORITY, LORENZO MARCHESSI
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SHARI BARRETT, CULVER CITY NEWS
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DON SHIRLEY, LA OBSERVED
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THEATER BLOG
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PATRONS FROM GOLDSTAR EVENTS
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Joshua starred as the legendary lyricist of A Chorus Line, Edward Kleban
A CLASS ACT
by Lonny Price and Linda Kline
Directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera and Choreographed by Kay Cole .
REVIEWS BELOW!
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CHECK OUT THE FUN RESULTS FROM
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MY ONE DAY MASTER CLASS WORKSHOP
WITH PRINCE ERIC!
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Learn how to be a chameleon
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and work with
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Joshua Finkel, "Prince Eric"
from Disney's The Little Mermaid!
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Learn how to build
multiple, varied and distinct characters
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for every character you ever play!
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This group is rehearsing a production of
The Little Mermaid
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The amazing group at the end holding Joshua's syllabus for the class which he provides for each of his Master Classes .
